CHAPEL END CHARLIE Posted 14 November, 2009 Posted 14 November, 2009 The most amazing thing about this CG reconstruction is the (apparent) calmness the aircrew maintain over the radio during this extreme emergency : http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/11/13/334828/detailed-animation-captures-drama-of-hudson-ditching.html Most air accidents are caused by human error which might lead you to call for the pilot-less airliner of the future - but I think I'd still like to see a Human pilot up front thanks . :prayer:
Weston Saint Posted 14 November, 2009 Posted 14 November, 2009 'Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get it under control. I trust you are not in too much distress.' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-431802/The-story-BA-flight-009-words-passenger-dreads-.html
Weston Saint Posted 14 November, 2009 Posted 14 November, 2009 By the way, Captain Eric Moody in the above post, is a personal friend of mine & poster Derry. He is a Saints Supporter and has attended with me this season and last. He reads this site as well
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 14 November, 2009 Posted 14 November, 2009 By the way, Captain Eric Moody in the above post, is a personal friend of mine & poster Derry. He is a Saints Supporter and has attended with me this season and last. He reads this site as well Well, the man deserves a medal! When all around are losing their heads you can count on a Brit to be stoically calm and take charge. I'd love to have seen that programme.
LGTL Posted 14 November, 2009 Posted 14 November, 2009 Air Crash Investigation did a good programme on BA009. It's worth a watch if you are ever bored and the National Geographic channel is on.
Spudders Posted 14 November, 2009 Posted 14 November, 2009 'Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get it under control. I trust you are not in too much distress.' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-431802/The-story-BA-flight-009-words-passenger-dreads-.html After reading that article, I've just watched the National Geographic programme. Truly amazing, hats off to the whole crew.
Spudders Posted 14 November, 2009 Posted 14 November, 2009 Air Crash Investigation did a good programme on BA009. It's worth a watch if you are ever bored and the National Geographic channel is on. Ah yep, that's the one I just watched, I agree, worth a watch
Arizona Posted 14 November, 2009 Posted 14 November, 2009 Losing all engines isn't nescessarily a death sentence in a commercial airliners. Air Transat 236 managed to glide for 30 minutes before making a safe landing in the Azores after running out of fuel. There was also a KLM aircraft which flew through a volcanic cloud in Alaska. Again all the engines failed, but they managed to restart and land safely in Anchorage.
Minty Posted 17 November, 2009 Posted 17 November, 2009 By the way, Captain Eric Moody in the above post, is a personal friend of mine & poster Derry. He is a Saints Supporter and has attended with me this season and last. He reads this site as well He won't remember me, but I remember him from when i started working at Southampton Airport back in 1994. I can't remember if he was flying for someone, possibly Manx or Loganair, or only flying his own private plane, but he was a really nice guy and not at all up himself like some of his colleagues!
Micky Posted 17 November, 2009 Posted 17 November, 2009 Losing all engines isn't nescessarily a death sentence in a commercial airliners. Air Transat 236 managed to glide for 30 minutes before making a safe landing in the Azores after running out of fuel. There was also a KLM aircraft which flew through a volcanic cloud in Alaska. Again all the engines failed, but they managed to restart and land safely in Anchorage. That is all very well, but imagine having to sit in 'poo soiled pants' for 30 minutes before you were finally allowed to stand and disembark... yikes...!
Weston Saint Posted 22 November, 2009 Posted 22 November, 2009 Anyone wanting to read more on BA flight 009 here http://www.ericmoody.com
Redondo Saint Posted 23 November, 2009 Posted 23 November, 2009 Anyone wanting to read more on BA flight 009 here http://www.ericmoody.com What a story!! I always feel a little safer when flying with a Brit flight crew. Does he still live in Hampshire?
Saint137 Posted 23 November, 2009 Posted 23 November, 2009 lol @ the badger's arse comment. Had always assumed (like most BA pilots back then) that he was a public school type, now I have a vision of Channon's dulcet tones delivering that ultimate expression of calmness & resolve under pressure
Weston Saint Posted 23 November, 2009 Posted 23 November, 2009 What a story!! I always feel a little safer when flying with a Brit flight crew. Does he still live in Hampshire? No he lives in Surrey but was with me at the Norwich game on Saturday.
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