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Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:21 pm to tigerpilot
Wait you were the pilot?????
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:23 pm to tigerpilot
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tigerpilot
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I was on the AA 2227. They had a flap issue after takeoff.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:25 pm to JPLSU1981
Wasn’t the pilot on the flight. I was flying in the back heading to DFW to work. Talked to the crew when we got back to the gate.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:30 pm to jmh5724
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Looks like it had to dump most of it’s fuel load before landing safely
737s cannot jettison fuel. They flew to burn fuel in order to land at or below their maximum landing weight. So it most likely was not an emergency situation.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:32 pm to Pelican fan99
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It's only a matter of time until we have another plane go down
Won’t be Muslims this time. DEI will bring it down.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:34 pm to tigerpilot
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I was on the AA 2227. They had a flap issue after takeoff. Would not fully retract. They circled around to burn fuel to get below max landing weight. Landed without incident. Good job by the crew.
Couple of years ago coming into msy from Vegas, had the opposite… flaps would not open. Flew around the lake for a while to burn fuel and then landed from east to west at a stupid high speed. Destroyed the brakes on landing but all ended well.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 10:10 pm to jmh5724
quote:Crawfish prices going up
Looks like it had to dump most of it’s fuel load before landing safely
Posted on 1/29/24 at 10:14 pm to tigerpilot
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Wasn’t the pilot on the flight. I was flying in the back heading to DFW to work. Talked to the crew when we got back to the gate.
How much fuel are they carrying on a 1 hour flight that they’re taking extended vectors to get below MLW? Even if they needed 2 alternates it doesn’t seem like they’d be overweight.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 10:38 pm to NorthEndZone
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Looks like it had to dump most of its fuel load
I guess that counts as a reportable spill to the National Response Center. St. Bernard marshes might have a few sheens tomorrow.
Glad it was able to burn fuel and land safely.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 11:00 pm to JPLSU1981
How did the pilot handle the announcement? Did he tell everyone what was up or did he say it was an emergency? How were the passengers? Anyone in the back get stupid? Please tell me they didn't clap on landing.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 11:01 pm to HeyCap
As noted, 737 does not dump fuel.
Flap failure/flap mis-match checklists are some of the longest, most involved and easiest to screw up checklists in the emergency procedures book.
Any flap issues will affect landing distance, which is in turn greatly dependent on landing weight. MSY aren't the longest runways in the world.
Sounds like they saw they had a problem, took time to read and perform the correct checklists (which probably directed them to burn down to as light a landing weight as comfortable to reduce gross weight and hence approach/landing speed) and then got everyone safely back on deck.. Nice work folks.
Flap failure/flap mis-match checklists are some of the longest, most involved and easiest to screw up checklists in the emergency procedures book.
Any flap issues will affect landing distance, which is in turn greatly dependent on landing weight. MSY aren't the longest runways in the world.
Sounds like they saw they had a problem, took time to read and perform the correct checklists (which probably directed them to burn down to as light a landing weight as comfortable to reduce gross weight and hence approach/landing speed) and then got everyone safely back on deck.. Nice work folks.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 11:48 pm to TheHarahanian
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because nobody at the assigned gate knew how to operate the jetway.
The jet way? What is it?
It's the place where passengers wait to board the plane, but that's not important right now...
Posted on 1/30/24 at 6:20 am to flyingtexastiger
I’m familiar with flap malfunction procedures (worse/more complicated on the Airbus than Boeing, IMO) and the time it takes. I was just curious about how much fuel they’d be carrying on a short leg if they did indeed take vectors to burn it off. And, serious question, how much would they burn doing what was basically 2 turns in holding, even at low altitude, gear down, APU running, etc.? I’m not dinging the crew here, I’ve just never flown the 737.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 6:40 am to HeyCap
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was just curious about how much fuel they’d be carrying on a short leg if they did indeed take vectors to burn it off. And, serious question, how much would they burn doing what was basically 2 turns in holding, even at low altitude, gear down, APU running, etc.? I’m not dinging the crew here, I’ve just never flown the 737.
A 737 Msy-Dfw will take around
14000-15000 lbs of fuel. Expect to burn around 8000-8500 lbs en route on an approx. 75 minute flight.
This post was edited on 1/30/24 at 6:51 am
Posted on 1/30/24 at 6:59 am to TheHarahanian
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So in addition to not having trained personnel ready for the arriving flight, it didn’t occur to anybody to have a trained person walk over to the damn gate, instead of having a jet move to them.
We’ve all seen the caliber of people working at airports now. One more reason I’ve sworn off flying.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 7:22 am to jmh5724
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because nobody at the assigned gate knew how to operate the jetway
24 likes. People will believe anything.
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