SkyWest Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Buffalo, Drops 28,000 Feet in 3 Minutes

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originally posted by: TheOneFreeMan
What surprises me most is the fact that this thing lost 28,000 feet in 3 minutes; that's pretty damn steep. We measure the descent rate of aircraft in Feet Per Minute, and average descent rate for an approach is like, 2,000 FPM or 1,800 FPM, 1,500 even, depending on where you're flying or what you're up to. If we just take 28,000 and split it 3 ways you get a descent rate of about 9,300 FPM.

I believe the performed the descent to the limits of the machine. If you have cabin fire for example, 3 minutes may not be enough.

more than one passenger passing out at the same time is serious case for concern and the pilots could be next. If the plane could have done the descent in 1 minute, I believe that's what the pilots have done.

As in the case of one Swissair flight where there was a fire and the pilots thought they could fly normally to a nearest airport. The flight crashed killing everyone - they spent too much time in the air. If the pilots only knew how severe the situation was, they should have descended rapidly and ditched the plane in the Atlantic.

After that Swissair incident, it was made SOP I think when there's fire or anything that would incapacitate the pilots to land or ditch the plane as quickly as possible.

a reply to: charlyv

Oh no. He was killed instantly.

originally posted by: Misterlondon
just to clear something, in your vast flying experience have you ever had to make an emergency landing?

(raises hand) Yep. The plane was on fire, though, so I was ok with it. Faster would have been even better.

a reply to: Zaphod58

That all sounds interesting. I have no idea what you are talking about, but it sounds interesting.

Are you saying that a Boeing 747 can plummet or dive that quickly? Is it because the engines are pushing it more quickly than gravity pulling it?

originally posted by: WarminIndy


I have a portable oxygen machine operated by batteries. Next time I fly, I am going to take it with me.

only if you have a doctor's note for it, and then only if it is one of a handful of acceptable devices. and then only if the airline allows you to, after making special arrangements with them ahead of time.

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a reply to: WarminIndy

They have two methods to descend in an emergency descent.

Method one, is to push the power up, and the nose down, then pull the power back and level off once they're lower.

Method two is more popular. They lower power, drop flaps, drop the landing gear and push the nose over. Their airspeed stays low, but their decent rate shoots up.

As for the other post, it was a KC-135 tanker used by the Air Force. The navigator was using the sextant to get a navigational fix when a window above him blew out.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: WarminIndy

They have two methods to descend in an emergency descent.

Method one, is to push the power up, and the nose down, then pull the power back and level off once they're lower.

Method two is more popular. They lower power, drop flaps, drop the landing gear and push the nose over. Their airspeed stays low, but their decent rate shoots up.

As for the other post, it was a KC-135 tanker used by the Air Force. The navigator was using the sextant to get a navigational fix when a window above him blew out.

Oh, that is a horrible way to die

I understand now what you meant.

After reading more, my money is on a bleed air leak into the cabin.

originally posted by: StoutBroux
That'd play hell with your vodka tonic, and your stomach!

And the Airplane seats.

Do they have something to clean massive skid marks ?

Happened again another flight?

Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Milwaukee diverted to Denver after 'pressurization issue,' local media reports; Denver firefighters evaluating passengers - @9NEWS

Source

a reply to: lurksoften

Skywest wasn't a pressurization issue after all.

Southwest has had a couple of pressurization problems in the last five or six years. They've also been fined several times in that time frame for lax maintenance procedures.

Yet another EMP caused by magnetic particles from a celestial object.

Since I started the thread (below) just after the Alps crash,there have been around 20 incidents and likely some that went un reported throughout the world.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

a reply to: EndOfDays77

And yet every system was working when they landed. So how does THAT work with your magic EMP? It turns things off the back on again? That's incredible.

Planes have accidents and incidents without a magic EMP pulse causing them.

originally posted by: EndOfDays77
Yet another EMP caused by magnetic particles from a celestial object.

"Magnetic particles" don't cause EMP's, either.