Airplane crashes

[five4suited]

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Has anyone ever had problems in mid air?


Anyway this article is encouraging.
Flying aticle

It appears that all modern planes can operate normally on one engine so if something goes wrong mid air you should be fine and if all the engines fail at crusing altitude you are still likely to be fine b/c the plane can glide to safety. They have a 85 mile gliding range if both engines die at 35K feet which is comforting to know b/c I always thought they go into divebomb mode if they lose power. It seems the main problem is when they lose power during takeoff or landing.

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reading the article about the gimli glider scared the hell out of me.

[Max Raker]

I actually have wondered that myself OP.


Airplane crashes, a new mother cries
her placenta falls to the floor

[The Owl]

I was on a plane that sucked a big bird through an engine on takeoff. People sitting near the engine heard a bang and saw a flash of flame and the plane filled with a burning smell that was part electrical, part poultry. People who saw it were crying and one of the flight attendants freaked out because the engine didn't "sound right" to her. The whole thing went on for an hour, and at one point the captain actually came out of the cockpit and looked at and listened to the engine in question from one of the passenger seats. Finally he announced that tests had indicated that the engine was "within tolerances" and that we would proceed.

[Fast Food Knight]

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Finally he announced that tests had indicated that the engine was "within tolerances" and that we would proceed.

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Wowwwwwww.

[Bostaevski]

I work for an organ procurement agency and when we have to send our surgical team to a hospital for recovery we charter a jet.

So a couple days ago they are returning home and at 24000 feet they suddenly felt this explosive decompression and the cabin filled with smoke and really hot air. No masks dropped down (charters don't have masks(?)) so they had to breathe through their shirts. Meanwhile the pilots make a quick descent to 10,000 feet. What is weird is that the pilots never came over the intercoms to tell these 4 guys what was up. They land safe and sound.

A few days later we hear from the charter company their explanation:
The pilots forgot to pressurize the cabin. So at some point the backup pressurization system kicked in. This system routes air differently than the regular pressurization system and so it will blow dust into the cabin which can be mistaken for smoke. It also blows hot air.

[GTL]

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I was on a plane that sucked a big bird through an engine on takeoff. People sitting near the engine heard a bang and saw a flash of flame and the plane filled with a burning smell that was part electrical, part poultry. People who saw it were crying and one of the flight attendants freaked out because the engine didn't "sound right" to her. The whole thing went on for an hour, and at one point the captain actually came out of the cockpit and looked at and listened to the engine in question from one of the passenger seats. Finally he announced that tests had indicated that the engine was "within tolerances" and that we would proceed.

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i don't know a hell of a lot about planes or jet engines, but i highly doubt a bird got sucked through a jet engine and you guys kept going. i don't doubt that something happened with the engine, just not a big bird. i'm pretty sure a big bird would destroy almost any jet engine.

oh, and here's the wiki page. Bird Strike - Gnarly!