UAL assistance to Asiana

[Dont call me Shirley]

A friend with UAL at SFO had told me about this, good to see it recognized in WSJ. He also said that other *A carriers had people helping out, but the vast majority was done by UAL. (not surprising given its size at SFO.

http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2013/07/09/airline-alliance-helped-in-crash-aftermath/

 

[737823]

Interesting read thanks for posting. All the best to the passengers and their families.

Josh

 

[Kev3188]

These emergency response teams are a bit of a mass produced secret, I think. I doubt many of the traveling public realize they exist?

There is a TON of preparedness that goes on within each carrier's team, and also a lot of protocol as far as who-helps-who-where. As noted in the article, a lot of it is along alliance lines.

I was on the team for NW for awhile. I'm glad I did it, and am even more glad I never had to use any of my training...

 

[ThirdSeatHero]

UAL Mechanics here in SFO have also been assisting at the crash site.

 

[robbedagain]

thats good to hear both of you.. kev were you part of the team when nwa dc9 slammed into the airbus near the terminal a few yrs back and what was the final outcome of that accident

 

[Kev3188]

I wasn't involved in that one... The end run mechanical failure. The DC9 had a hydraulic(s) issue, and when the pilots shut down the left engine, the A/C lost braking power & steering, and wound up under the wing of an Airbus that was pushing back from the gate.

 

[robbedagain]

ok thanks kev was that a write off for both planes

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

IIRC, the -Nine was damaged beyond economical repair and parted out; the Airbus was repaired.