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  • TominScotland
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    KLM may have some questions to answer about maintenance……. Lucky escape on the ground.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41379085


    Swissdiver
    Participant

    Indeed. And I guess the journalist never boarded a B777 given the picture used…


    TominScotland
    Participant

    Fascinated that this has been of so little interest to BT and posters.

    https://nltimes.nl/2017/09/25/klm-boeing-loses-hull-part-japan

    Am I being over cynical in wondering whether, had it been another airline, we would have seen extensive responses on this Forum with reference to cost-cutting, out-sourcing, race for the bottom and kebab shops?


    Edski777
    Participant

    Hardly something to get worked up about. Had this part landed somewhere in the sea or some remote part of the country no-one would have noticed.


    FDOS_UK
    Participant

    [quote quote=828363]Fascinated that this has been of so little interest to BT and posters.

    https://nltimes.nl/2017/09/25/klm-boeing-loses-hull-part-japan

    Am I being over cynical in wondering whether, had it been another airline, we would have seen extensive responses on this Forum with reference to cost-cutting, out-sourcing, race for the bottom and kebab shops?

    [/quote]

    A wing root panel helicoptered down and broke a car side window.

    The root cause should (and no doubt will be investigated), but this type of incident is very frequent and almost a non-event.

    Now, if they had taken off with the engine cowls unlocked on both sides, lost all four, ended up flying with an engine on fire over an area of dense population and then caused hours of delays by landing at a very busy airport, you might have seen more of a response.

    Capice?

    In other words, your positive BA bias is causing you to suffer from confirmation bias.


    nevereconomy
    Participant

    A large chunk of airplane falling to the gound is not a non-event to me and I am sure would not be to you either, had you been its’ target, rather than a car window!


    wowzimmer
    Participant

    Hi FDOS_UK

    I assume you are referring to BA762 in May 2013 – although of course, you could be referring to any number of other similar incidents. Indeed, in 2012, Airbus reported that there had been 32 similar incidents caused by the same reason. Even after additional safety protocols have been implemented, similar incidents have been reported around the world.

    I might be wrong, however, as you mention four (engines?) – seeing that the A319 in question only has two.

    I’d have to defer to an experts opinion about the pilots decision to fly over London in this case. But the official AAIB report doesn’t make any criticism or recommendation on this issue so I think I can safely say there is none.

    As for whether the airport you’re going to land at is ‘busy’ or not preceding an emergency landing probably isn’t a factor in a pilots decision-making process when selecting the most appropriate airport.

    Not quite sure I’d describe a random object falling off a plane as a non-event. It’s just that on this occasion the chain of events meant there wasn’t any further damage or injury.


    FDOS_UK
    Participant

    [quote quote=828404]A large chunk of airplane falling to the gound is not a non-event to me and I am sure would not be to you either, had you been its’ target, rather than a car window!

    [/quote]

    I wrote ‘nearly a non event’, mainly because it happens frequently – it wasn’t a large chunk, it was a panel
    about 60cm x 90cm.

    Obviously, it would not be trivial if someone was hit by a falling object, be it from the top of a building or from an aircraft, but entropy fortunately means there is rarely any damage to people.


    FDOS_UK
    Participant

    [quote quote=828408]Hi FDOS_UK

    I assume you are referring to BA762 in May 2013 – although of course, you could be referring to any number of other similar incidents. Indeed, in 2012, Airbus reported that there had been 32 similar incidents caused by the same reason. Even after additional safety protocols have been implemented, similar incidents have been reported around the world.

    TominScotland decided to involve BA in this thread – I was putting his comment into perspective.

    I might be wrong, however, as you mention four (engines?) – seeing that the A319 in question only has two.

    But how many cowl flaps does an engine have? Clue, it’s a number between 3 and 5.

    I’d have to defer to an experts opinion about the pilots decision to fly over London in this case. But the official AAIB report doesn’t make any criticism or recommendation on this issue so I think I can safely say there is none.

    Where did I criticise the pilots? For the avoidance of doubt, I have a pilot’s licence and I defended their actions on the thread on here – go have a look. My comment was that there might have been more response if KLM had flown an aircraft with an engine fire over a densely populated area and then caused a major airport to be closed for a few hours.

    As for whether the airport you’re going to land at is ‘busy’ or not preceding an emergency landing probably isn’t a factor in a pilots decision-making process when selecting the most appropriate airport.

    No, it isn’t, but the point is completely irrelevant to why KLM have not received much comment on here.

    Not quite sure I’d describe a random object falling off a plane as a non-event. It’s just that on this occasion the chain of events meant there wasn’t any further damage or injury.

    I didn’t say it was a non-event, I said ‘nearly a non-event’. Stuff falls from aircraft quite regularly, whether it is small panels or blue ice. Sometimes it’s a dead body, that is definitely an event.

    [/quote]


    FDOS_UK
    Participant

    For those who are not aware, here is a report about the 187 objects that fell to earth from aircraft in a 5 year period

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/10040982/Parts-break-off-aeroplanes-mid-flight.html


    wowzimmer
    Participant

    mmmk


    FDOS_UK
    Participant

    Correction to post 828411

    But how many cowl flaps does an A319 have? Clue, it’s a number between 3 and 5.


    LuganoPirate
    Participant

    AvHerald’s report on this.

    http://avherald.com/h?article=4aece188&opt=0


    FDOS_UK
    Participant

    This time, the ‘owner’ of the fairing was obious from the livery, but I wonder how many times the parts that fall are unmarked and never traced.

    At least this motorist (or his insurers) know where to send the repair bill :-).

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