737-400 cargo jet emergency landing in ocean
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No, those planes are flying every night except for maybe Saturday night. Interisland Cargo has never been busier (much like the rest of the cargo world).
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Everybody on a big 121 field normally gets their jet A from the co-op. That normally includes the high end FBOs. You'd have to go to a lot of trouble to arrange outside jet A, and it would probably cost more due to not having storage facilities on site, plus the access fees.
That's how big airports generally work, no law says HNL has to do it they way but why would they not?
If they didn't launch from a major 121 field, sure it might be plausible... but there's a reason that kind of thing doesn't happen to pax airlines.
That's how big airports generally work, no law says HNL has to do it they way but why would they not?
If they didn't launch from a major 121 field, sure it might be plausible... but there's a reason that kind of thing doesn't happen to pax airlines.
Is it long shot? Of course, but dual engine failures usually are fuel related even in old 732s. I have a hard believing both engines just quit right after take-off in a well-used jet. Wasn’t ice in the fuel, for sure. The PF might have firewalled the good one, but JT-8s are pretty tough and won’t die in a minute or two of abuse.
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I took jet A from the same vendor there, the night before, and the next night. Possibly contaminated fuel....but it didn't show up in our equipment.
As for avgas in jet fuel, it's not nearly the problem for turbine equipment that jet fuel in avgas is, for piston engines. Turbine engines will burn the avgas. Piston engines will detonate with the kerosine.
As for avgas in jet fuel, it's not nearly the problem for turbine equipment that jet fuel in avgas is, for piston engines. Turbine engines will burn the avgas. Piston engines will detonate with the kerosine.
#66
Not Px in Alaska, but JT8Ds still run every day on the MD80/DC-9 cargo fleet. Like anything else, do proper maintenance and take care of them and they'll take care of you. Great engine.
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Local news article reports that both pilots have been released from the hospital. Transair has “temporarily stopped” it’s 737 operation. FAA and NTSB are surveying the wreckage to determine how to proceed with the investigation.
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