file under I'm never flying ever again

[Gman]

We landed with all our engines intact because that’s just how I roll.

...Lord willing and the creek don't rise.


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[ColoWyo]

Hey I’m pretty sure you’re being mean!

To answer your question... yes, we can. As a matter of fact, I was piloting an Airbus out of Trenton, NJ yesterday morning not too long before the Southwest jet had issues. We landed with all our engines intact because that’s just how I roll.

Wussy. Anyone can do that.



For the record, I saw NFATrustGuy land in the nastiest, gusty, gnarly ass crosswind, fubar wind I’ve ever seen a jet landed in. He nailed it.

[NFATrustGuy]

...Lord willing and the creek don't rise.

Egg-Zachary.

[NFATrustGuy]

Wussy. Anyone can do that.



For the record, I saw NFATrustGuy land in the nastiest, gusty, gnarly ass crosswind, fubar wind I’ve ever seen a jet landed in. He nailed it.

Thanks for the compliment. Truth be told, I probably had my eyes closed. That stuff scares the shit out of me.

Was that the DCA landing? I can’t remember who I was flying with, but that is a landing I still remember.

[Honey Badger282.8]

An engine failure is one thing, I'm more afraid of a wing falling off like what happend to the Embry Riddle plane in Florida.

[Gman]

An engine failure is one thing, I'm more afraid of a wing falling off like what happend to the Embry Riddle plane in Florida.

A wing falling off a Boeing? Have you ever seen video of them testing a wing to failure? Amazing stuff.

ETA: Found one for the 777;

[68Charger]

If you load em into a trebuchet, sure!

That's not flying... it's no different than a bullet.

Flying requires lift...

[ColoWyo]

Thanks for the compliment. Truth be told, I probably had my eyes closed. That stuff scares the shit out of me.

Was that the DCA landing? I can’t remember who I was flying with, but that is a landing I still remember.

Nope. It was in Denver. 35R.

[Wolfshoon]

Catastrophic engine failure at 33000 feet combined with sudden cabin depressurization, almost a worst case scenario. In addition to loss of engine (half your thrust is now gone) you are also dealing with depressurization and at that altitude hypoxia sets in pretty quick, literally within a minute. O2 masks are set to drop somewhere between 12500-14000 feet and the passenger 02 chemical generators produce for around 10-15 minutes IIRC. Crew 02 tank supply is a good bit longer but they have to get the masks on quickly. Hypoxia is no joke, it puts you into a drunk like state rapidly, the higher the altitude, the lower the 02, the faster hypoxia sets in. I wonder if any of the passengers blacked out. Although, with the passenger's body stuck in the hole, pressure loss probably wasn't as severe.

Standard procedure is to don 02 masks, deal with engine fire (if present), declare emergency on radio and start emergency decent to lower altitude while ascertaining if there are any other problems i.e. loss of flight control, fire, hydraulics, electrical, etc. That rapid descent probably made the passengers feel like they were crashing to their deaths, definitely not a flight I'd want to be on.

Kudos to the crew and passengers who helped. Condolences for the poor lady at the window. Modern aircraft flight crew training covers these scenarios and saved this plane from crashing. I used to fly twice a month for field service over 10 years, glad I finally got out of that part of the business.

Add edit for this link to hypoxia, look at chart down page and how fast it sets in: https://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Hypoxia_(OGHFA_BN)

[Irving]

How exactly does the crew "deal with engine fire" in mid-flight? I know nothing about aircraft. Is there some sort of fire suppression system in place for the engines?