Saw something unexpected today.

[McLovin]

I am on vacation with my parents in San Diego for the week of Thanksgiving. We are staying in a rental house in Ocean Beach and it is directly under the flight path of Aircraft that take off from the airport.

My Mom and I were standing outside watch a plane take off, we think it was either a 757 or an Airbus but it was too short to be a 757 and it didn't have the winglets of a 319/320, and all of a sudden we see a large plume of smoke come out of the right engine!! What was a loud airplane, was now almost dead silent. I called 911 as fast as I could to let them know. We watched the plane fly out over the ocean, make a turn, and head back to the airport. We lost sight of the aircraft once it had made it over land because of the houses.

I hope everyone that was on that flight is ok. I haven't seen any news reports about an emergency landing, so I assume every one is safe.

One of the things in life you'd think you'll never see and my heart just fucking dropped when I saw that smoke.

God I hope everyone is safe.

 

[gophertron]

Perhaps this? http://www.10news.com/news/plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-lindbergh-field-112513

 

[McLovin]

Yup that's it! So crazy!

Glad everyone is ok.

 

[OverVolt]

Yea, bird strike into the engine. It happens. Still has the other engine but its tricky. That pilot earned his keep and pilot wings today

Talk about stress at work :X

Glad everyone's okay.

 

[who?]

According to Flight Tracker it was an A320. Not all of them have winglets installed.

 

[John Connor]

Planes are designed to fly on one engine. I kick the engine off a 737 in flight simulator sometimes to practice emergency landings.

British Airways Flight 9, sometimes referred to by its callsign Speedbird 9 or as the Jakarta incident,[1] was a scheduled British Airways flight from London Heathrow to Auckland, with stops in Bombay, Madras, Kuala Lumpur, Perth, and Melbourne.
On 24 June 1982, the route was flown by the City of Edinburgh, a 747-236B. The aircraft flew into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung (approximately 180 kilometres (110 mi) south-east of Jakarta, Indonesia), resulting in the failure of all four engines. The reason for the failure was not immediately apparent to the crew or ground control. The aircraft was diverted to Jakarta in the hope that enough engines could be restarted to allow it to land there. The aircraft was able to glide far enough to exit the ash cloud, and all engines were restarted (although one failed again soon after), allowing the aircraft to land safely at the Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta...


The crew received various awards, including the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air and medals from the British Air Line Pilots Association. Following the incident, the crew and passengers formed the Galunggung Gliding Club as a means to keep in contact.[9] G-BDXH's engineless flight entered the Guinness Book of Records as the longest glide in a non-purpose-built aircraft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpuxqBp-CXw

 

[LTC8K6]

Pretty routine event. I suppose it's scary if you've never heard a compressor stall before. Twinjets are required to be able to take off with the loss of one engine, and this one had already taken off successfully.

It's normally handled very routinely.

Classic example of a bird strike on rotation with a return, handled well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KhZwsYtNDE

 

[rudeguy]

Planes are designed to fly on one engine. I kick the engine off a 737 in flight simulator sometimes to practice emergency landings.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpuxqBp-CXw

what the hell is it with people commenting on real pilots doing real things with replies on what they did in a video game?

Do they not realize how stupid it makes them sound?

 

[John Connor]

Have you flown a PMDG 737 NG in FS? LOL! Simulation has gone a long way my friend and did you know pilots use simulators too? Who da thunk! *slaps forehead*

Have a look. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLi5_kEajDk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88VJppwdxlY

Really, the only thing different is the scenery and the sensation other than that the controls are all there.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Have you flown a PMDG 737 NG in FS? LOL! Simulation has gone a long way my friend and did you know pilots use simulators too? Who da thunk! *slaps forehead*

Have a look. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLi5_kEajDk

Really, the only thing different is the scenery and the sensation other than that the controls are all there.

Those simulators are much different than the video ones.

 

[rudeguy]

Have you flown a PMDG 737 NG in FS? LOL! Simulation has gone a long way my friend and did you know pilots use simulators too? Who da thunk! *slaps forehead*

Have a look. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLi5_kEajDk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88VJppwdxlY

Really, the only thing different is the scenery and the sensation other than that the controls are all there.

and the fact that one is real and one is pretend?

Aldon Smith would like to have a word with you

 

[John Connor]

Those simulators are much different than the video ones.

Yeah, but damn near all the controls are the same. You even have to regulate cabin pressure other wise you will fly like shit. LOL I've learned a lot about aviation in my 6 years of simming.

 

[OverVolt]

Yeah, but damn near all the controls are the same. You even have to regulate cabin pressure other wise you will fly like shit. LOL I've learned a lot about aviation in my 6 years of simming.

Were 200 peoples lives in your hands?

Did you just come back from flying 6 hours and this happened during takeoff of your next flight? :awe:

Did you have to fly the plane and talk to the control tower simultaneously?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Wow that would be quite something to see for sure.

