« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Southwest flight with 139 passengers on board circles Oakland for HOURS  (Read 1425 times)

Offline mb1

  • Dansdeals Platinum Elite + Lifetime Gold Elite
  • ******
  • Join Date: Jan 2013
  • Posts: 922
  • Total likes: 17
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 23
    • View Profile
Southwest flight with 139 passengers on board circles Oakland for HOURS
« on: December 23, 2015, 04:03:28 PM »
Holiday travel nightmare as Southwest flight with 139 passengers on board circles Oakland for HOURS trying to burn off fuel before emergency landing because of a mechanical fault.

link

Why couldn't they just dump the fuel?
Or are fuel dumps against the rules?
Logged

Offline ShlockDoc

  • Dansdeals Lifetime Platinum Elite
  • *******
  • Join Date: Jun 2012
  • Posts: 2347
  • Total likes: 58
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 34
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
Re: Southwest flight with 139 passengers on board circles Oakland for HOURS
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2015, 04:08:03 PM »
Quote from: mb1 on December 23, 2015, 04:03:28 PM
Why couldn't they just dump the fuel?
Or are fuel dumps against the rules?

Logged

Offline AJK

  • Dansdeals Lifetime 20K Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Jun 2011
  • Posts: 25499
  • Total likes: 723
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 15
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Programs: United Concierge Key; Delta Global Services; American Chairman; US Airways 1K; Hilton Sapphire; Hyatt Tritium; Marriott Californium; Starwood Kryptonium; Hertz Plutonium; National Adamantium, Avis Executive Proactanium
Re: Southwest flight with 139 passengers on board circles Oakland for HOURS
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2015, 04:08:42 PM »
Quote
Because of the model of the aircraft, the pilots simply couldn't dump the plane and turn around.
Logged
2015: 116K bkd | 1.6M brnd | F: OZ,NH,AA,EK | J: UA,CA,TK,DL,TN,AF,VA | LIH,NRT,ROR,PEK,CNS,BOB,MEL,TLV & Pacific Hopper

Offline mb1

  • Dansdeals Platinum Elite + Lifetime Gold Elite
  • ******
  • Join Date: Jan 2013
  • Posts: 922
  • Total likes: 17
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 23
    • View Profile
Re: Southwest flight with 139 passengers on board circles Oakland for HOURS
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2015, 04:10:22 PM »
Quote from: AJK on December 23, 2015, 04:08:42 PM

I missed that.
But still, why would they dump the plane? ;D
Logged

Offline AJK

  • Dansdeals Lifetime 20K Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Jun 2011
  • Posts: 25499
  • Total likes: 723
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 15
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Programs: United Concierge Key; Delta Global Services; American Chairman; US Airways 1K; Hilton Sapphire; Hyatt Tritium; Marriott Californium; Starwood Kryptonium; Hertz Plutonium; National Adamantium, Avis Executive Proactanium
Re: Southwest flight with 139 passengers on board circles Oakland for HOURS
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2015, 04:15:13 PM »
Weird:

With this delay, it appears that WN now has two planes with the same flight # in the air at the same time: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA2547/history/20151223/1355Z/KOAK/KMDW
Logged
2015: 116K bkd | 1.6M brnd | F: OZ,NH,AA,EK | J: UA,CA,TK,DL,TN,AF,VA | LIH,NRT,ROR,PEK,CNS,BOB,MEL,TLV & Pacific Hopper

Offline AJK

  • Dansdeals Lifetime 20K Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Jun 2011
  • Posts: 25499
  • Total likes: 723
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 15
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Programs: United Concierge Key; Delta Global Services; American Chairman; US Airways 1K; Hilton Sapphire; Hyatt Tritium; Marriott Californium; Starwood Kryptonium; Hertz Plutonium; National Adamantium, Avis Executive Proactanium
Re: Southwest flight with 139 passengers on board circles Oakland for HOURS
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2015, 04:15:35 PM »
Incidentally, is anyone able to pull up the flight path of the diverted flight? Doesn't seem to work with the link above.
Logged
2015: 116K bkd | 1.6M brnd | F: OZ,NH,AA,EK | J: UA,CA,TK,DL,TN,AF,VA | LIH,NRT,ROR,PEK,CNS,BOB,MEL,TLV & Pacific Hopper

Offline Proisrael

  • Dansdeals Lifetime Platinum Elite
  • *******
  • Join Date: Jun 2012
  • Posts: 1525
  • Total likes: 276
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 7
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Location: Krayot,Israel
  • Programs: SPG,Hilton,Club Carlson
Re: Southwest flight with 139 passengers on board circles Oakland for HOURS
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2015, 04:20:19 PM »
Quote from: AJK on December 23, 2015, 04:15:35 PM
Incidentally, is anyone able to pull up the flight path of the diverted flight? Doesn't seem to work with the link above.

http://heathrow.airlive.net/

I love this site. Just put in SWA2547
Logged

Offline AJK

  • Dansdeals Lifetime 20K Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Jun 2011
  • Posts: 25499
  • Total likes: 723
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 15
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Programs: United Concierge Key; Delta Global Services; American Chairman; US Airways 1K; Hilton Sapphire; Hyatt Tritium; Marriott Californium; Starwood Kryptonium; Hertz Plutonium; National Adamantium, Avis Executive Proactanium
Re: Southwest flight with 139 passengers on board circles Oakland for HOURS
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2015, 04:22:19 PM »
Quote from: Proisrael on December 23, 2015, 04:20:19 PM
http://heathrow.airlive.net/

I love this site. Just put in SWA2547

Don't see the historical diversion on that site. Did I miss it?
Logged
2015: 116K bkd | 1.6M brnd | F: OZ,NH,AA,EK | J: UA,CA,TK,DL,TN,AF,VA | LIH,NRT,ROR,PEK,CNS,BOB,MEL,TLV & Pacific Hopper

Offline ariIs

  • Dansdeals Platinum Elite
  • ****
  • Join Date: Aug 2013
  • Posts: 341
  • Total likes: 1
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 0
    • View Profile
Re: Southwest flight with 139 passengers on board circles Oakland for HOURS
« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2015, 12:07:15 PM »
Quote from: mb1 on December 23, 2015, 04:03:28 PM
Holiday travel nightmare as Southwest flight with 139 passengers on board circles Oakland for HOURS trying to burn off fuel before emergency landing because of a mechanical fault.

link

Why couldn't they just dump the fuel?
Or are fuel dumps against the rules?

What I don't get in these cases is - if they're going to circle for hours, why not just fly to the destination and try the landing there?
Or they can't get to altitude with landing gear extended? The article didn't mention what the problem with it was...

Also this from the article:  "Flight 2457 headed for Chicago Medway Airport"  ::)
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »