Author Topic: United Airlines 870 tailstrike with pictures  (Read 15723 times)

Cap747

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United Airlines 870 tailstrike with pictures
« on: May 07, 2010, 03:58:16 PM »
This report is from AVHerald again, they are pretty fast gathering news here.... :mrgreen:

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=42b2d053&opt=0

I have cutout some communications concerning the delay caused by the tailstrike.
Before the 747 landed again there was a helicopter hovering near an Airbus, but was not allowed to fly overhead ect.

Noticable is the Etihad 451 remark saying:
"We heard 10 minutes. We gonna shut two engines down, we need 5 minutes warning for restart it if you're happy with it."

« Last Edit: May 09, 2010, 06:27:47 AM by Cap747 »



Offline joebolton

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Re: United Airlines 870 tailstrike at Sydney Australia
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2010, 11:13:19 PM »
What typically happens to the flight crew after a tailstike? 

Cap747

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Re: United Airlines 870 tailstrike at Sydney Australia
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2010, 05:13:23 AM »
What typically happens to the flight crew after a tailstike?  

The AVHerald story say's they returned after 80 minutes of fuel dumping, the airplane now will be inspected, see if it can do a ferry flight( maintenance flight without pax) to a place it can be repaired.. have quickly searched for the landing audio, but could not find it yet...

The crew themselves after hearing they had a tailstrike having looked at eachother than boooo (or the more common words f**k) and have to file a report and certainly be questioned by the Australian investigation board.

[edit] here are some pictures of the strike:
www.yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=5355
« Last Edit: May 08, 2010, 07:48:45 AM by Cap747 »