UA 787 Emergency Landing due to Technical Issues

[SeanD]

Yikes.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/travel/united-airlines-nigeria-intl-latam/index.html

 

[SeanD]

Woops I meant to put this into General topics

 

[MikeD]

Woops I meant to put this into General topics

Done!

 

[Baronman]

It wasn't severe turbulence....So next likely culprit.......GoPro array fell while flight crew was doing in-flight fit check hitting flight controls?

 

[mightynimbus]

It wasn't severe turbulence....So next likely culprit.......GoPro array fell while flight crew was doing in-flight fit check hitting flight controls?

 

[derg]

It wasn't severe turbulence....So next likely culprit.......GoPro array fell while flight crew was doing in-flight fit check hitting flight controls?

Something very similar actually happened, but with an Airbus, a DSLR camera and seat movement.

 

[roundout]

Something very similar actually happened, but with an Airbus, a DSLR camera and seat movement.

IIRC the captain lied, then was presented with data showing the LH side stick had commanded control movement, then recanted his story.

 

[derg]

IIRC the captain lied, then was presented with data showing the LH side stick had commanded control movement, then recanted his story.

Sharkira’s hips don’t lie, neither does FOQA data.

 

[Screaming_Emu]

Sharkira’s hips don’t lie, neither does FOQA data.

Both places I’ve worked lying is just about the only thing that’s a guaranteed ticket to unemployment

 

[derg]

Both places I’ve worked lying is just about the only thing that’s a guaranteed ticket to unemployment

That’s what I’d tell my new hire OE students when they asked if I had any advice. If you get a call, DO NOT LIE (they’re not on a fishing expedition, they’re asking questions to confirm data they already have and establishing trust), if you did something wrong, admit to it when asked, do not steal or collect things that are not yours.

“Were you really sick or simply out of range for a short call assignment you missed?”

“Oh, I wasn’t feeling well”

[thumbing through pages of social media posts about your two-day park hopper at Disneyland]

(True story!)

 

[Screaming_Emu]

That’s what I’d tell my new hire OE students when they asked if I had any advice. If you get a call, DO NOT LIE (they’re not on a fishing expedition, they’re asking questions to confirm data they already have and establishing trust), if you did something wrong, admit to it when asked, do not steal or collect things that are not yours.

“Were you really sick or simply out of range for a short call assignment you missed?”

“Oh, I wasn’t feeling well”

[thumbing through pages of social media posts about your two-day park hopper at Disneyland]

(True story!)

And when in doubt, ASAP.

 

[BobDDuck]

Something very similar actually happened, but with an Airbus, a DSLR camera and seat movement.

Long ago I got the dreaded stuck mic beeping and ECAM message on the 321. Quickly deselect COM 1 and then spent 10 minutes messing with the hand mics and O2 masks trying to figure out what was happening, before I realized that during some turbulence, my phone had slide from where it normally sat and was jammed against the the transmit trigger on the sidestick.

 

[derg]

Long ago I got the dreaded stuck mic beeping and ECAM message on the 321. Quickly deselect COM 1 and then spent 10 minutes messing with the hand mics and O2 masks trying to figure out what was happening, before I realized that during some turbulence, my phone had slide from where it normally sat and was jammed against the the transmit trigger on the sidestick.

Thank goodness you didn’t roll into a diatribe about “grannies and grand-ays” like our SWA friend.