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Air France Flight Nearly Flies into Active Volcano
Posted on 5/27/15 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 5/27/15 at 12:58 pm
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An Air France passenger jet had a near miss with an active volcano in Africa earlier this month, according to French aviation authorities who are investigating the incident.
Air France Flight 953, a Boeing 777 with 37 people aboard, was on a short evening journey from Equatorial Guinea to Cameroon on May 2 when it steered off its planned route to avoid thunderstorms.
As the aircraft turned back toward its destination, the city of Douala in Cameroon, it got too close to Mount Cameroon, the highest mountain in the region whose volcano is still active, said the BEA, France's air accident investigation agency.
The "pull up" alarm started sounding and the pilots responded by ascending from 9,000 feet to 13,000 feet, the BEA said. The alarm stopped and the flight went on to land in Douala, it added
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Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:01 pm to redstick13
that might be a negative side effect of going to e-charts, no grid mora info displayed
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:01 pm to redstick13
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a Boeing 777 with 37 people aboard,
Not a lot of profit on that flight.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:03 pm to LNCHBOX
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Not a lot of profit on that flight.
It's a secondary flight and only about 15 minutes. The 777 flies from Paris to Douala, does a round trip to the island, then returns to Paris.
The short flight is why the plane was only at 9,000 feet.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:04 pm to redstick13
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Air France Flight 953, a Boeing 777 with 37 people aboard
I didn't realize that Dr. Evil's secret volcano lair had become such a tourism hot spot.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:05 pm to 777Tiger
The approach to Douala airport requires flights to fly around the volcano and land going towards it. I've wondered if there's ever been an incident with an airplane or helicopter. Guess this answers my question. I have some nice photos of Mount Cameroon from a helicopter. It's a massive mountain in the middle of flat terrain.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:06 pm to redstick13
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It's a massive mountain in the middle of flat terrain.
it could ruin your day
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:08 pm to redstick13
So they nearly flew into the side of a mountain. The title implies diving into a pool of molten lava.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:10 pm to kingbob
Sea level to over 13,000 feet elevation.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:11 pm to Jim Rockford
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The title implies diving into a pool of liquid hot magma.
FIFY
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:12 pm to Jim Rockford
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So they nearly flew into the side of a mountain. The title implies diving into a pool of molten lava.
Well it is an active volcano. Last eruption was 2012.
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:13 pm to LNCHBOX
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Not a lot of profit on that flight.
we typically leave Montevideo with about that many people or less for about a 15-20 minute flight to BA but we usually have about 50k lbs. of freight in the belly, that's where the $ is at
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:13 pm to redstick13
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9,000 feet to 13,000
The mountain is taller than 13,000 ft
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:13 pm to redstick13
Oops
Posted on 5/27/15 at 1:15 pm to DevilDogTiger
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The mountain is taller than 13,000 ft
I assume they were banking back to the right towards Douala airport. So it wasn't a direct path towards the peak.
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