JetBlue control problem over Vegas yesterday?

[Limeyflyer]

Good Job Crew!

 

[XR650R]

Gotta love the 737 and it's manual reversion. It ain't fun but it works in a pinch. I'd hate to have the feeling that I was just along for the ride.

 

[ALGFLYR]

I'd hate to have the feeling that I was just along for the ride.

Then you have never flown an Airbus... LOL...

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

CNN labels it a "flight from hell!"......

http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t2#/video/bestoftv/2012/06/20/exp-nr-jetblue-vomit-flight-seg.cnn

What a joke! It sounds to me like a good outcome and they still try to smear it. Great job Jb crew!!! I would love to ask the idiots at CNN what more they could have done.

I heard they went into holding because Southwest wanted opposite direction takeoffs!!!

 

[vixin]

Actually its becasue we threw one hell of a pizza party for the tower. Man those guys can eat when they are at work.

 

[Golden Falcon]

Dual hydraulic failure in itself is doable been there done it, must have been other issues

 

[airplane wizard]

Just engine thrust left after a dual hyd failure? Why did they stay in the air so long if it was that serious? The Alaska MD-80 crew/pax might be alive today had they landed asap.

 

[Raskal]

Just engine thrust left after a dual hyd failure? Why did they stay in the air so long if it was that serious? The Alaska MD-80 crew/pax might be alive today had they landed asap.

Kind of wondering that myself...really that concerned about an overweight landing with 2 hyd systems on the fritz?

 

[airplane wizard]

Kind of wondering that myself...really that concerned about an overweight landing with 2 hyd systems on the fritz?

Maybe being overweight plus no brakes or flaps/spoilers is why they need to be as light as possible. But with a serious control issue I would think it would be best to get on the ground right away as long as the plane was stable.

 

[Ralph Cramden]

The bus has 3 hyd systems, and you do have rudder, elevator, ailerons, flaps & slats on blue system. You do not have reverse, brakes or nose wheel steering on blue alone.

Reports indicated a loss of green followed by a yellow overheat, then a recovery of yellow. A single failure does not give a LAND ASAP ECAM message, a dual failure does.

A dual failure without reverse and brakes would be sporty to land at LAS on a high density altitude day. EDIT: You would have the accumulator pressure for some brakes, but not normal or alternate brakes, and no anti skid.

Good job to the crew! I've had a single hyd failure in the bus which was a non event. This could have turned out bad if they had rushed it.