A330 emergency landing.

[boobles]

Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330 has made an emergency landing at Gatwick due to a fire onbaord. It was heading for Orlando Florida.
Our friends flew out to there thismorning! Not sure if they were onboard that one or not.


http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=v...



If this has already been done, my apologies.

[boobles]

Shouldn't it have been moved to the "news" thread rather than in here.

[Eric Mc]

Or perhaps the TV thread - as it is on TV too.

It's a moot point somewtimes where a thread should find a suitable home.

[Cactussed]

Did it land on a conveyor belt?

[Wheelrepairit]

Are they new to the virgin fleet, the A330, I didn't know they had any, always 747s or A340s.

[boobles]

Wheelrepairit said:

Are they new to the virgin fleet, the A330, I didn't know they had any, always 747s or A340s.

I thought Virgin were one of the first people to get one....

[ScoobyDood]

Wheelrepairit said:

Are they new to the virgin fleet, the A330, I didn't know they had any, always 747s or A340s.

Ordered ten and started taking delivery about 6 weeks ago

[Wheelrepairit]

ScoobyDood said:

Ordered ten and started taking delivery about 6 weeks ago

So quite a new aircraft then it seems.

[bitchstewie]

Did anyone watch "Desert Inferno" on last weeks Aircrash Investigation?

Bloody terrifying.

[MitchT]

ScoobyDood said:

Wheelrepairit said:

Are they new to the virgin fleet, the A330, I didn't know they had any, always 747s or A340s.

Ordered ten and started taking delivery about 6 weeks ago

Virgin have had A330s since February 2011 according to this.

This one was G-VSXY, their oldest one (delivered 24 February 2011).

Edited by MitchT on Monday 16th April 20:23

[Spoof]

This caused us chaos today, 0600 start, only stepped through the door an hour ago.

[Extra 300 Driver]

I am sure VS have he A330's due to the delay in production of their A350's withi is simlar to SQ

[boobles]

bhstewie said:

Did anyone watch "Desert Inferno" on last weeks Aircrash Investigation?

Bloody terrifying.

[Dr Banjo]

boobles said:

bhstewie said:

Did anyone watch "Desert Inferno" on last weeks Aircrash Investigation?

Bloody terrifying.

I couldnt believe there was no fire detection in the landing gear bays and it took this crash to get it fitted under aviation law

[PintOfKittens]

Spoof said:

This caused us chaos today, 0600 start, only stepped through the door an hour ago.

Thread hijack alert - Spoof, kind sir, the pic of the aircraft in your profile - dont suppose I can get a high res version of that?

[rohrl]

Dr Banjo said:

boobles said:

bhstewie said:

Did anyone watch "Desert Inferno" on last weeks Aircrash Investigation?

Bloody terrifying.

I couldnt believe there was no fire detection in the landing gear bays and it took this crash to get it fitted under aviation law

It's the laxity of maintenance standards on smaller more obscure airlines which scares me the most. If they'd inflated the tyres the crash wouldn't have happened by my understanding.

[Dr Banjo]

rohrl said:

It's the laxity of maintenance standards on smaller more obscure airlines which scares me the most. If they'd inflated the tyres the crash wouldn't have happened by my understanding.

Agreed , but the tyres were badly worn and should have been replaced.

All it takes is a little shard of metal to cause havoc to the tyres on take off.

[boobles]

The thing that scares the living daylights out of me is "turbulence"....
As soon as the plane starts to vibrate or bounce about, I am terrified!

I am hoping that some pilots can reassure me please.

[HoHoHo]

rohrl said:

Dr Banjo said:

boobles said:

bhstewie said:

Did anyone watch "Desert Inferno" on last weeks Aircrash Investigation?

Bloody terrifying.

I couldnt believe there was no fire detection in the landing gear bays and it took this crash to get it fitted under aviation law

It's the laxity of maintenance standards on smaller more obscure airlines which scares me the most. If they'd inflated the tyres the crash wouldn't have happened by my understanding.

When I lived in Saudi in the 80's I once flew to Bahrain via Riyadh and saw a Tristar on the tarmac with half its fuselage burnt out. It was just sitting there, perfect from the windows down, hundreds were killed. The Tristar had at the time I saw it been on the runway for some weeks, even though it's over 30 years ago I can still see that image as clearly as if it were yesterday

It appears from what I remember (and contrary to the official report), the fire started when a passenger lit his own tea making equipment and not in the hold of the aircraft. As mentioned in the Discovery programme, it's not uncommon for such to happen on a Haj flight. By the time the pilot landed and then taxi'd the aircraft on the ground the doors were welded shut and everybody perished. I have also heard (although not confirmed) that the King was at the airport at that exact time and the Tristar had to wait to land until the King was clear - that was just a rumour and maybe complete rubbish.

[thehawk]

boobles said:

The thing that scares the living daylights out of me is "turbulence"....
As soon as the plane starts to vibrate or bounce about, I am terrified!

I am hoping that some pilots can reassure me please.

Practically impossible to have a crash because of turbulence unless it's an Air France A330