Some photos of the fun taken by [MENTION=484538]gabdusch[/MENTION] and 24left. Not sure if @Nazdoom has his to add.


After about a half hour delay from scheduled departure time, we push back




We sit here for significantly longer than usual, listening to the different sounds coming from the engine, some of which sounded like power fluctuations, while looking at the two who would have waved goodbye, something I enjoy when departing TPE and NRT/HND





Sometime after the tests failed, captain advised we were going to park at a remote stand while everyone figured the out.

The fire truck arrived. Then the stairs were moved, all manner of maintenance crews boarded along with others.









[MENTION=484538]gabdusch[/MENTION] got this cool and interesting shot of the inside of the door




Meanwhile, the sun has set




And 3 hours later, we are finally on our way.




I am sure we were all happy to have left late rather than be forced to remain in TPE should another aircraft have been required. I really felt for the babies, children and others in the cabin who were rather uncomfortable in the heat (approx 29C) due to the doors being open for so long.

As I noted upthread, there was more than one issue that caused this delay, not just the engine issue and failure of the generator. Flew with both of the SDs, Cameron and Chris, on previous flights and I think they did an exemplary job in managing. They, the FAs, the pilots, the AC concierge and station manager all did the best they could under the circumstances and we all eventually made it to YVR. I'll bet it was not pleasant for the large number who missed their onward connections. I made it home in time for the chirping birds.

I get that these things happen, but as I mentioned, I have rarely had anything remotely close to on-time ARRIVAL on any of my AC TPACs in the past 1.5 years (based on tracking these things) and this year alone, the large number of mechanical issues delaying my flights have been nuts (for lack of a better word). This trip on 4 AC flights included delays due to air bleed (the domestic flight), the outbound TPAC problem with the air conditioning packs, the lengthy delay on the return TPAC as per this thread and the further delay of my transcon last night to another maintenance issue and that was a new bird.

And we just had an almost identical experience recently on different TPAC trips, where almost all of our originally booked flights were not flown due to mx and the single one that was flown as booked was also AC and 2.5 hours late.