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OK, I give...what's an IFE?
Never mind...deciphered the acronym
IFE In Flight Emergency
Here is the Flightaware link
FlightAware > Alaska Airlines (AS) #859 > 18-Mar-2011 > KSEA-KSFO Flight Tracker
Here is the Flightaware link
FlightAware > Alaska Airlines (AS) #859 > 18-Mar-2011 > KSEA-KSFO Flight Tracker
Didn't get too far on its trip to Hawaii...let's hope for the best.
ridgescan
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shes on 125.85 on landing approach
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125.35-correction
ridgescan
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She landed ok-I believe they had rudder trouble-could only turn one direction-had to do a 360* to line up and ILS
followed a good ways on an atc live feed...sitting on the ground control freq just to see what happens.
Didn't an Alaskan airlines flight have this same trouble some time back? (rudder)
Not insinuating anything with that, but seems I remember that on the news back 10? years or so ago.
I worm screw problem, if that's the proper terminology for it in the industry.
Not insinuating anything with that, but seems I remember that on the news back 10? years or so ago.
I worm screw problem, if that's the proper terminology for it in the industry.
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All I know is the pilot was afraid to make left turns or "would have trouble" and preferred to do a 360* right turn to do a northbound approach. But I look at that flightaware thing above and I see they made a big ol' left over the ocean. Confusing but that's what I heard on the fly
I found the flight I was speaking of. This flight tonight was luckier.
"Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was scheduled to fly on January 31, 2000, from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to Seattle. The last few minutes of the flight saw an epic battle transpire as the pilots tried to keep control of the plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83.
A jammed stabilizer forced the crew to struggle to keep the plane from descending. At about 4:20 p.m., the pitch of the plane changed from 2.7 degrees to 70 degrees in less than 15 seconds, and within about a minute the plane hit the water."
"Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was scheduled to fly on January 31, 2000, from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to Seattle. The last few minutes of the flight saw an epic battle transpire as the pilots tried to keep control of the plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83.
A jammed stabilizer forced the crew to struggle to keep the plane from descending. At about 4:20 p.m., the pitch of the plane changed from 2.7 degrees to 70 degrees in less than 15 seconds, and within about a minute the plane hit the water."
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ridgescan
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So I wonder what about what I heard here?
This sure made for some interesting monitoring last night, and thanks to the guys in #wunclub, I would not have caught this otherwise! Seeing the flight path change course mid-route over open seas on the map was a bit eerie but I hope the crew and passengers made it to Oakland safely.
Yea, I caught it here, after they had turned back...went to online atc sites, and followed the flight thru center, to TRACON, to tower and then sat on ground control a bit, but never heard much followup. There was a delay, clicking from one to the other, so usually didn't get the initial call. Looked at the SF online paper this morning, and no mention. Probably with a safe landing, no problem, etc. it is not worth the mention.
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