flt 741 madphl explained

[pit 4ever]

THIS FLIGHT HAD AN INOP CENTER TANK BOOST PUMP.IT HAD 18000 ¶
LBS OF TRAPPED FUEL.WHEN FIGURING THE MINIMUM RELEASE FUEL¶
TO TRAVEL TO PHL THIS CAUSED THE A/C TO BE OVER TAKE OFF¶
WEIGHT.ONLY OPTIONS ARE TO REMOVE PAX OR TAKE LESS FUEL AND ¶
PROVIDE A FUEL STOP WHICH THEY DID IN GANDER-YQX.HOPE THIS ¶
ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

 

[scot]

Thanks for the explanation.

 

[etops1]

when was this ?

 

[pit 4ever]

when was this ?

flt was on the 18th out of madrid

 

[YVINTERN]

THIS FLIGHT HAD AN INOP CENTER TANK BOOST PUMP.IT HAD 18000 ¶
LBS OF TRAPPED FUEL.WHEN FIGURING THE MINIMUM RELEASE FUEL¶
TO TRAVEL TO PHL THIS CAUSED THE A/C TO BE OVER TAKE OFF¶
WEIGHT.ONLY OPTIONS ARE TO REMOVE PAX OR TAKE LESS FUEL AND ¶
PROVIDE A FUEL STOP WHICH THEY DID IN GANDER-YQX.HOPE THIS ¶
ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

Thanks buddy 🙂 I'm glad someone had the panache to follow up with the facts not snide remarks about US.

 

[sharktooth]

Thanks buddy 🙂 I'm glad someone had the panache to follow up with the facts not snide remarks about US.

<snide>
The fact of the matter is, since boost pumps rarely fail at the same time (and I would think both had failed), the plane was likely flown with a fuel MEL, away from a maintenance base. While the pilot and line mechanic were probably pawns in this, I can and do blame the admin type that made such a decision. Stupid is as stupid does, hauling around an extra nine tons of weight, just so Tempe can minimize the number of spares in the field.

This summer will be interesting, yet again.</snide>

 

[YVINTERN]

Well...that's not exactly SNIDE in my book...these are facts...I meant SNIDE remarks such as these "Galley Show comments" or asinine comments.

 

[etops1]

i just asked because .i was coaching the flt inbound to mad on the 17th . it was a/c 245ay . and we sat at the gate in phl because of this fuel pump issue . they finally decided to mel it and max out the wing tanks.