AS 807 (SEA-KOA) on 2/18/2021 [Emergency Return]
Feb 18, 2021, 12:45 am
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AS 807 (SEA-KOA) on 2/18/2021 [Emergency Return]
Looks like AS807 made it half way to Hawaii (KOA), and turned around and went back to Seattle.
Was squawking 7700 at one point (off the coast of Oregon), but went back to a normal code, and landed back at SEA and didn't request assistance.
Was squawking 7700 at one point (off the coast of Oregon), but went back to a normal code, and landed back at SEA and didn't request assistance.
Feb 18, 2021, 9:53 am
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they did a tail swap in SEA and departed again within an hour ... the original jet (N569AS, per FR24) is en route SEA-EWR this morning, so it was either a medical incident or failure of some ETOPS-mandatory equipment item that wasn't too complicated to replace
Feb 18, 2021, 1:15 pm
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Not strictly AS related, but I was flying LAX-SYD once when we turned around just over Hawaii and flew all the way back to California when one engine one the 747 went out. I would have felt much better if we had just landed at HNL.
Feb 18, 2021, 4:06 pm
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if you were on Qantas, LAX was a lot closer than SYD (I'm reasonably sure that QF doesn't have maintenance crew or facilities in HNL)
Feb 18, 2021, 6:11 pm
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Two words: four engines. If it were a 777, I bet you would have diverted to HNL.
Feb 18, 2021, 6:16 pm
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I guess they were pretty confident it was something directly with the failed engine. I get it that if one goes out that's most likely the case but, "most likely" is not usually relied upon in aviation.
Feb 18, 2021, 6:22 pm
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Feb 18, 2021, 8:41 pm
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My father saw the squak as well and sent me a note.
EF didn't reveal anything- impressive swap speed though- late arrival though.
EF didn't reveal anything- impressive swap speed though- late arrival though.
Feb 19, 2021, 5:38 am
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similar thing happened but lax to Fiji turned around over Hawaii went back to lax they didn’t announce 3hrs before landing at lax this happened after that flight that disappeared I think a year later lol got scared for a second when the plane turned around on the flight monitor. Was told flight crew fell ill or something happened to one of the crew landed at lax early morning they gave us hotel 1hr away from lax but the morning traffic in la got to hotel over 2hrs, but flight took off same evening. Flight wasn’t that full because I think ppl from Fiji flight got on az and qantas because they were transiting in Fiji.
Feb 19, 2021, 7:46 pm
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similar thing happened but lax to Fiji turned around over Hawaii went back to lax they didn’t announce 3hrs before landing at lax this happened after that flight that disappeared I think a year later lol got scared for a second when the plane turned around on the flight monitor. Was told flight crew fell ill or something happened to one of the crew landed at lax early morning they gave us hotel 1hr away from lax but the morning traffic in la got to hotel over 2hrs, but flight took off same evening. Flight wasn’t that full because I think ppl from Fiji flight got on az and qantas because they were transiting in Fiji.
Feb 19, 2021, 8:32 pm
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Funny, that's exactly what happened on my flight - no announcement, just a slow turnaround and then the bad news once we were almost back to LAX. Guess they didn't want to wake or panic the passengers. The most devastating part of it for me was that this was the only time I ever rode in the upper deck of the 747 and I only got half a flight!
Hence there was, after all, enough time to see the end of that movie. Of course, I have long forgotten the name of that movie... I would rather we had landed in Spokane as I could have just rented a car and drove to Seattle.
Feb 19, 2021, 10:43 pm
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Funny, that's exactly what happened on my flight - no announcement, just a slow turnaround and then the bad news once we were almost back to LAX. Guess they didn't want to wake or panic the passengers. The most devastating part of it for me was that this was the only time I ever rode in the upper deck of the 747 and I only got half a flight!
Feb 21, 2021, 2:45 pm
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This is why it has been years since I've taken anything stronger than a Benadryl to help me doze off. (Well, that, and a few liquids when served by the inflight crew.) I'm reminded of taking off from HNL one night and then landing back @ HNL about an hour later.
