Comair's busted window.

[ultrarunner]

Comair flew past a fair amount of sutible airports if in fact they actually declared an emergency due to the cracked windshield. What's the real story?

 

[TriStar_drvr]

Comair flew past a fair amount of sutible airports if in fact they actually declared an emergency due to the cracked windshield. What's the real story?

Yea, and Eli Manning should have ran for a first down instead of trying a play action pass in the fourth quarter today. Could have possibly scored a touchdown instead of settling for the field goal....

 

[GuppyPuppy]

Comair flew past a fair amount of sutible airports if in fact they actually declared an emergency due to the cracked windshield. What's the real story?

Don't know anything about this situation. Where, when, weather?

Please keep in mind that just because an airport is of sufficient length doesn't mean it is suitable to the pilots flying the plane. That is for them to decide, not some Monday morning quarterback.

GP

 

[DrewBlows]

The QRH doesn't mention "nearest suitable airport". It's an abnormal procedure and essentially says to reduce cabin pressurization and possibly slow down. The only thing that would keep an airplane from reaching it's destination is the company deciding to divert to a maintenance base or running low on fuel (due to the higher burn at the lower altitude).

 

[XTW]

Yea, and Eli Manning should have ran for a first down instead of trying a play action pass in the fourth quarter today. ...

Ha, Ha!!! I hope Eli is sitting in a corner somewhere crying and wishing he stayed in San Diego where he was drafted! Crybaby B*tch!!! Ha, Ha, Ha! F'in Loser! (but i don't want to play there, wah, wah,wah):crying:


X

 

[Nightrain_080]

Go Giants

Yea, and Eli Manning should have ran for a first down instead of trying a play action pass in the fourth quarter today. Could have possibly scored a touchdown instead of settling for the field goal....

Agreed Dammit. All he had to do is run 5 filthy yards and instead we get hesitaiton and a bad pass. Giants in 2008!!!!!!!

coughlin needs to cough on out of the Big Apple

 

[XTW]

Hey XTW f-u and the rest of the Eagles.

Thanks, I needed to get that off my chest. Had to keep it to myself at the game. I didn't want to p*ss off 50,000 mongoloids on their turf.

JJ the Jet Plane,

It's a pretty big assumption that I am an Eagles fan.

Glad you could come here on an anonymus board to vent your frustrations instead of where they really needed to be vented, in PHL.

X


PS Eli probably needs to be cuddled right about now. Maybe you two can carpool to counseling.:laugh:

 

[XTW]

At least Eli dosn't take the second half of the season off with a tampon stuck up his A**.......AGAIN!

Interesting statement, especially with that avatar.


X

 

[HarryParatestes]

Suitable airport also includes suitability to handle passengers and their needs.

 

[EWR_FO]

Fifteen minutes out of ROC, I would have turned around also.


Plane makes emergency landing here

Crack in jet's windshield prompts action

Ernst Lamothe Jr.
Staff writer


(January 8, 2007) — A Comair jetliner headed toward New York City turned around and landed safely at Greater Rochester International Airport about 12:15 p.m. Sunday after a crack was discovered in the plane's windshield.
No injuries were reported.

Flight 5258 originated in Rochester and took off at 11:45 a.m. for John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.
Shortly after departure, the two pilots noticed a cracked windshield, declared an emergency and landed in Rochester as a precaution, said Kate Marx, a Comair spokeswoman.
Marx said the plane is designed to handle a cracked windshield.

The crack was not present before the plane took off, she added.

Airport officials and the Rochester Fire Department were called to the scene. The jet landed without incident.
At first, police officials believed that a bird had hit the plane, causing the crack. But Marx said later that the Comair maintenance crew was conducting a full inspection of the plane and had not officially determined the cause.
"There is no evidence yet of a bird hitting the aircraft," said Marx.

The 13 passengers were scheduled to get on a 3:35 p.m. flight Sunday on another plane to JFK.
The jet that turned back seats 50 people and has a single flight attendant.

Comair, a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Founded in 1977, Comair currently employs more than 6,000 and flies to cities in the United States, Canada and the Bahamas.

 

[minrest]

If it was only the outer pane that was cracked then it's really not a big deal and not a big safety concern. Sounds like the crew did the right thing going back to ROC rather than landing a "suitable" airport where all the passengers would have to be bussed and that they probably did have Comair maintenance.

Please don't second guess crew actions.

-minrest

 

[DrewBlows]

If it was only the outer pane that was cracked then it's really not a big deal and not a big safety concern.

It's not a big deal unless something comes through the window (a Condor maybe?). They could have flown to CVG if they wanted to, though I suspect the passengers would have protested. I'm guessing that the plane was ferried to CVG without any maintenance (aside from an inspection and paperwork). The only reason this even made the newspaper is because a reporter happened to be listening to a scanner near ROC (okay, I don't know this as fact, but I don't think Comair is running to the phone to call the media everytime a crew declares an emergency).

 

[JJET44]

Interesting statement, especially with that avatar.


X

Yeah, It's prurty funny that.... What are you, an RJ Capt. making somewhere around $60k a year.... calling a pro QB making $10m a year a loser.
Who's the loser here?
Oh and how much are you willing to whore yourself for!!
I smell a Mesa Pilot!!!!!!

 

[XTW]

Looks like you need to get your sniffer checked.:nuts: Try stepping away from Elmo's posterior!



X

 

[Morning Wood]

It's not a big deal unless something comes through the window (a Condor maybe?). They could have flown to CVG if they wanted to, though I suspect the passengers would have protested. I'm guessing that the plane was ferried to CVG without any maintenance (aside from an inspection and paperwork). The only reason this even made the newspaper is because a reporter happened to be listening to a scanner near ROC (okay, I don't know this as fact, but I don't think Comair is running to the phone to call the media everytime a crew declares an emergency).

The only reason it made the news was because it's Comair and what happened in LEX in August. This has been a problem with the CRJ cockpit windows since day 1.

P.S. I doubt it ferried out of there. They probably had to send a mechanic(s) with a new window.

 

[Flash]

We landed just ahead of them yesterday. On the radio the Capt said it was one of the side windows in the cockpit.

 

[FFFO]

perhaps more expert opinions could be gleaned if this were moved to the "regionals" board

 

[Ty Webb]

Sorry, but I'm not taking any chance of getting a face full of glass for this job . . . . hell, I'm barely motivated enough to even make it in to work, anymore. You can bet your sweet azz I'm putting it on the ground at the closest on-line airport that has a Starbuck's in the terminal.

 

[400A]

Sorry, but I'm not taking any chance of getting a face full of glass for this job . . . . hell, I'm barely motivated enough to even make it in to work, anymore. You can bet your sweet azz I'm putting it on the ground at the closest on-line airport that has a Starbuck's in the terminal.

I am right there with you... Those doubters should have been with me when the windhield in a merlin left the aircraft!!!! Take that off your list of fun things to do.

The one thing we know, is our decisions as crews will always be second guessed. They landed with their aircraft in one piece and no one injured and everyone calls them chumps, If they had not landed and it blew, they would be chumps with a violation..

Gotta love this business.