787 Fuel Emergency Sydney
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Just a question because a couple of the news reports state that the PLANE automatically sent SOS signals to the Australians due to low fuel state and the crew didn't even know until approach.
As usual the press gets 1/2 of any aviation story completely wrong so was just curious if this was even possible on the 787, that the plane could send an SOS without the crews knowledge.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/04/unit...w-on-fuel.html
As usual the press gets 1/2 of any aviation story completely wrong so was just curious if this was even possible on the 787, that the plane could send an SOS without the crews knowledge.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/04/unit...w-on-fuel.html
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The story you link states 3 times that the crew initiated a mayday for low fuel (and infers it 3 more times). I’m thinking it might have been the crew communicating with ATC vs the aircraft.
There’s only one device onboard the 787 that broadcasts SOS, the fuel state isn’t it.
There’s only one device onboard the 787 that broadcasts SOS, the fuel state isn’t it.
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The story you link states 3 times that the crew initiated a mayday for low fuel (and infers it 3 more times). I’m thinking it might have been the crew communicating with ATC vs the aircraft.
There’s only one device onboard the 787 that broadcasts SOS, the fuel state isn’t it.
There’s only one device onboard the 787 that broadcasts SOS, the fuel state isn’t it.
I saw that in this article, I just couldn't post a workable link to the article/s that claimed that the plane can do it automatically.
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