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Alaska Airlines flight from Juneau makes emergency landing in Vancouver
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- A U.S. passenger flight has made an emergency landing at Vancouver International Airport. Alaska Airlines Flight 76 was en route from Juneau to Seattle when problems arose with one of the plane's two electrical systems. The Boeing 737-400 touched down in Vancouver shortly before 5 p.m. local time on Sunday. (www.adn.com) Mehr...
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As a USAF pilot for 7 years, a major airline pilot career and the last number of years as a Corporate Pilot flying jets and a total of 27,000 hours with over 50 years experience, I must say that sparkie624s comments come as a complete surprise to me. Read the FAA definition of minimum fuel. A diversion is not in itself an emergency. Only the press calls it such. Prior to 9/11, the FAA would not even ask the pilot why he wanted a new destination. Now they ask for a reason but its just paperwork.
Under the definition of "Min Fuel" it in itself is not the part of the emergency, but it is considered an emergency action, even though so minor... In the case I mention, the diversion in the eyes of the company was for maintenance convenience... Easier to change a window at a base with a Hangar vs somewhere in upstate New York in the winter time. Since the Diversion was for a maintenance reason it has to be reported, and the declaring min fuel is a declaration to ATC which has the potential to turn into an emergency if he does not get a priority at his destination. The biggest driver was the Diversion and the fact they would have never diverted to CVG if it had not been a maintenance issue and that made it report-able.
Main Battery dropped to 4v in cruise. Alaska SOP is to land at the nearest airport - which was YVR.
That is a very good reason... I am amazed it actually dropped that far... Usually by 10 V there is nothing left to draw off of.. Thanks for the info.
Must have lost one of the inverters. Still, I would think that the MEL would be two working and they have three available on board. Maybe lost two of them.
A strong possibility, but they have left too much info out to make a good call on what happened.... I sort of put this in the So What category.
Because you put everything in the "so what" category.
You really don't understand the concept of news.
You really don't understand the concept of news.
From the subject of maintenance, the Aircraft diverted with a maintenance problem.. No one was hurt or killed, A/C was fixed, passengers were able to make it to their destination with minor inconvenience. No One got hurt or died in this incident. This is not news, it was a maintenance issue that required a diversion to another airport and maintenance had to come and fix the plane.... If your electrical system in your car dies, it does not make news, and this is certainly not news either.... I do understand the concept of news, and this is not it.... He lost his main battery which main purpose is backup power in the event that ALL other power dies... It didn't, and he did not lose any systems, crew followed there checklist that lead them to divert either by QRH or Dispatch/Maintenance Instruction. Nothing more, nothing less... Again.. This was not news, it was a minor maintenance problem with an aircraft that required a diversion... They happen every day and are never reported.
