Emergency Landing KLAX

I had an emergency  landing as a passenger with Aeromexico flight 664.

 

Cruising well, until a flight attendant told me to move up front because they were going to use the entire three seats in my roll to lay a pregnant women down.

 

 I was enjoying the night view at around 36,000 feet, knowing how the pilot climbed a little to avoid some mid turbulence. As I was drinking coffee, I visually saw one flight attendant in  a hurry, she was trying to get something done fast. I knew it was serious. It happen, a pregnant female was having problems, that of labor symptoms. And so we ended up landing to the nearest airport which was Los Angeles International. I have never been on a commercial flight that required a diversion due to an emergency with a passenger, and might not be the last one.

It was nice that the number one priority for the flight crew was to get the emergency passenger medical assistance as soon as possible. 

 

Then calculating the diverted route with  an  average delay of three hours due to waiting in the ground for refueling the 737 and then the busy airport departure flow. But at the end of the night, early morning, it felt good driving back to sleep.

 

 

Aircraft type: Boeing 737-700

Flight: AM664

Original Route: MEX-SFO

Departure: 8:20 PM (Mexico City)  =  6:20 PM PDT

Diverted Route: MEX-LAX-SFO

Arrival : 12:25 AM PDT

 

Airbus A350 Vertical Tail

Recently the vertical stabilizer of the all new Airbus A350XWB was spotted in Toulouse, France. The Vertical tail will joined the fuselage.

The tail says A350 but it seems like an A380. It's big. And the A will move left and right with the rudder there, amazing. This is when geeks put their glasses tight.

 

 

This is how it should look being put all together.

 

Bombardier Dash 8 Q400

This aircraft is really cool and I know that Bombardier takes this differential aircraft as one of the best for short, medium hauls. It's the biggest passenger turboprop and competes with many small to medium sized aircraft's. I always see the Q400 with Horizon Air and they are very quiet and environmentally friendly. I love them and the way they are designed. The average cost is between 12- 27 million dollars. There are Four variants with different specifications the -100 series being the oldest with an entry service in 1984 and  a cost of 12.5 million. Then there is the -200,-300, and the biggest, -400 also known as the Q400. All of them are different in terms of dimensions but unique.

Q400 Important Facts

Engines: Pratt & Whitney 150A

Seating Range: 68-80
Climb Rate:1,500 Feet Per Minute

Typical Cruise Speed: 414 mph (667 km/h) (360 knots)

Maximum Operating Altitude: 27,000 ft (8,230 m)

Takeoff Run with Maximum Takeoff Weight: 4,600 ft (1,402 m)

Range with Pax: 1,567 miles (2,522 km)

Maximum Takeoff Weight:  64,500 lb (29,260 kg)

Maximum Landing Weight: 61,750 lb (28,010 kg)

Maximum Fuel Capacity: 1,724 imp gal (6,526L) (11830 pounds)

This Chart

This chart is very informative when considering that the landing phase of flight is the most dangerous out of the four phases of flight which are; taxi, takeoff, cruise, approach/ and landing . The so called stress mode, I like to call it "  Extreme Awareness "comes while landing and it all comes together because there has been a huge increase in landing accidents. I know landing is that in which it highly requires concentration, situational awareness, and the ability to handle every action correctly...Like any other phase of flight but with less time to recover. Being in a low altitude (landing) gives the pilots little time to think and recover from hitting terrain, so that's one reason why pilots are less successful at landing crashes.

The B727 Desert Crash Big Flo

Seeing that airplane getting destroy for an informative cause was adventurous. This is first time I got to see a plane crash with HD cameras inside. I got goose bumps seeing that airplane getting crash .

The Future By Airbus

A vertical take-off climb...

New A350XWB Assembly Part Places

Then the Airbus Beluga connects them to final Toulose.

Sita Air Crash

How Serious Are Bird Strikes

On September 28, 2012 there was a plane crash, the airline: Sita Air and type of aircraft: Dornier Do-228, registration 9N-AHA.

What I got to learn from reading about this plane crash was that the pilots reported a bird strike following an engine failure. My initial thought of the engine failure was it happen due to a bird going inside an engine. The plane was close to the airport but it didn't made it safely down. All people on board perished. There were 19 of them and emergency services took 40 minutes to extinguish the fire. The bodies of the occupants were charred beyond recognition.

As I  read more info about the crash, the Nepal Airline Operators Association reported a preliminary investigation result that a bird collided with the right hand engine at about 50 feet above ground (about 4440 feet MSL) causing some part to separate from the engine and the part impacted the vertical tail and disabled the rudder. This made the aircraft uncontrollable.

This is devastating, if that part that separated from the engine wouldn't have hit the vertical tail, the pilot's could of surf to the airport with the remaining left engine. They say the disasters don't just happen, they are a chain of events... Why didn't some chains unlock.

Those Who Came Before Us

 The aviation sector is getting better, as a student, aviation fanatic, and passenger know that aircraft manufactures have improved a lot. But all improvements may come with limits, that is. Machines made by human intelligence make efficiency happen. Ways to improve life's workload may come with braveness. People have given their life in the name of aviation and outlook thanks to them we are in air. Those who came before us have taught us about prevention, innovation, simplicity, reliability, and comfort. The future concept by Airbus is that of disbelieve.