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murchr
#691 Posted : Sunday, April 13, 2014 4:28:44 PM
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@Ash Ock, the oxygen masks fell because of the cabin pressure nothing to do with landing. You haven't heard of bizarre landings, recently a pilot landed in the wrong airport in NA and he only realized when the runway fell short. And guess what, he couldn't take off...yes because the runway was not enough.
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Ash Ock
#692 Posted : Sunday, April 13, 2014 4:56:24 PM
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murchr wrote:
@Ash Ock, the oxygen masks fell because of the cabin pressure nothing to do with landing. You haven't heard of bizarre landings, recently a pilot landed in the wrong airport in NA and he only realized when the runway fell short. And guess what, he couldn't take off...yes because the runway was not enough.


Oxygen masks are triggered to automatically fall when the cabin pressure rises (key word here) above 14'000ft.
Schipol is at sealevel. Only a couple dropped, not all of them.
In anycase, they dropped after we were slammed onto the runway. Oh, and for your information, Captain Muiruri, he of the famous Greece emergency landing (777 5Y-KQS), was in command. Whether he was the pilot flying during the landing is something I don't know. There were 3 in the cockpit, with one being a trainee (not saying s/he dumped us on the runway as I simply don't know).

By any chance, were you the one flying that day? If so, sincere congratulations on a nice smooth approach.

If you're talking of the Ethiopian 767 which landed by mistake at Arusha last December, they got the plane off. Nice video.

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dunkang
#693 Posted : Sunday, April 13, 2014 4:57:07 PM
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murchr wrote:
@Ash Ock, the oxygen masks fell because of the cabin pressure nothing to do with landing. You haven't heard of bizarre landings, recently a pilot landed in the wrong airport in NA and he only realized when the runway fell short. And guess what, he couldn't take off...yes because the runway was not enough.

Where the heck is NA?
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murchr
#694 Posted : Sunday, April 13, 2014 11:42:37 PM
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dunkang wrote:
murchr wrote:
@Ash Ock, the oxygen masks fell because of the cabin pressure nothing to do with landing. You haven't heard of bizarre landings, recently a pilot landed in the wrong airport in NA and he only realized when the runway fell short. And guess what, he couldn't take off...yes because the runway was not enough.


Where the heck is NA?


Ash Ock wrote:
By any chance, were you the one flying that day? If so, sincere congratulations on a nice smooth approach.

If you're talking of the Ethiopian 767 which landed by mistake at Arusha last December, they got the plane off. Nice video.


No when i fly am the passenger, but i like matters aviation. Poleni sana for the experience though i know its not funny at all. There've been worse mishaps remember the Egypt Air plane that led to the close down of JKIA? Nice video

@dunkang NA is North America the story is here. http://www.cnn.com/2014/...st-plane-wrong-airport/

The new B777-300 5Y-KYZ on taxi test.


I watched an interview where Naikuni said that the numbers on the NBO-LON route have greatly improved but they've suspended flying to Egypt for the time being.
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dunkang
#695 Posted : Monday, April 14, 2014 7:54:19 AM
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@Murchr, how can that happen in North America?

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VituVingiSana
#696 Posted : Monday, April 14, 2014 10:20:33 AM
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freiks wrote:
VituVingiSana wrote:
Ash Ock wrote:
KQ pilots seem to have a problem with landing. The hardest landings I've experienced have all been on KQ where the pilots practically plant the airplane on the runway. The hardest so far being on 29 March 2014 while landing in Amsterdam (5Y-KYZ), where a couple of oxygen masks fell down.
Youtube has a few videos of KQ "skills", worth a few laughs. Note; even though the landings are fairly hard, they are very safe and within the specifications of the aircraft (but not me).
Ouch! And Kenyan pilots insist they are as skilled as the best in the world. Often it's a good idea to let others come in and teach us how to improve our skills or technique. You may be 'qualified' on paper but there's skill, talent and experience that one needs to acquire.

The worst i ever got was a turbulence aboard delta over the carribean islands, the pilots told us later that the plane lost 30 metres at once during the turbulence, the worst bit they were serving drinks you can imagine the chaos, then all over a sudden alot of guys started reading bibles and other materials
Turbulence is often unexpected and happens in the air. This is different from landing.
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VituVingiSana
#697 Posted : Monday, April 14, 2014 10:22:34 AM
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freiks wrote:
VituVingiSana wrote:
Ash Ock wrote:
KQ pilots seem to have a problem with landing. The hardest landings I've experienced have all been on KQ where the pilots practically plant the airplane on the runway. The hardest so far being on 29 March 2014 while landing in Amsterdam (5Y-KYZ), where a couple of oxygen masks fell down.
Youtube has a few videos of KQ "skills", worth a few laughs. Note; even though the landings are fairly hard, they are very safe and within the specifications of the aircraft (but not me).
Ouch! And Kenyan pilots insist they are as skilled as the best in the world. Often it's a good idea to let others come in and teach us how to improve our skills or technique. You may be 'qualified' on paper but there's skill, talent and experience that one needs to acquire.

The worst i ever got was a turbulence aboard delta over the carribean islands, the pilots told us later that the plane lost 30 metres at once during the turbulence, the worst bit they were serving drinks you can imagine the chaos, then all over a sudden alot of guys started reading bibles and other materials
Turbulence is often unexpected and happens in the air. This is different from landing. You can't see turbulence but technology is being developed to 'sense' it to avoid the worst bits.
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett
VituVingiSana
#698 Posted : Monday, April 14, 2014 10:24:22 AM
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murchr wrote:
@Ash Ock, the oxygen masks fell because of the cabin pressure nothing to do with landing. You haven't heard of bizarre landings, recently a pilot landed in the wrong airport in NA and he only realized when the runway fell short. And guess what, he couldn't take off...yes because the runway was not enough.
d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! Though taking off from short [of recommended length] runways is not uncommon as long as the plane is empty & the plane's engines are at full throttle... What do they do when a plane cannot take off?
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murchr
#699 Posted : Monday, April 14, 2014 2:20:10 PM
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dunkang wrote:
@Murchr, how can that happen in North America?

Is aviation and security technology over-hyped?


But ofcourse how can such a blander happen in this day where we have gps in everything? But un professionalism in the aviation sector is common in North America in 2011 an Egypt Air plane almost crushed headon with a Lufthansa plane at JFKIA while taxing..the Egypt air plane took a wrong turn on instructions by the air traffic controller. They stopped the two planes but the Lufthansa plane got damaged. Anyway this is a KQ thread
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Goldilocks Reloaded
#700 Posted : Monday, April 14, 2014 2:31:35 PM
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VituVingiSana wrote:
murchr wrote:
@Ash Ock, the oxygen masks fell because of the cabin pressure nothing to do with landing. You haven't heard of bizarre landings, recently a pilot landed in the wrong airport in NA and he only realized when the runway fell short. And guess what, he couldn't take off...yes because the runway was not enough.
d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! Though taking off from short [of recommended length] runways is not uncommon as long as the plane is empty & the plane's engines are at full throttle... What do they do when a plane cannot take off?


Get monster choppers to "airlift" the plane to a long-enough runway... Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly . No clue anyway cos you can't tow a plane like from NBO to MSA
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