British Airways A319 loses all flight displays at night

PYX · Post by **PYX** » 27 Nov 2005, 08:48

"British Airways A319 loses all flight displays at night"
Read story here:
http://www.flightinternational.com/Arti ... night.html

How common is this??

ryanCX · Post by **ryanCX** » 27 Nov 2005, 09:10

Thank god there were no casualties!!
Really strange though!!

vc-10 · Post by **vc-10** » 27 Nov 2005, 16:33

Opps
Lucky no-one was hurt.

regi · Post by **regi** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:44

Their free trial software was outdated.

Post by **luchtzak** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:52

regi wrote:Their free trial software was outdated.

Sorry for my

fftopic: -ness, couldn't resist

vc-10 · Post by **vc-10** » 27 Nov 2005, 20:26

LOL!
My computer did the same today, screen switched off, the rest was still going, and playing a DVD.

bigjulie · Post by **bigjulie** » 28 Nov 2005, 03:31

You just can't trust electronics, can you

Ovostar · Post by **Ovostar** » 28 Nov 2005, 03:40

So scarry... The passengers as well were in the dark ?

DAT202D · Post by **DAT202D** » 28 Nov 2005, 08:47

I experienced the same thing ! Well almost the same

When I was going back home from my annual holiday to Thailand I arrived at Zurich with a SWISS A343. I had to continue my journey onto Brussels with an Avro of Swiss.

All crew and pax were on board and we were ready to get the pushback when all power suddenly failed ! All lights, airco, apu etc... failed and it lasted about 1 hour to get it fixed. During that hour the power went up and down several times which made it a very scary thing !

Even i'm used to fly, this experience sure made me pray that the power would remain 'online' during the flight !

Luckily everything went ok and we landed safely at Brussels.

But this is something i'll never forget !

Cheers
8)

regi · Post by **regi** » 28 Nov 2005, 09:49

Yes DAT, enjoy your next trip in business with China Air to the Land of Smiles.
We will remember you.

bravo767 · Post by **bravo767** » 28 Nov 2005, 12:21

It might depend on the type off DU's (Display Unit) installed. I fly on a brand new A330 with new and larger displays (LCD iso CRT). After roughly 10 days of continuous operation (which is really the case within that airline) all the DU's perform a self test and go blank for 40 sec. This happened on an Atlantic crossing around 40W. Since then to avoid that disturbing self test, at the end of the flight, instead of dimming all the DU's, we switch them off.
But after reading the article, the events on the BA flight are of another origin...
Happy landings.

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 28 Nov 2005, 13:07

bravo767 wrote:It might depend on the type off DU's (Display Unit) installed. I fly on a brand new A330 with new and larger displays (LCD iso CRT). After roughly 10 days of continuous operation (which is really the case within that airline) all the DU's perform a self test and go blank for 40 sec. This happened on an Atlantic crossing around 40W. Since then to avoid that disturbing self test, at the end of the flight, instead of dimming all the DU's, we switch them off.

I wonder what idiot came up with that. It's really not that hard to only allow the self test when, say, the doors are open. Are you sure the plane isn't running Microsoft Windows?

Ovostar · Post by **Ovostar** » 28 Nov 2005, 14:49

the same happened but BEFORE taking off, in a BA's Avro, we had to change plane...

regi · Post by **regi** » 28 Nov 2005, 16:52

I bet that the software is subcontracted in Bombay.

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 29 Nov 2005, 13:38

I think you mean Bangalore, not Bombay. That's what they call the Indian Silicon Valley.

I hear that due to some cultural thing they will never say that what you want them to do is impossible. So you end up with either something that doesn't do wat you wanted, or endless delays. (Not that you would get something better from someone else, but at least they might have told you that what you want is impossible.)

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 29 Nov 2005, 13:51

Incredible sotry. Thanks for reporting.

regi · Post by **regi** » 29 Nov 2005, 14:26

yes , Bangalore, sorry.
I know what you mean with that specific attitude. "You are my best friend and we can make everything for you, very special price for you"
You end up with a suite that doesn't fit, which looks awfull and outdated and you will have paid more than you thought.
Translate this into aviation: the entire system makes a restart in the middle of the flight.
Okay, we can live with that.

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 29 Nov 2005, 14:49

Yes, we can live with restarts in the middle of the flight, as long as it doesn't restart while landing or taking off.