Rumor: UA 787 Triple generator failure inflight

[middies10]

I have it from a source inside United that one of their 787s diverted to MSY this morning due to a triple generator failure. Thats all the info I have at the moment.

 

[middies10]

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL1146/history/20121204/1330Z/KIAH/KMSY

 

[dasleben]

How many generators does this thing have?

 

[Screaming_Emu]

Gonna have a bad time

 

[pete2800]

How many generators does this thing have?

Apparently not enough.

 

[Chief Captain]

How many generators does this thing have?

6

 

[Autothrust Blue]

How many generators does this thing have?

They're all variable frequency marvels apparently too.

 

[Patrick]

No bueno....

 

[Murdoughnut]

RAM air turbine for the win?

 

[dasleben]

I wonder what the RAT does on a 787...doesn't provide electrics in the 767, only hydraulics for the flight controls.

 

[mikecweb]

We get a generator with the Canadian Shortbus RAT.

 

[BobDDuck]

We get a generator with the Canadian Shortbus RAT.

After having to deploy one once (long story) I asked a tech rep about the reliability of the ADG on the Arctic RJ.

He said 50%.

That's REALLY not very comforting.

 

[Kingairer]

Is this a 787-A?

 

[PositionAndHold]

Is this a 787-A?

Probably more like Beta.787

 

[mikecweb]

After having to deploy one once (long story) I asked a tech rep about the reliability of the ADG on the Arctic RJ.

He said 50%.

That's REALLY not very comforting.

Excellent. We dropped ours on a maintenance run. Good god I wouldn't want to fly longer than 15 mins with that thing out.

 

[Muff3n]

Excellent. We dropped ours on a maintenance run. Good god I wouldn't want to fly longer than 15 mins with that thing out.

Why? What is it like flying with it deployed?

 

[mikecweb]

Imagine a thousand bees inside your ear.

 

[Bandit_Driver]

Why? What is it like flying with it deployed?

LOUD

 

[Goodspeed]

I'm sure they just didn't feel like going to EWR. "We'll just tell them we had a triple gen failure... Yeah that's the ticket... Party on Burbon Street"

 

[Muff3n]

Imagine a thousand bees inside your ear.

Oh I gotcha. That doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun!


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