Air Canada Airbus A319 Makes Emergency Landing at Winnipeg
The Air Canada Airbus A319 sits on the runway after passengers evacuated just after landing at Winnipeg (Photo: Teresa Muglia)
An Air Canada jet was forced to make an emergency landing yesterday at Winnipeg’s Richardson International Airport after suffering a hydraulic problem.
‘The aircraft, an Airbus A319, was en route from Toronto to Calgary when the pilot reported a hydraulic problem and diverted to Winnipeg just after noon Central time.’
Flight 119 landed safely but had some blown tires on landing. Unconfirmed reports say they had trouble with the flaps as a result and made a higher than normal rate landing.
Fire crews were on hand immediately after landing and passengers were taken off the aircraft on the runway.
There were no injuries reported.
Category: Airnation
I wonder if those passengers were at least relieved to have the absence of the “barking dog” sound upon landing (a noise produced from the hydraulics in these planes).
Is that sound just in the Airbus Chris, or just the A319 and A320? I flew those two model planes earlier this month and I remember that sound.
Hmm it could be in more models, but i know it’s on the A318/319/320. I’ve heard it also, on one of Delta’s A319′s… scared the crap out of me! Isn’t it a weird sound??
Hydraulics, right? Yeah, it startled me too. I thought for a second something was wrong and then I figured they were adjusting something.
Do you know what exactly they’re doing when that sound is being made?
Same here! i really thought there was an animal being tortured in the cargo area… LOL
Apparently it’s the “Power Transfer Unit” used to transfer hydraulic power around the plane. At various times it does a test and thus the sound is produced. Very odd and quite annoying. Nevertheless, the A320 series is a wonderful aircraft and i’d trust it with my life! :)
LOL! Exactly! Sounds like they were skinning a goat!
Interesting. But Boeings don’t make that sound, right?
Yeah, I love those planes. Always had a good flying experience in them.
Haha…
To be honest i don’t know for sure but i’ve never heard it on any Boeings (737, 747, 757, 767, 777)… just that one A319 i flew on.
I really liked the A319! The extra width compared to the 737/757 is actually quite nice… It’s like one butt-cheek more! I’ve only flown it once, but it was a late night flight (scheduled to take off at 9pm DTW-PVD but was delayed until 11pm due to a “technical issue”) and the plane had a lot of empty seats. It was a nice ride though… very relaxing. No idea what the technical issue was, but i’m sure it wasn’t a big deal. The A320 series has proven itself and i trust it 100%.
To me, the fuselage and 3-3 seating of the 737/757 is too claustrophobic. In comparison the DC9 has a thinner fuselage but the 2-3 seating makes it feel so much more “open”. Heck, even the 1-2 seating in the tiny ERJ-145 felt more open than the 737!
The only thing that irks me about the A320 is the lack of back-ups for hydraulics… The 737 (even the NG) has cables which can be used with even 100% loss of ALL hydraulics… I know the probability is low, but tell that to the victims of United 232 and Japan 123… The first being a DC-10 which lost all hydraulics when the #2 engine blew and the second being a 747 that lost all hydraulics when the tail blew off from a faulty repair… A 777 or any of the new A/C with “fly by wire” controls would drop like a stone with total hydraulic loss…
I know technology had been developed after United 232 which could be installed in planes, that would allow the pilots of a plane with 100% loss of hydraulics the ability to fly the plane normally by having the computers control the throttles… I saw a video once; i swear the landing looked totally normal, even though NONE of the control surfaces were being used… The pilots just manipulated the yoke/stick and the plane landed safely. It’s pretty neat!
Ahh here it is! This is the tech that can land a plane that’s had all hydraulic loss by manipulating the engines.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aObBHXsc_iw