Aurigny incident

[BrettMRC]

What could this be, given the plane is grounded I'm assuming technical rather than procedural?

Serious Aurigny plane incident in Guernsey being investigated - BBC News https://share.google/B9Sy9HZ2v40jEV3IO

[Apologist]

Any one, or more, from a long list of possibilities.

[ecsrobin]

It had been on the ground at Gatwick for 6 days unserviceable. Possibly related? Maybe something fell off?

[Apologist]

For a small airline they’ve certainly had more than their share of incidents over the last couple of years. I’d be avoiding them.

[GY8 Bloke]

Looking over the detailed ADS data from this flight, it appears to rapidly lose speed and altitude as it crosses the Pleinmont headland. Probable cause: single engine failure. Passing over Torteval and St Peter’s at a ground speed as low as 85 knots (around 2/3 normal), it looks as if it did a stall recovery procedure (pointing the nose down to gain speed to keep airborne). From the available data, this was a very serious incident indeed.
Note: this plane was grounded at LGW since 29/1 due to an engine issue and was being flown back empty.

[GY8 Bloke]

PS If it did do a stall recovery procedure, this will stress the airframe and it won’t fly again until it has passed an inspection.

[BrettMRC]

I'm a regular(ish) Aurigny passenger, so nothing surprises me! (Flew back home in December on a secondhand ATR72 purchased from Uruguay....)

[smallpaul]

GY8 Bloke said:

PS If it did do a stall recovery procedure, this will stress the airframe and it won t fly again until it has passed an inspection.

Do you have a page number from the FCOM for that? Can't any reference to it.

Edited by smallpaul on Wednesday 11th February 13:45

[cookie1600]

https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/aurigny-atr-72...

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BrettMRC said:

I'm a regular(ish) Aurigny passenger, so nothing surprises me! (Flew back home in December on a secondhand ATR72 purchased from Uruguay....)

I used to fly the trislanders into Alderney fairly often (as a passenger) - I always seem to meet some interesting people too. They seemed fairly Heath Robinson in those days!

[BrettMRC]

NDA said:

BrettMRC said:

I'm a regular(ish) Aurigny passenger, so nothing surprises me! (Flew back home in December on a secondhand ATR72 purchased from Uruguay....)

I used to fly the trislanders into Alderney fairly often (as a passenger) - I always seem to meet some interesting people too. They seemed fairly Heath Robinson in those days!

Not much has changed!

Did you ever get the pleasure of the Skyways plane?

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BrettMRC said:

Not much has changed!

Did you ever get the pleasure of the Skyways plane?

I don't think I did.... I'm not sure I want to!

I have developed a mild fear of flying, which is odd as I've flown all over the world and on some extremely dodgy flights too - flying internals in Egypt was memorable. I do fly, but prefer not to go on anything other than major airlines these days.

[AstonZagato]

A mate was Chairman of Auriigny for a few years. He said it was a bit of a nightmare because, Guernsey being a small place, people would phone him up if the plane was delayed to ask him what was going on. Apparently, it was a "Buggin's turn" type of role, being something that the great and good had to do for a few years.