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Major Nikon

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32. It's hard to make heads or tails about what happened from that

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #26)

Sat Mar 9, 2019, 07:53 PM

Mar 2019

It says only one of two channels had failed but it says it failed in such a way to render the other channel unusable until the CB was pulled. It also says the problem was intermittent. So I suppose it's possible it failed in flight and rendered the whole thing unusable, but that doesn't explain why they weren't getting a fuel indication at startup and if they weren't why they dispatched anyway.

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An Airplane Ran Out of Fuel at 41,000 Feet. Here's What Happened Next [View all] yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2019 OP

This is an amazing story. The captain's hobby was flying gliders, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #1

Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger was also a glider pilot. DemoTex Mar 2019 #8

No matter what else happens.. RightiswrongTn Mar 2019 #15

Absolutely! DemoTex Mar 2019 #21

+1 2naSalit Mar 2019 #25

How many others would have tried to stretch it and ended up maybe short and in a building. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #38

Yup, the mantra is Aviate, navigate then communicate... nt mitch96 Mar 2019 #29

Also, learn your math! burrowowl Mar 2019 #36

That's why I liked flying Gliders... mitch96 Mar 2019 #40

In this photo, there is a rather large gentleman 2/3 louis-t Mar 2019 #19

That's pretty cool. Kurt V. Mar 2019 #24

I found a blog, and read a bunch of pilots had dissed Sully. MicaelS Mar 2019 #27

Heart-pounding! Heroic pilots--wow. cp Mar 2019 #2

Knew it had to be Gimli hatrack Mar 2019 #3

Yes it's an amazing story and the captain was right on the button. grumpyduck Mar 2019 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Nitram Mar 2019 #12

When I was in the Navy TimeToGo Mar 2019 #22

"one of the instructors shut off the fuel without my knowing it," mitch96 Mar 2019 #31

See, this is why the US doesn't convert to the metric system. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2019 #5

Some years ago one of our spacecraft missed Mars because of such an error. Nitram Mar 2019 #11

I remember the mission debriefing: LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2019 #28

I'm currently working on aircraft parts House of Roberts Mar 2019 #16

It is indeed a waste of time to use anything but the metric system. Nitram Mar 2019 #47

It's a shame that the aircraft was scrapped... regnaD kciN Mar 2019 #6

Its always about math.... Historic NY Mar 2019 #7

What sort of a pilot does not know how much fuel there is... where was ground maint? NotHardly Mar 2019 #9

Here's what happened: The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #14

I'm surprised the MEL allowed this. Major Nikon Mar 2019 #23

Here's what the accident report says about the MEL: The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #26

It's hard to make heads or tails about what happened from that Major Nikon Mar 2019 #32

There was a lot of confusion by a lot of people about a lot of things in that accident. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #43

What a story! Those pilots had nerves of steel. Nitram Mar 2019 #10

There is one important detail missing from this video... GetRidOfThem Mar 2019 #13

You can't visually inspect the fuel tanks on a big jet. You have to rely on the numbers supplied The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #18

In a small GA aircraft, the fuel gauges aren't much more sophisticated than a toilet bowl float. Major Nikon Mar 2019 #34

A 747 has a glide ratio of 14:1, much better than a C-172. You wouldn't think so, but The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #44

gimli glider dawn5651 Mar 2019 #17

I was at Gimli when it landed. Scruffy1 Mar 2019 #20

Never heard of this, great story! n/t lordsummerisle Mar 2019 #30

Here's a similar incident which occurred over the mid-Atlantic in 2001. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2019 #33

If I lost my sextant port, I'm not sure I'd tell anyone Major Nikon Mar 2019 #35

Thanks for link to Brilliant! burrowowl Mar 2019 #37

I remember reading about this and that he was lucky the front landing gear did no lock into place or cstanleytech Mar 2019 #39

Pulling your butt out of the fire... paleotn Mar 2019 #41

This was wayyyy more complicated than not following a checklist. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #45

Years ago I ran into fuel conversions on a simulator. rickford66 Mar 2019 #42

Dammit, man, how many farthings in a furlong? tclambert Mar 2019 #46

Why the US doesn't use metric (even though it does) yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2019 #48