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Flt 31 from LAX to HNL return to LAX after declaring an emergency with smoke in the cabin. After landing, the chutes were deployed and passengers evacuated the aircraft.
Flt 31 makes emergeny landing at LAX
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Probably had something to do with those darned winglets. 😉
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The news reports say that American will have these safe and sound passengers in Hawaii only 5 1/2 hours after their original arrival time.
So impressive. Compliments to crew and company.... a magnificent job.
So impressive. Compliments to crew and company.... a magnificent job.
BigMac
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Give it up for the quick response of the Emergency Ground Crew (Firefighters,Police etc).
I don't think I would have stood around the slides like the passengers did.
Smoke + a 757 full of fuel does not make for good company. :huh:
I don't think I would have stood around the slides like the passengers did.
Smoke + a 757 full of fuel does not make for good company. :huh:
BillLumbergh
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Here's a great website showing the air traffic flow yesterday.
http://www4.passur.com/lax.html
AA 31 departed around 8:48 and didn't show up back on the map until 9:30 or there abouts. Around 9:35 or so, the plane was about 40 miles out.
They shut down all departures around 9:36, and were allowing arrivals only on the north runways 24L and 24R. The south runways were completely shut down.
AA 31 came in from the west and landed straight in on 7L (from what it looks like on the map).
Departures didn't resume until around 9:48 - and only off the north side of LAX.
Interesting to watch what is clearly a cluster of news helicopters loitering south of the airport over the 105 freeway.
Back to lurking.....
American Airlines Flight Attendants Under Fire
By ANDY PASZTOR
Wall Street Journal
August 6, 2008 9:16 p.m.
Some American Airlines flight attendants are under scrutiny from their bosses for deciding, on their own, to deploy evacuation slides after a jetliner with 194 people aboard made an emergency landing earlier this week at Los Angeles International Airport, according to controllers, airport officials and others familiar with the details.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1218069570...=googlenews_wsj
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By ANDY PASZTOR
Wall Street Journal
August 6, 2008 9:16 p.m.
Some American Airlines flight attendants are under scrutiny from their bosses for deciding, on their own, to deploy evacuation slides after a jetliner with 194 people aboard made an emergency landing earlier this week at Los Angeles International Airport, according to controllers, airport officials and others familiar with the details.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1218069570...=googlenews_wsj
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kirkpatrick
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This reminds me of the nobody would give me oxygen, and when they finally did, none of the oxygen cannisters worked BS we heard a couple of months ago. I cannot imagine the capt would land the plane, bring it to a stop and then walk back to discuss the situation with the #1. There was plenty of time for communication before landing.
I guess we'll have to wait for an investigation, which seems to be a concept foreign to the trigger-happy press.
MK
No one's yet mentioned that this incident screwed up Emirates' big plans for their A380 LAX arrival. Caused the big 'bus to arrive late, and nixed the planned water cannon salute upon arrival. Way to go AA!
God forbid that Emirates A380 arrival get overshadowed by a genuine emergency. They can re-stage it another day, and even in another city if they so desire. That the media chose to re-deploy their resources is hardly AA's fault.
This is Lauri Curtis, and today is Wednesday, August 6, 2008.
Before I go into this week’s hotline, I want to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of the crew of flight 31 LAX-HNL on August 5. The crew evacuated using slides after returning to LAX due to smoke in the cockpit and cabin. Thankfully, there were no injuries to crew or customers. On behalf of all of us, I want to say job well done. Thank you to the entire flight attendant corps for the care and service you provide our customers everyday, and for the professional safety you provide when needed in more serious situations.
If Lauri Curtis is happy and says job well done. Then job well done, case closed.
Before I go into this week’s hotline, I want to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of the crew of flight 31 LAX-HNL on August 5. The crew evacuated using slides after returning to LAX due to smoke in the cockpit and cabin. Thankfully, there were no injuries to crew or customers. On behalf of all of us, I want to say job well done. Thank you to the entire flight attendant corps for the care and service you provide our customers everyday, and for the professional safety you provide when needed in more serious situations.
If Lauri Curtis is happy and says job well done. Then job well done, case closed.
So can anyone shed light over why the oxygen masks were deployed? Had there been a fire somewhere that would have only made it worse. I wonder why the flight deck initiated this - it could not have been manuel as it involved no decompression issues.
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