Questions tagged [emergency-procedures]
Questions specifically about procedures to be used in emergency situations. Use the "emergency" tag for more general questions.
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What design character of emergency mask allows it to be worn by pilots over glasses?
It is established that corrective lenses and sunglasses are allowed in the cockpit
In case of airliners which normally fly very high, risk of depressurization mean pilots must be able to don oxygen ...
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What if the onboard airspeed sensors fail? [closed]
I've a simple question regarding the rare case of the failure of all airspeed indicators (ASI) including the co-pilots's indicator. Say the airspeed indicators were to fail during rotation, what would ...
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Is this the right procedure to make your way to the door for an evacuation?
After watching this video of an evacuation training and the hilarious recreation of the youtuber on the second part of the video, I couldn't help but think about this seriously, it just doesn't look ...
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What could have been done better in United Airlines Flight 232 when differential thrust was used?
In United Airlines Flight 232, on their DC-10, all hydraulic fluid and pressure was lost on all three systems, simultaneously. Fitch, who was a training check airman on the DC-10 was on board and ...
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Cargo fire risk
If there is a fire due to a lithium battery in the cargo hold, can modern day technology in passenger planes; fire proof panels, Warning system, oxygen starvation, compartmentalisation, fire ...
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How does one "emergency extend" the right main landing gear of a B-52 Stratofortress?
In an April 11, 2024 video an embedded CNN crew documents a 33 hour B-52 Stratofortress round trip flight between Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana "flying near Russia, China, North Korea, ...
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How does a paraplegic jump off a slide in an emergency? [duplicate]
On a typical airliner, or any other airplane, what is the emergency procedure for a paraplegic (or other disabled people) to be able to get out of the airplane?
Obviously the flight attendants will ...
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What happens when the runway is unusable at an isolated aerodrome?
What happens when you fly to isolated aerodrome in turbine engine aircraft without predetermined point procedure and just upon arrival for example an aircraft crashes on the runway and you can not ...
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Could an passenger jet perform a complete power down & up IN FLIGHT? [duplicate]
I've read various references that it is not uncommon that modern passenger jets' computer systems need an occasional reboot to fix some erratic state.
Of course, that is done on the ground and ...
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Why do airlines use their own procedures instead of manufacturers'?
Why is it that airline A and airline B can have different (though similar) procedures for exactly the same operation and exactly the same aircraft?
Why don't they all use the same procedure since it ...
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What's the difference between "rapid descent" and "emergency descent"?
The pilots should inform ATC when performing emergency descent, but, reporting a rapid descent, is it the same? Can you please, say some situations the pilots will report rapid descent?
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Rules upon accessing the aircraft after emergency landing
The question is inspired by the recent emergency landing of Ural Airlines Flight 1383. Please correct me if it belongs to Aviation.SE or other site.
An aircraft performs an emergency landing somewhere ...
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Is needing to urinate an emergency?
I'm planning a 3.5 hour trip. Usually I urinate more frequently than that, but I will not drink many fluids the morning of the flight in an attempt to get to my destination directly.
If a pilot or ...
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What is the best way to deal with a stuck throttle?
Recently I watched a fascinating video of Cathay flight 780.
What interested me about the end of this incident is that the pilots opted to land the aircraft with the engine 1 still at 80%, over ...
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Human error analysis in general aviation [closed]
can anybody help me with understanding more about the human factors analysis in general aviation Controlled flight into terrain. I am researching on the topic and I would really appreciate any help in ...
