what is the smell? Electrical?Westbound departure, climb and level at cruise - smoke smell in the cabin and cockpit. Turn around? Declare an emergency? Dump fuel? Your plane, Captain.
It just kind of surprised me that they put people out on the slides
Westbound departure, climb and level at cruise - smoke smell in the cabin and cockpit. Turn around? Declare an emergency? Dump fuel? Your plane, Captain.
Ok, that makes more sense now. Yeah, there is no way that I would start west bound with an unknown smoke smell. It's bad enough when you are at 8000 feet and 20 miles from the airport and smell smoke.
Better to get the people out before something happens. In 1980 a Saudi Arabian Airlines L1011 had a fire shortly after takeoff and the crew made an emergency return. Once they landed there was some kind of electrical problem and they couldn't get the main cabin door to open. While they sat and waited for the rescuers to punch in from the outside all 301 people on board were died from smoke inhalation.
The CVR shows a whole bunch of breakdowns including the captain never delegating anything, the FO making no attempt to help, and the SO continuing to mumble the words "no problem" during the entire event. Additionally the cockpit crew initially told the cabin crew there would be no emergency evacuation, and it wasn't until after they were stopped on the ground (after rolling down almost the entire runway) that they advised them to evacuate.
The fire had started in the aft cargo area and eventually burned forward into the cabin. Most bodies were found clustered near the front of the aircraft.
When in doubt, it's best to get everybody off the plane as quick as possible.
Ok, that makes more sense now. Yeah, there is no way that I would start west bound with an unknown smoke smell. It's bad enough when you are at 8000 feet and 20 miles from the airport and smell smoke.
Better to get the people out before something happens. In 1980 a Saudi Arabian Airlines L1011 had a fire shortly after takeoff and the crew made an emergency return. Once they landed there was some kind of electrical problem and they couldn't get the main cabin door to open. While they sat and waited for the rescuers to punch in from the outside all 301 people on board were died from smoke inhalation.
The CVR shows a whole bunch of breakdowns including the captain never delegating anything, the FO making no attempt to help, and the SO continuing to mumble the words "no problem" during the entire event. Additionally the cockpit crew initially told the cabin crew there would be no emergency evacuation, and it wasn't until after they were stopped on the ground (after rolling down almost the entire runway) that they advised them to evacuate.
The fire had started in the aft cargo area and eventually burned forward into the cabin. Most bodies were found clustered near the front of the aircraft.
When in doubt, it's best to get everybody off the plane as quick as possible.
. . .yea, but in defense of the F/E. He was a donkey!