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![]() "Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message ... Exactly!!!!! Exactly what? |
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Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message ... Exactly!!!!! Exactly what? MB made the point that had the aircraft been on fire that the pilot probably wouldn't have bypassed the other two airports. |
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![]() "601XL Builder" wrDOTgiacona@suddenlinkDOTnet wrote in message news:45E0A989.1090806@suddenlinkDOTnet... MB made the point that had the aircraft been on fire that the pilot probably wouldn't have bypassed the other two airports. Did he? Perhaps you assume too much. Maybe he'd prefer the field with appropriate crash/fire/rescue capability. I think that'd be DFW. |
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If your aircraft is on fire, you need to land immediately. Availability of
fire / crash rescue resources is not an issue. Getting off the aircraft as quickly as possible is the issue. Just look at what happened with the Swissair flight over the atlantic, who took their sweet time while the were researching where the smoke was coming from. Mike Schumann "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message news ![]() "601XL Builder" wrDOTgiacona@suddenlinkDOTnet wrote in message news:45E0A989.1090806@suddenlinkDOTnet... MB made the point that had the aircraft been on fire that the pilot probably wouldn't have bypassed the other two airports. Did he? Perhaps you assume too much. Maybe he'd prefer the field with appropriate crash/fire/rescue capability. I think that'd be DFW. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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![]() "Mike Schumann" wrote in message .. . If your aircraft is on fire, you need to land immediately. Availability of fire / crash rescue resources is not an issue. Getting off the aircraft as quickly as possible is the issue. Just look at what happened with the Swissair flight over the atlantic, who took their sweet time while the were researching where the smoke was coming from. Then you don't need an airport at all. |
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601XL Builder wrDOTgiacona@suddenlinkDOTnet wrote in news:45E0A989.1090806
@suddenlinkDOTnet: MB made the point that had the aircraft been on fire that the pilot probably wouldn't have bypassed the other two airports. If the aircraft was on fire, the pilot would probably do an emergency accelerated descent. However, if he were at low fuel, an accelerated descent would probably not be desirable. If he was truly at 15,000', and at a 4-5 mi/min airspeed, 81 miles would be about right... |
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If he was at 81 miles [first I've seen that number], then
ATC did have time to clear the airspace. Just where was the airplane when the pilot declared the emergency and where was he when he asked for straight in to 17? "Judah" wrote in message . .. | 601XL Builder wrDOTgiacona@suddenlinkDOTnet wrote in news:45E0A989.1090806 | @suddenlinkDOTnet: | | MB made the point that had the aircraft been on fire that the pilot | probably wouldn't have bypassed the other two airports. | | If the aircraft was on fire, the pilot would probably do an emergency | accelerated descent. However, if he were at low fuel, an accelerated descent | would probably not be desirable. | | If he was truly at 15,000', and at a 4-5 mi/min airspeed, 81 miles would be | about right... |
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I don't know - I was quoting someone else who said he was 81 miles out...
Which is why I said "If"... ![]() "Jim Macklin" wrote in : If he was at 81 miles [first I've seen that number], then ATC did have time to clear the airspace. Just where was the airplane when the pilot declared the emergency and where was he when he asked for straight in to 17? |
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There really is too much speculation, TV reports are not
reliable and knee-jerk reactions don't clarify the issue. "Judah" wrote in message . .. |I don't know - I was quoting someone else who said he was 81 miles out... | | Which is why I said "If"... | | ![]() | | | "Jim Macklin" wrote in | : | | If he was at 81 miles [first I've seen that number], then | ATC did have time to clear the airspace. Just where was the | airplane when the pilot declared the emergency and where was | he when he asked for straight in to 17? |
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![]() "Jim Macklin" wrote in message ... There really is too much speculation, TV reports are not reliable and knee-jerk reactions don't clarify the issue. The TV report played the tapes and the FAA confirmed ATC was wrong. |
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