Gavin Andrew David 6 Report post Posted July 11, 2006 Last night I was out and just had a glance of an aircraft that was taxiing in the US and had hydraulic problems and what looked liked taxied right into another a/c Looked through google news but couldn't see anything .. Anyone got the story behind it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naim 6 Report post Posted July 12, 2006 Last night I was out and just had a glance of an aircraft that was taxiing in the US and had hydraulic problems and what looked liked taxied right into another a/c Looked through google news but couldn't see anything .. Anyone got the story behind it Try this one: http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S17479.html?cat=5 .ny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacky Goh 0 Report post Posted July 12, 2006 dont u ppl felt tat ....... aircraft designer hav to think sth to fix the hydraulic prob ?? 10 aircraft crash 9 of them are because of hydraulic failure.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandeep G 1 Report post Posted July 12, 2006 dont u ppl felt tat ....... aircraft designer hav to think sth to fix the hydraulic prob ?? 10 aircraft crash 9 of them are because of hydraulic failure.... There are redundancies design into any aircraft hydraulic system.. for example, there are usually two engine driven hydraulic pumps and two electric motor hydraulic pumps.. these are under 2 hydraulic systems.. System A has 1 elec, 1 motor pump and System B has 1 elec and 1 motor pump.. System A and System B control different things.. if System A fails and brakes are operated by System A, then there is a problem lah.. you cannot interchange systems.. after reading the report, it sounds like the aircraft was considered ok after it landed (it had reported hydraulic problems already).. i.e. brakes all fine... it did afterall manage to slow down and exit the runway... perhaps after landing, the system completely failed and hence the loss of brakes... otherwise the pilot would not have chosen to taxi the aircraft and requested a tow to the gate.. this was indeed a very unfortunate incident.. involving a DC-9 too!??!?!? Those are old so mechanical failure is always a possibility.. especially when US airlines are all on the verge of Ch. 11 bankruptcy and costs are being trimmed to the bone! Thankfully, all were ok and as the report says, no explosion! But the footage if anyone gets to see it is simply spectacular... (in the bad sense of the word of course..) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tony 1 Report post Posted July 12, 2006 They have the video here http://kstp.dayport.com/viewer/viewerpage.php?Art_ID=167944 Glad that it's only a crash, no explosion! :phew: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Denny Yen 0 Report post Posted July 12, 2006 (edited) The incident occured 1 year ago although the CCTV was only recently released to media. The MD lost steering power, and hence it crashed to the A319's back. Edited July 12, 2006 by Denny Yen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted July 13, 2006 The incident occured 1 year ago although the CCTV was only recently released to media. The MD lost steering power, and hence it crashed to the A319's back. Agree with you,Denny.I've seen this photo on A.Net database.Thank god,nothing bad had happened. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick R. 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2006 Ouch! my favourite NW Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
