Questions tagged [emergency]
An emergency is any situation that threatens the safety of an aircraft, the people on board it, or people on the ground.
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Why is it fairly common for the same aircraft to declare two emergencies, usually radio failures, in less than an hour?
I get notifications from FlightRadar24 whenever a plane squawks 7600 or 7700. It happens a lot; I've received eight today. (It seems like more happen on weekends than on weekdays, probably because ...
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Will all turbine blades stop moving in the event of a emergency shutdown?
In the event of an emergency shutdown of an engine (while in the air),
are there systems which prevent movement of turbines (brakes) in case of internal damage?
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Are airliners designed to land safely with no undercarriage deployed?
Complete undercarriage failure ("belly landing") is very rare in large passenger aircraft, but not unprecedented.
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I would imagine it would be fairly easy to predict which part of ...
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Is it permissible to have exit row with ordinary seat spacing?
I was recently flying a flight with an exit row seat on the overwing exit.
I was expecting increased seat spacing for this row but to my surprise the seat spacing seemed exactly the same as rows ahead ...
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How do Pistons vs. Turbines fare during a Carrington event?
Electromagnetic pulses are a staple in sci-fi, and they're basically the writers' hand-waving of "deletes technology" weapons. This question asks about whether or not GA motors would ...
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Difficulties of landing an airliner without instruments
I just heard the communications from an Embraer E170 that lost all instruments after takeoff and had to return to the airport.
Brickyard E170
Can someone explain the procedure from the pilot's ...
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From a safety standpoint, which is better: voice aural alerts or tone aural alerts?
Most modern airplanes have some sort of crew alerting system. These alerts are generally conveyed through display messages, lights, and aural alerts. Aural alerts can either be tones or voices. For ...
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Why did the ATI B763 on May 26th 2022 return to LAX instead of landing at Naval Base Ventura County?
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it seems they were right there, they had an emergency, surely even a civilian airplane can land at a naval base in an emergency. I know 767-300ERs used to ...
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Minimum Safe Altitude vs Emergency Safe Altitude
Is there a difference between Minimum Safe Altitude and Emergency Safe Altitude? Or are they same things used by different authorities (MSA by EASA and ESA by FAA)?
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After declaring an emergency can a pilot legally resume normal navigation without landing?
If a pilot declares an emergency and then in the process of working with ATC is able to resolve the issue, would they then be able to resume normal navigation (as a non-emergency aircraft) and ...
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Could an airliner pilot successfully exit alone from a controlled ocean ditching?
MH370's 777 disappeared into the Indian Ocean, the investigation positing a possibility of a pilot self-hijacking the plane and flying until resource exhaustion, then gliding into a "controlled&...
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What is the minimum altitude needed to return to the takeoff airport in a 737 after dual engine failure?
Last week, I had my first lesson in a 737 sim. The instructor, when talking about risks with flying the 737, said the only time it would be "game over", would be if you had a double engine ...
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Why don't [most] sailplanes use whole-airplane / ballistic parachutes?
My understanding is that sailplanes usually have the pilots wear the parachute on their back, requiring the pilot to bail out of the aircraft before they can use the parachute.
Given the maturity of ...
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Are the emergency exits on a Boeing 747-400 plug doors?
Rossiya Airlines flight FV5625 to Antalya suffered an incident at the gate when a passenger opened an emergency exit (seems to be the L3 door, from what I can tell) "because they felt too hot&...
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Which flight maneuver is better for a takeoff emergency after liftoff, a tear drop (180° turn) or a 360° turn?
Let us say I got a time critical emergency right after the liftoff (like a fire, complete power loss) and I need do a return-to-runway and re-land maneuver. Which option is better, a 180-degree turn ...
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