I recently went on a plane, one of the landings was extremely rough. I'm not one to fear of anything bad happening and I kept telling myself "What are the odds it happens to me, on my 2nd time flying" but right around touch down I had a legit moment where I feared for my life and realized "wait, it CAN happen!" as the plane was skidding all over the run way in what felt like a 45 degree angle. The pilot was quickly able to straighten the plane out and stabilize it though. Everybody was tense for that moment and looking at each other with a sign of relief once the plane stopped. I think the props blades can be flipped so it pushes instead of pulls, so it acts as a brake so once that was applied it helped.

Definitely need to know your stuff and be a quick thinker as a pilot.

 

[sdifox]

Lesson of the day is you should not look at airplanes. You bring bad juju.

 

[sdifox]

Wow that would be quite something to see for sure.

I recently went on a plane, one of the landings was extremely rough. I'm not one to fear of anything bad happening and I kept telling myself "What are the odds it happens to me, on my 2nd time flying" but right around touch down I had a legit moment where I feared for my life and realized "wait, it CAN happen!" as the plane was skidding all over the run way in what felt like a 45 degree angle. The pilot was quickly able to straighten the plane out and stabilize it though. Everybody was tense for that moment and looking at each other with a sign of relief once the plane stopped. I think the props blades can be flipped so it pushes instead of pulls, so it acts as a brake so once that was applied it helped.

Definitely need to know your stuff and be a quick thinker as a pilot.

cross wind is a bitch.

 

[Red Squirrel]

cross wind is a bitch.

Yeah was pretty crazy cross winds that day for sure.

What's funny is when the plane initially started landing and shacking around a bit and I hear "bing" and see the seatbelt sign light up. It's like "this is going to be a good one" :biggrin: Like going down a 6 thousand feet wood rollercoaster drop.

 

[gorcorps]

Yeah, but damn near all the controls are the same. You even have to regulate cabin pressure other wise you will fly like shit. LOL I've learned a lot about aviation in my 6 years of simming.

why don't we have a facepalm emoticon?

 

[rudeguy]

why don't we have a facepalm emoticon?

I'm quite enjoying the Aldon Smith GIF.

super nut kick > facepalm

 

[CZroe]

Caught the tail end of a radio news broadcast about it this morning. Heard "Airbus," "Lindberg Field," "landing," and "taken out of service." I lived in San Diego and told my San Diegan coworker that something happened there this morning. Didn't expect to hear the rest of the story from a forumer who saw it first hand. Might have expected it from my niece though (she lived in OB when I left).

 

[John Connor]

Were 200 peoples lives in your hands?

Did you just come back from flying 6 hours and this happened during takeoff of your next flight? :awe:

Did you have to fly the plane and talk to the control tower simultaneously?

Have you heard of VATSIM? I'm a member. You fly with real people acting as air traffic control. You talk to ground for request to depart from the gate, taxi to the runway, take off, transition to the control tower, transition to departure, all the way to landing and contacting tower. Emergencies are supported so long as ATC allows it.

why don't we have a facepalm emoticon?

I'm quite enjoying the Aldon Smith GIF.

super nut kick > facepalm

I don't know gentleman. I have been simming for 6 years on an average of 2 hours a day each and every day which is a minimum of 4,380 hours most of that flying a PMDG 737 NG. I bet, just bet that if I got the opportunity to jump into a real life 737 NG simulator I could take off and land. Just give me weight and fuel inputs for the FMC so I know VREF for take off and land. I have seen kids in simulators on YouTube fly in simulators. It's all about experience. It's like riding a bike once you do it so many times it becomes second nature. So making quick second decisions shouldn't be a problem. Experience, experience, experience!

Not trying to brag, but there are some pretty smart people out there who sim and have the capabilities to fly a real life simulator.

I made this video a while back with no fancy add-ons. DIA was one of the few upgrades I installed at the time. Audio is kinda crappy due to Windows Movie Maker that was used. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz5S2HWtAT8

 

[John Connor]

Here's me flying into my built Area-51 with a F-22 customized cockpit. I changed some of the gauges for utility. Not anything like the real thing. I just like to fly this bird at mach 2 when I need to get somewhere quick. I didn't land on the extended part of the runway. This isn't anything like the real life counter part like the 737 NG, just for fun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SQpIEyR81I

BTW- These were all done in a Dell 4600 Pentium 4 3.0 GHZ CPU with a GT 6800. LMAO! So in case your wondering about the crappy video.

 

[BladeVenom]

what the hell is it with people commenting on real pilots doing real things with replies on what they did in a video game?

Real pilots use flight simulators. They are also actually worth credit towards becoming a pilot.

 

[John Connor]

I belive the only sim allowed that is FAA approved is Prepare3D, but I have seen FS2004 on the computer at the local airport over here. I applied to be an air craft refueler. I had the job, but the hours were messed up so I couldn't do it. Had I taken the job I would have meet President Bush! LOL He came to our town a month before 9/11 to go up to the Rockie MT. National park. He flew around town in Marine One with the governor.

 

[John Connor]

Here you go. http://www.prepar3d.com/

I should buy it!