Again, you think there are no problems with those AIRBUSES?? Same Exact type of Plane

[miaheatlvr]

I fly quite a bit, this would be my worst nightmare!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe...cy.landing/ind...
(CNN) -- An Airbus A320 that took off from the Canary Islands had to turn back Wednesday because of an engine problem and then make an emergency landing, officials from Spain's airport authority and the airline said.
Iberworld Flight 6201 -- which had been headed to Oslo, Norway -- left from Las Palmas on the island of Gran Canaria about at 8:05 a.m. local time.
The pilot "detected a problem with the engine" and asked to return to airport, an airport authority official said. Iberworld told CNN that the crew returned after takeoff because of a "technical problem with one of its engines."
Emergency procedures were then activated and the plane landed safely without incident ten minutes later.
There were no injuries or damage and the passengers were expected to take another flight soon. There were 189 passengers and crew aboard, an airport authority official said.
The company told CNN that the plane landed without difficulty at the airport of Las Palmas and all passengers had been relocated to a replacement aircraft that will fly to Oslo at 12:30 p.m. local time.

 

[dragonzim]

Different plane. The Air France flight was an A330 not an A320
Not that that makes anyone feel much better of course...

 

[ironeagle2006]

Originally Posted by DragonZim
http:///forum/post/3060359
Different plane. The Air France flight was an A330 not an A320
Not that that makes anyone feel much better of course...
Airbus is the ONLY manufactor that uses a SIDESTICK controller. Think the HOTAS that the F-16's use for the FLIGHT CONTROLS. There is NO DIRECT links at all between the Pilots and the FLIGHT CONTROLS. The stick and Rudder Pedals all they are is Poteniameters that tell the computer that YOU would LIKE TO MOVE THE controls it then thinks about it and looks at the flight data. Now if the Data the computer is getting is BAD think iced up pitot tube showing slower than what you are actually doing or if the computer has no limits on HOW FAR you can MOVE THE RUDDER in it. Guess what YOU WILL LOOSE THE TAIL on the aircraft. This is not the First time this has happened there was an A300 same Flight control system that Crashed here in the states Cause the Pilots per Airbus own MANUALS in Heavy Wake Turbulance was using the Rudder to keep the plane stable. He removed the tail from the AIRCRAFT. There seems to me a flaw in the way the Airbus aircraft are DESIGNED should be real fun if and WHEN one of those A380's does the SAME freaking thing since it has the same design for ITS FLIGHT CONTROL SOFTWARE and HARDWARE.

 

[miaheatlvr]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin
Jetstar cockpit fire: Investigators head to Guam
Four Australian investigators are on their way to Guam to examine a Jetstar plane which was forced to make an emergency landing after a cockpit fire.
The A330 Airbus is the same model as the Air France plane which crashed into the Atlantic with the loss of all on board last week.
The plane, carrying 190 passengers and 13 crew, was four hours into the direct flight from Japan to Coolangatta when the cockpit filled with smoke.
A pilot managed to extinguish the fire and the plane landed safely in Guam.
"Part of the investigation will be to look back through our database and also overseas agencies to find out if there have been others on this particular model aircraft and if there are any similarities between them," the acting director of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), Neville McMartin, said.
"We are treating this as a serious incident and that's why we have dispatched four investigators to Guam.
"We are certainly aware of the events in the Atlantic Ocean and should we become aware of any safety issues that are critical to flight we will notify the appropriate authorities immediately."
The Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association says it is the second time in 18 months a Qantas Group plane has had to make an emergency landing because of cockpit smoke.
The association's federal secretary, Steve Purvinas, says a Boeing 747 landed in Sydney in similar circumstances last year.
He says major maintenance on the planes involved in both incidents was done overseas.
Jetstar chief executive Bruce Buchanan says there will be a full investigation into the cockpit fire.
"The aircraft is maintained by Qantas engineering and the latest engineering check was done on May 6 and as far as we can see this particular part hasn't been touched since it was actually fitted from the manufacturer," he said.
"So we will be doing a full investigation to see what has actually occurred but at this particular stage it's a bit too early to comment on what the causes are."
The passengers will be flown to Brisbane early tomorrow morning.