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Airbus A340 EMERGENCY - Engine Failure


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Wow, what a video.

 

So they had a film crew ready for this emergency or was it a fake emergency....confused on that part.

 

Pilots are super calm and composed - also asking for coffee and snacks lol.  Is that how mentally calm and cool a pilot has to be in a situation like this?  I would except some tension but this was like "just another day" at work.

 

I have to watch this video again

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Good stuff. Dam Im glad Im not paying to dump 50 plus tonnes of fuel into the sky!

 

And they go sugar for landing. When Im simming, this could be a reminder. Hmmm I think sugar is in beer too....haha! Yep, next time Ill trial "Honey this is a pan pan pan....Engine turned off, I need a beer from the fridge for the approach....thanks Love!" and see if she complies haha

 

Cheers

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The crew did fine.  A one-engine shutdown in that situation will not compromise the flight integrity of that aircraft.  The crew remained calm, didn't over-react, used the checklists, contacted their airline's maintenance office to verify their decision making processes using the checklists were correct, and also used appropriate CRM (Cockpit or Crew Resource Management) to double-check with each other during their decision making.  (CRM is described as, "Crew resource management or cockpit resource management (CRM) is a set of training procedures for use in environments where human error can have devastating effects. Used primarily for improving air safety, CRM focuses on interpersonal communication, leadership, and decision making in the cockpit.")

 

They had plenty of time for a snack and a coffee while returning to the airport.  A little sugar and caffeine under the circumstances might even contribute to eliminating any "laziness" while returning to the airport.  They weren't in any danger of falling out of the sky. :)

 

 

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On 8/31/2016 at 0:03 PM, Airwolf said:

But how did the camera crew show up?  Was it planned?

 

Probably not.  No rational airline would intentionally go as far as actually shutting down an engine in a real flight like they did in the video.  That type of training would happen in a ground simulator.  But who knows?  Video cameras like GoPro's are routinely used in commercial cockpits today.  Just look at all the YouTube videos available on the Internet of commercial flight operations.  Admittedly, I was also curious about the rather large hand-held camera it appears someone standing behind the captain and co-pilot's seat was using.  But considering all the ATC communications that took place during the incident, if it was a staged training video, they would have had to coordinate it all with the ATC controllers for their participation, etc.  That just seems like it would have been "too much" to happen just to make a training video.

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The filming was done for pilotseye.tv, a German online broadcaster specialised on bringing pictures from the cockpits of several airlines (Lufthansa, Swiss, LTU, airberlin... the list goes on and on). They install up to 10 HD cameras and eight microphones, which lead to the cuts in the film you see.

 

You can buy DVDs, BluRays or video-on-demand of some of their recordings from their website.

 

In this case they just happened to be on the flight when the incident occurred. It's as simple as that...

 

Cheers

 

Mallard

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