1/15/2008 UA 901 FRA-SFO diverted to OAK [Updated 2010 News Reports]
May 27, 2010, 7:37 pm
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Wow. My props to the pilot.
May 31, 2010, 9:48 pm
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Reported on CBS affiliate in San Francisco (h/t Airline Pilot Central). Allegedly there was some kind of anomaly in the database of the flight management system, leading the plane to be off the localizer on the ILS approach to 28R at SFO. The captain noticed "something wrong" at the last second and ordered a go-around. After a second approach and a second go-around, the crew declared an emergency and diverted to OAK. Apparently this was written up on FT by a passenger on the flight -- FT gets a little shout-out on the news report.
I don't know what to make about the claims against Honeywell (the manufacturer of the FMS), but great job by the crew.
I don't know what to make about the claims against Honeywell (the manufacturer of the FMS), but great job by the crew.
May 31, 2010, 10:52 pm
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May 31, 2010, 11:54 pm
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I would reconsider this statement. The incident involved not just the pilot/co-pilot but the hundreds of souls they were responsible for. The "what if" scenario is chilling indeed, but the fact that it happened outside of the captain's control makes it all the more traumatic. IMO, only a calloused pilot would consider themselves unscathed from this event.
Jun 1, 2010, 1:16 am
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Man that was a close call...
Jun 1, 2010, 6:49 am
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I would reconsider this statement. The incident involved not just the pilot/co-pilot but the hundreds of souls they were responsible for. The "what if" scenario is chilling indeed, but the fact that it happened outside of the captain's control makes it all the more traumatic. IMO, only a calloused pilot would consider themselves unscathed from this event.
Trauma and PTSD are hard to predict. I know medical professionals in NYC who were highly traumatized by 9/11, not because they were on the sight, but because as soon as the news hit, every hospital in the city implemented emergency plans to be prepared to take in large numbers of trauma patients that never materialized. These doctors were standing there, watching TV, prepared to do everything they could to save the lives of patients that never got to the hospitals. The feeling of helplessness when they were mentally prepared to be taking responsibility for dozens of lives at a time cannot be underestimated. (It's a VERY different trauma than that experienced by those who were at Ground Zero, but those I know who were at the sight were extremely sympathetic to the trauma experienced by the doctors at the hospitals.)
-JMP