Flight Returns Twice

roundymac · 15-10-2014 8:46pm #1

http://www.rte.ie/aertel/desktopxhtml/117-1.html
Hope there was'nt any nervous fliers on this Europe Airopost flight which had to turn back to Dublin twice this morning. I think I'd be sh**ing my self at that stage.

man98 · 15-10-2014 10:27pm

I seem to remember Europe Airpost running into problems last month on a Split - Nantes flight last month, then blown out of proportion by the Daily Mail. I presume they got out there in the end on another plane?

vicwatson · 15-10-2014 10:28pm

roundymac wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/aertel/desktopxhtml/117-1.html
Hope there was'nt any nervous fliers on this Europe Airopost flight which had to turn back to Dublin twice this morning. I think I'd be sh**ing my self at that stage.

Id be nervous flying in a wheelchair too.

Growler!!! · 15-10-2014 10:33pm

Apparently the missing students were not in the mass grave either!!!

Sorry roundy, your link keeps changing.

man98 · 15-10-2014 10:37pm

http://m.rte.ie/news/2014/1015/652583-irish-pilgrim/
Here's the link, they were flown on a different plane this evening. I'm going to ask how 173 passengers boarded a B737-300? Certified to take 149 pax.

andy_g · 16-10-2014 1:29am

Aircraft involved is still on the ground for testing and is due back to service friday from what was said in the office today. Once i know more from the crew involved i'll try keep ya updated.

Tenger · 16-10-2014 3:21am

man98 wrote: »

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Here's the link, they were flown on a different plane this evening. I'm going to ask how 173 passengers boarded a B737-300? Certified to take 149 pax.

Did you make the mistake of accepting media info in regards to aviation?..............................

man98 · 16-10-2014 7:18am

Tenger wrote: »

Did you make the mistake of accepting media info in regards to aviation?..............................

No, just pointing it out

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arubex · 16-10-2014 7:30am

Interestingly the Mode-S wasn't reporting altitude, vertical speed or airspeed ( checked my logs too )

F-GZTD did the substitution ( into Dublin as ABR001P and revenue flight as ABR423J around 20:30 ).

e46318ise · 16-10-2014 6:15pm

The aircraft was fixed and undertook a successful test flight approx 5pm.
Unfortunately passengers refused to board it ... Again ... Hence the replacement 737-700 from CDG.
Problem was with air/ground logic. A switch failed and the aircraft thought it was still on the ground hence the apparent transponder problem.
Funny how the holy joes and priests lacked faith that EI-STA would get them there, 3rd time lucky and all that.

homerjay2005 · 16-10-2014 9:39pm

my brother in laws mother was on this flight, along with 22 of her friends!

alot of them never got back on the plane and went home.

man98 · 16-10-2014 9:54pm

homerjay2005 wrote: »

my brother in laws mother was on this flight, along with 22 of her friends!

alot of them never got back on the plane and went home.

3 flights for the price of one

. It's a pity to hear some people's journeys were ruined though. On a less serious side, if there was a problem, it would have been the Father Ted where they're all going to crash all over again.

A320 · 16-10-2014 10:49pm

"You have used 2 inches of stickey tape,god bless you"

andy_g · 17-10-2014 12:15am

Only in from work i see i have been beaten to some info. Aircraft was returned to service today i think.

Strumms · 17-10-2014 12:42am

In fairness... Let's take off our aviation expert / avgeek / plane pervert hats off. For a sec... As Joe public ... If you get up twice and end up back down twice after spending hours upon hours at an airport you'd just want to give up the ghost. I know lots of ACL folks and it's a shame that there will be bad publicity associated with this flight and said company and they have had a bit of a bad run.. But that aside anyone who does travel with them I just hear good things so I'm sure it's just a blip

typera12 · 17-10-2014 10:55am

Report on the aviation herald website

http://avherald.com/h?article=47bde371&opt=0

PukkaStukka · 17-10-2014 11:18am

typera12 wrote: »

Report on the aviation herald website

http://avherald.com/h?article=47bde371&opt=0

Not the only time the venerable EI-STA has had a few issues, albeit minor enough in the end.

http://avherald.com/h?article=463e1a47&opt=0

http://avherald.com/h?article=47662f36&opt=0

bernsy · 18-10-2014 9:44am

EI-STA didn't even make it off the ground this morning. Aborted take off , emergency services called. Not sure whats goin on.

calibratedtool · 18-10-2014 9:58am

bernsy wrote: »

EI-STA didn't even make it off the ground this morning. Aborted take off , emergency services called. Not sure whats goin on.

That was quick reporting!

bernsy · 18-10-2014 10:03am

My other half is due to fly back from Izmir on it today so I was listening to it happen on Live ATC

crosstownk · 18-10-2014 6:48pm

bernsy wrote: »

EI-STA didn't even make it off the ground this morning. Aborted take off , emergency services called. Not sure whats goin on.

You can listen back using the link below. The incident is about 20mins in. Something wrong with the brakes.

http://archive-server.liveatc.net/eidw/EIDW3-Oct-18-2014-0900Z.mp3

homerjay2005 · 18-10-2014 8:53pm

This seems to be one of the most troublesome planes around, thats 4 incidents now in a short space of time.

bernsy · 18-10-2014 9:31pm

Yeah I wonder is it time to put this plane out to pasture before it ruins the good work and name of Air Contractors. its OK for people in the business to say that this was just a technical problem but once the uneducated public get to hear about it they can cause big problems for the airline.

billie1b · 18-10-2014 9:33pm

Ah come on, shes only 17, plenty of time left in her yet

Strumms · 18-10-2014 10:07pm

billie1b wrote: »

Ah come on, shes only 17, plenty of time left in her yet

This is true... but it only takes a couple of incidents such as this in close succession followed by sensationalist newspaper headlines to influence the generally uneducated general public... hopefully this is the end of it in terms of the bad luck recently... they are a very good professional outfit with a serious high focus on maintenance and safety as is only to be expected.

bernsy · 19-10-2014 3:28pm

What was the issue with the aborted take off - anyone know ?

crosstownk · 19-10-2014 7:34pm

bernsy wrote: »

What was the issue with the aborted take off - anyone know ?

Number 2 brake stuck.

Have a listen to the ATC recording in the link I posted above.

sparrowcar · 31-10-2014 7:26am

... And again this morning. Another aborted take off. No passengers onboard so daily fail won't be printing any "near death" experiences.

EI-STA
AG141J STD0655
DUB-TFS

Engine issue.

Preset No.3 · 31-10-2014 8:23am

Thousands of potential airline passenger faced an unknown future as the aircraft they might have been flying on this weekend had an aborted take off from Dublin airport. The aircraft, an Airbus 777 jumbo jet was hurtling down the runway so fast that it might have taken off had it not been for the quick thinking of the balloon pilot operating the pulley system.

Jack1985 · 31-10-2014 2:51pm

Preset No.3 wrote: »

Thousands of potential airline passenger faced an unknown future as the aircraft they might have been flying on this weekend had an aborted take off from Dublin airport. The aircraft, an Airbus 777 jumbo jet was hurtling down the runway so fast that it might have taken off had it not been for the quick thinking of the balloon pilot operating the pulley system.

Hahaha, worst thing is, the Daily Mail wouldn't be far off. :P

cml387 · 01-11-2014 11:12pm

I was on poor old -STA when it returned last summer(2013) on a flight to Dubrovnik so I have a bit of a soft spot for it..but not so much that I'd ever fly on it again:)

smurfjed · 02-11-2014 1:23pm

but not so much that I'd ever fly on it again

If i took that attitude to specific airplanes, i would never go to work

Flight Returns Twice

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