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Similar to our Week In Review, we also have a new feature called The Logbook, which will be a daily digest of links to NYCAviation articles or other external sites with news that is catered to enthusiasts and spotters that won't make you fall asleep. We hope to post a new Logbook at least each weekday, so keep an eye out. Here's our first...
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The article on the Jet Airways circuit breaker being pulled is a little dramatic.
Not the best idea? Yes... Almost disastrous? Probably not...
Visibility was low and they were on approach...much smaller things have created a chain reaction that could kill many on board. The guy has also been suspended, so it means there is a bit of severity.
Yea no doubt it was a stupid thing to do in actual flight in "hilly" terrain with passengers on board - the guy should be suspended.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil D.
The article is just a tab bit sensational. It's the way it was worded and the ridiculous video they show (if you haven't watched it, it's hilarious) which make it sound like the event was a near disaster, which it probably wasn't. The flight director and autopilot are not "vital navigation instruments" (in fact they aren't even navigation instruments). The EGPWS is probably the "most vital" thing they lost and is definitely important if they were in the weather.
According to the article they were established on the ILS at 3,700' AGL - probably not even past the final approach fix - when the CB was pulled. It also says they had "visual guidance" to the runway so I'm guessing the weather wasn't that bad. Doing 150 knots with a 3 degree glidepath is going to give you somewhere in the ballpark of 700-800 FPM down anyway (on some approaches (i.e. non-precisions) you may need more than 1000' down to get to your MDA before your VDP). My guess is that the AP kicked off, FD bars went away, the pilot was like WTF, there was a momentary deviation in which the aircraft tendency pitched the nose down and the aircraft sunk, and once the pilot got his bearing back just hand flew the ILS with the FD off uneventfully.
Again, stupid decision to pull the CB. Safety of flight issue? I think so. Maybe the guy meant well, but I dunno in my limited experience that just doesn't seem like something you do in flight just prior to a critical phase of flight in mountainous terrain (it's what the sim is for). Glad the situation didn't end up disastrous.