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American Airlines jet flying from Shanghai makes unexpected landing in remote Alaskan town
An American Airlines jet carrying more than 100 people made an emergency landing in the Southwest Alaska community of Cold Bay Wednesday morning, with locals on standby to assist the new arrivals. (www.adn.com) Daha Fazlası...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I think that plane made the day for the people in Cold Bay.
Many years ago I was a radio operator on a military flight, I was working Cold Bay on my position reports, glad I was not stationed there, there is nothing there.
There's not much at Adak either.
I have to laugh at the stupidity of the 'KNOW NOTHINGS. If you are on my plane and there is a safety problem I wouldn't even attempt to continue. Where do these idiots come from?
Airliner takes off from London. Flies half way to India. Has a problem. Where do they land? Someplace close by? No. They fly all the way back to London. What was the problem? Who knows? Corporate speak doesn't impart any actual information.
Your comment really has nothing to do with what happened in this incident. The Captain of the aircraft made a decision to land at the first available place that could safely handle his aircraft and passengers. He made the decision, not corporate. The safety of his passengers comes first.
My point was that not all problems elicit the same kind of response, but we seldom hear just what the problem was. No matter what happens, whether an engine flames out or temperature indicator was a little off, they just say 'there was a problem' and that's all you ever hear about it.