MD-80 Inflight Scare
- Thread starter KCKKen
- Start date
jimntx
Veteran
As I understand it, what is reported in the news article is less than half the fiasco.
1. The first day, the problem was a compressor stall.
2. When they returned to the airport on the 1st day, the plane was directed to a gate with an inoperative jetbridge. Seems it took quite awhile to get the passengers off the plane.
3. The plane spent the night in maintenance who said they couldn't find anything wrong with it.
4. Took off, 2nd day. Same/similar symptoms in-flight. Turned around returned to the airport.
5. Plane was directed to the same gate with the inoperative jetbridge again.
6. Seems people were told that it would be a delay of several hours. Flight attendants were told it would be 5-6 hours, and that they were to sit in the airport until the plane was repaired--no hotel, no nothing. (Crew Tracking tried to claim later that they did not say this, but this is what the flight attendants reported to their base. Intervention by management, believe it or not, got the flight attendants released after two in-flight maintenance issues on the same plane two days in a row.)
1. The first day, the problem was a compressor stall.
2. When they returned to the airport on the 1st day, the plane was directed to a gate with an inoperative jetbridge. Seems it took quite awhile to get the passengers off the plane.
3. The plane spent the night in maintenance who said they couldn't find anything wrong with it.
4. Took off, 2nd day. Same/similar symptoms in-flight. Turned around returned to the airport.
5. Plane was directed to the same gate with the inoperative jetbridge again.
6. Seems people were told that it would be a delay of several hours. Flight attendants were told it would be 5-6 hours, and that they were to sit in the airport until the plane was repaired--no hotel, no nothing. (Crew Tracking tried to claim later that they did not say this, but this is what the flight attendants reported to their base. Intervention by management, believe it or not, got the flight attendants released after two in-flight maintenance issues on the same plane two days in a row.)
Hopeful
Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 21, 2002
- Messages
- 5,998
- Reaction score
- 347
I tend to believe eolesen was being sarcastic with his post. He seems to know all the goings on at AA and would know that Kansas City still has AA mechanics there.
Maybe it's just me, but he may have been insinuating that AA mechanics are no better than outsourced ones.
Eric? care to 'splain?
T
The Goose
Guest
I'll have to remember that rather interesting technique - greasing the fan blades fixes compressor stalls. Next, we'll be hearing from the company that Jesus Christ rode a bicycle or drove a dumptruck.
Someone owes me a new BS detector - the needle on mine just bent itself into a treble clef.
Stuff happens.
star power
Advanced
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2005
- Messages
- 129
- Reaction score
- 1
normal AA operations for items #2, #5, #6. and isn't tulsa maintenance operation calling the maintenance shots, miss again.
star power
Advanced
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2005
- Messages
- 129
- Reaction score
- 1
Required run-up. start apu. start air conditioning cooling system. no smoke in cabin. Duh.
Might need engines change for worn oil seals. none in stock. Duh.
Compressor stall ? low air flow or to much air flow? Borescope engine that has reported stall. no blade damage, ok .
Must be a control problem, no parts, Duh.
Do performance run checks with in limits per aircraft maintenance manual, Duh.
I see centerpork all over this one.
