US Airways birdstrike

[FL420]

A quick search reveals reports of bird strikes at 37,000' and at 33,000'.

 

[PropPiedmont]

It was a bird strike and it did happen above 30,000 feet 500 miles away from ANC southbound to LAS.

Unless, the crew lied to me that was in SIT waiting to ferry it out.

 

[gkrangers]

Thats ********************ed up.

 

[9GClub]

Yep, I thought I heard him wrong about FL350, but he said that was right and that the captain had apparently informed (or debriefed) the passengers.

It was a USAir flight from Anchorage to Vegas that was operated by America West (or vice-versa).

Dad said the captain made a pretty quick descent to 12,500 and turned it around even though they were pretty far into the flight.

I had heard about bar-headed geese at those altitudes before, but it's pretty freaky when something that small hits something going that fast at that height.





So much for the Big Sky Theory.

 

[727gm]

I spoke with a mechanic on-scene that said that this time it was a short in the window heater, saw no guts or featherswhen changing the window, just a lot of melted, discolored, inner-layer plastic. This is not to say that it hasn't happened before.

 

[Fearless Tower]

USAir doesn't fly out of ANC,America West does.

In case you missed the news, they're the same company now.

 

[Bluestreak]

In case you missed the news, they're the same company now.

Really ? How did the combined seniority list look ? Can a reserve guy in LGA bid the Hawaii flying now ? Not yet they're not.Thanks for playing !

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Because he has one of those fancy watches that Sporty's sells that has an altimeter built into it

I think you mean one of those sporty watches that would tell you the cabin altitude was around 6,000 feet.

Reminds me of a thread not too long ago where a pilot was told by one of those watch wearers that they were breaking the 250 below 10,000 rule because his watch said they were only at 6,000 most of the flight.

 

[dseagrav]

a pilot was told by one of those watch wearers that they were breaking the 250 below 10,000 rule because his watch said they were only at 6,000 most of the flight.

Did he kick the guy in the crotch right then and there, or wait until nobody was watching?