Over the time and on more than this board, there<br>have been people favouring the idea that the crew<br>of SR111 did just about everything right and ...
It's more then horrifying.. trust me.<br><br>I have a document that specifically deals with checklist procedures in use today, and let me tell you, it's far...
Inflight Fire Procedures Bulletin Sparks Sharp Reactions<br><br>Pilots faced with the uncertainty of a raging inflight electrical fire may have to improvise...
"We need a simple approach," declared an MD-11 captain. "The big picture is to land as soon as possible,"he said.<br><br>The situation, sources say, may be ...
F...Boeing advises that anytime smoke has been detected and the source cannot be POSITIVELY identified and eliminated, THE AIRCRAFT SHOULD BE LANDED AS SOON AS...
If that is the best advice that Boeing can come up with after studying the MD-11, perhaps it's time to consider grounding the entire fleet. This is pathetic....
This quote appeared in Air Safety Week in response to Boeing's Bulletin:<br><br>"They are slowly conceding that all is not well, not only with the smoke ...
Now you have it all. The reference I made to a document that tells ALL the HORRIFYING details. <br><br>It absolutely sickens me.. that all this information has...
Sia,<br><br>Thank you for delivering your Letter to the Editor of the Halifax Herald, that was printed this day.<br><br>To take the time and effort on my and...
This article appeared in the Halifax Herald recently. It gives you an idea of all the people who's lives have been forever changed by this horror. Yet those...
"It is something we will never forget. But it certainly gives us a small degree of comfort that if anything like this happens again, we have capable and ...
New Emergency procedure. In the wake of the Swissair Flight 111 tragedy, more pilots seem prone to landing quickly in the event of an inflight electrical fire....
This article appeared in Air Safety Week. Although it does not pertain to swissair 111 I thought the concept of bringing criminal charges against an airlines ...
Investigators Plan Electrical Component Tests In Search for Cause of Swissair MD-11 Fire <br><br>OTTAWA - Canadian investigators are about to embark on what...
Gerden hinted that "techniques outside of aviation" may be employed. It appears that the testing will be done by another organization, with the TSB "setting...
Barbara, thank you for posting this. It's hard to believe the things they can figure out "after the fact". Too bad they didn't see these things beforehand. But...
DE: Do you have a board; I mean the TSB of Canada consists of 5 members. Will your findings and recommendations be presented to them in a public or non-public ...
Gerden: You ranged over a broad number of areas there. To use the past tense, in describing the testing, it is not accurate. We are now embarking on that ...
DE: When you say ‘some active testing will be done in August,’ could you help us out in terms of what you mean by active as opposed to the opposite ...