G-EUUC : A320 Airframe on second divert to LHR in 3 days
Sep 25, 23, 2:11 am
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G-EUUC : A320 Airframe on second divert to LHR in 3 days
As the title suggests: following a divert to LHR on Friday 22nd after aborting BA508 to Faro, the same airframe is currently at 10,000 ft over Northern France having seemingly aborted the scheduled BA336 service this morning to Marseille and is returning to LHR.
Not a good look for BA Engineering! Time to let that bird rest a little it would seem....
Not a good look for BA Engineering! Time to let that bird rest a little it would seem....
Sep 25, 23, 2:22 am
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If as is being speculated the issue is the same as on Friday (pressurisation problems) then surely serious safety questions need to be asked as to why the aircraft operated today?
Sep 25, 23, 2:27 am
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BA safety has never been in question, and despite some of the front of house issues they experience, that will not change.
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Sep 25, 23, 2:45 am
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Well FT is a tough crowd and we are blessed with some very knowledgeable contributors on here. As for safety never being in question, the evidence of this aircraft raises several questions. They may all have innocent answers and these events may be unrelated. But "never" is a definitive that is a brave statement.
Sep 25, 23, 2:49 am
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All critical safety systems are solid, until they suddenly arent
Sep 25, 23, 2:50 am
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Bit of a silly statement you made there, it's EXACTLY the purpose of a social media IBB. And there are quite a few of us on here with civil aviation engineering backgrounds.
Sep 25, 23, 2:59 am
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What use is that without access to the evidence of what has gone on. At best youd speculate, no?
Sep 25, 23, 3:09 am
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All that I will say is that FRadar24 shows a decent from 33,000 to 10;000 put in less than 10 minutes. I will speculate no further except to inquire how accurate this App is in such matters
I am grateful that the aircraft is down safely and hope that no one was hurt aboard.
I am grateful that the aircraft is down safely and hope that no one was hurt aboard.
Sep 25, 23, 3:19 am
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As with all the previous "we don't actually know what happened" threads, it's probably best to avoid replying to "questions most certainly shouldnt be asked or answered by an internet board of people who know very little" with "sweeping statements that shouldn't really be made on an internet board".
Sep 25, 23, 3:19 am
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All that I will say is that FRadar24 shows a decent from 33,000 to 10;000 put in less than 10 minutes. I will speculate no further except to inquire how accurate this App is in such matters
I am grateful that the aircraft is down safely and hope that no one was hurt aboard.
I am grateful that the aircraft is down safely and hope that no one was hurt aboard.
Sep 25, 23, 3:21 am
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Well BA 336 will go again but on G-EUUH, as did the FAO on Friday, again on a different frame.
UUC has been dispatching in accordance with the DDG, albeit a repeat fault of the same nature on the opposite (functioning) side will indeed lead to a descent down to 10,000.
Oh well, another frame to add to the AOG list.
UUC has been dispatching in accordance with the DDG, albeit a repeat fault of the same nature on the opposite (functioning) side will indeed lead to a descent down to 10,000.
Oh well, another frame to add to the AOG list.
Sep 25, 23, 3:21 am
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if FR had an aircraft that returned to base twice in 3 days because of suspected pressurisation events then many on this board would point out how cheap they were and that this demonstrated exactly why they were justified never to fly with them
Sep 25, 23, 3:24 am
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All that I will say is that FRadar24 shows a decent from 33,000 to 10;000 put in less than 10 minutes. I will speculate no further except to inquire how accurate this App is in such matters
I am grateful that the aircraft is down safely and hope that no one was hurt aboard.
I am grateful that the aircraft is down safely and hope that no one was hurt aboard.
A conversation I had with a BA captian a couple of weeks ago suggested that BA have recently lost alot of experienced engineers to United, who have, apparently opened a new maintenance facility at or close to Heathrow and are paying considerably more than BA. That may just be conjecture on his part however.
Sep 25, 23, 3:27 am
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Fine - have at it - speculate to your hearts content! Get yourselves all worked up over it and vow never to fly BA again! I really don’t care. My point was speculation about a lack of a CE meal reaches proportions that border on ridiculous - god knows where you will go with this!
If a bunch of gifted amateurs feel they can diagnose the issue with it then I take my comment back. As someone who is in the aviation industry, and I have been for 30 years, I can be pretty confident in my view that the knowledgable experts we are lucky to have on here will not comment in depth on the speculation about safety.
Since you all feel very differently I will leave the wolves to it.
Regards
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If a bunch of gifted amateurs feel they can diagnose the issue with it then I take my comment back. As someone who is in the aviation industry, and I have been for 30 years, I can be pretty confident in my view that the knowledgable experts we are lucky to have on here will not comment in depth on the speculation about safety.
Since you all feel very differently I will leave the wolves to it.
Regards
aks120
