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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What should a pilot do if he does not know where he is and has no form of communication? [closed]
I know this is an almost impossible situation, but... Imagine that a pilot is kidnapped and placed inside a Cessna plane. At a certain point the kidnapper jumps out of the plane, destroying the radio ...
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Why isn't landing in the water a good option in an emergency? [duplicate]
Some people say that landing on water should be considered as a last resort because it is dangerous. But why exactly is it dangerous to land an airplane in the water? Wouldn't it be safer since ...
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How likely is it that there is someone knowledgeable about piloting in a flight control room?
I saw a reasonably looking video about a non-pilot trying to land a plane with the help of a flight control tower (in a simulator):
(it is in French).
I believe that ...
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Why isn't runway 4L/22R at KMDW available as an emergency runway?
Chicago-Midway (MDW/KMDW) has five runways, oriented along the diagonals of the square airport. The longest two (13C/31C [1988 x 46 m] and 4R/22L [1964 x 46 m]) are ILS-equipped, and serve as the ...
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What is the physical experience of passengers in the cabin during an Emergency Descent?
I am not a pilot so please forgive any misuse of aviation terminology; I'm merely a person who is working hard to overcome a sudden and intense fear of flying.
While working through a course to ...
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If pilots in a A320 or 737 had a dual engine failure, would they add flaps for the landing?
Would this not be smart to do because you may come in a little fast, therefore the flaps would send you back up? Or would you absolutely want flaps in this situation
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What switch was Skiles talking about shortly before the Hudson landing?
I'm always amazed by the "miracle of the Hudson River landing" and just now stumbled across this video by the NTSB.
At 3:52, Jeffrey Skiles appears to say "* * switch" shortly before they ditch in ...
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Are measures taken to deliberately increase the fuel burn rate to lower the landing weight? [duplicate]
Just recently the Air Canada flight AC837 from Madrid to Toronto had problems with the gear right after take-off and they decided to abort the flight and go back to Madrid. It was a B767-300 (C-GHOZ) ...
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What should I do if I lose situational awareness while in the pattern?
Let's say that I'm doing some pattern work in my favorite little Cessna or Diamond at my favorite little non-towered airport. Everything is going just fine, I'm on the downwind leg...
Or, wait a ...
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Why are there many pilots who don't say "mayday, mayday, mayday" to declare an emergency?
I've been listening to some ATC from some major commercial pilots and in every video where there's been some confusion about declaring an emergency they've used some terminology other than "mayday, ...
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smartphones in fligth mode when bad weather conditions? [duplicate]
when flying form Vienna to Stuttgart, we had a terrible weather conditions, before landing the cabin crew announced that by request of the captain, all electronic devices must be switch off, not ...
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How do humanitarian flights arrange special permissions to fly when ATC isn't available?
In natural disasters, transportation infrastructure is often among the first and most critical of public services to be disrupted. Not coincidentally, it's also a time that tends to see small airports ...
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Can an F-16 land on an aircraft carrier, at all?
Looking at the F-16 again, I noticed the tailhook which it seems to have. I know the F-16 is not designed to land on any aircraft carrier, however, if it was between ditching in the ocean and ...
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Why is the time of useful consciousness only seconds at high altitudes, when I can hold my breath much longer at ground level?
This answer says at FL500 (50,000 ft; 15,250 m) the time of useful consciousness is only 6 to 9 seconds.
But if I just stop breathing at any arbitrary time, without any preparation, I can easily ...
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How fast is it safe to eject from an F-16? [duplicate]
What is the limit of the ACES II for the F-16, in terms of altitude and airspeed for safe ejection?
The following video tells the story of an F-15 pilot who ejected at supersonic speed and barely ...
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