More Air Transat Airbus Problems

DHC6 · Post by **DHC6** » 26 Apr 2005, 02:42

Are they just unlucky or what. Weird things seem to happen to this airline

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national ... 50425.html

DHC6

A318 · Post by **A318** » 26 Apr 2005, 11:06

This not so weird and happens more often with all airline companies then just this incident.

Erwin

B744skipper · Post by **B744skipper** » 26 Apr 2005, 12:25

I really wonder what the pilots must have been thinking when they saw the crack developing in the windshield.....

In remembrance of British Airways flight 5390.

Togalock · Post by **Togalock** » 26 Apr 2005, 13:59

A crack in the window often seems worse then it really is.

As an ex A/P mechanic I remember a period between 1997 and 1999 when a lot of AVRO RJ´s had cracked windshields.(occasionally I remember some on the F-50 also) Most of them were caused by delamination or bad sealing. Water got in between the layers (5 or more) and got in touch with the window heating elements causing arcing and finally window cracking. It was only the outer layer that cracked causing no danger to A/C or crew according to the windshield manufacter. It looked really scarry 8O from the inside and a pilot can not tell how bad it is so that it resulted in emergency landing or diversion.
Than in this case the media tends to blow these things up(they can find another story about Air Transat) altough it could not have been that critical.

Greetings

winglets · Post by **winglets** » 26 Apr 2005, 14:43

TWo weeks ago there was a television program about this topic and the BA flight on National Geographic CHannel.

Every friday 21.00-22.00 they investigate airline accidents.

Regards,

Winglets

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 26 Apr 2005, 20:38

This has nothing to do with the plane type or the airline. Whether it's Airbus, Boeing and whether it's Air Transat or any other airline such event do happen every now and then.

Togalock wrote: Than in this case the media tends to blow these things up(they can find another story about Air Transat) altough it could not have been that critical.

As Togalock mentioned, the media is making out of this incident a big issue. That's all.

I really wonder what the pilots must have been thinking when they saw the crack developing in the windshield.....

Well I think I know how one reacts when the view out of the window looks like this: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/821229/M/

Chris