Another Airbus Bites The Dirt

[HenryBHough]

Still musing as to why Airbus products seem to have an uncanny ability to fall mysteriously from the sky.

 

[Porker]

They seem to have an acknowledged landing problem.

 

[Political Junky]

Aviation folks have called that Airbus a workhorse and very reliable.

 

[Porker]

Probably are very reliable...Except for the comment in the linked article near the bottom...seems to contradict that fact, at least to me. 55 accident since its introduction in 1988 seems rather excessive to me.

Airbus A320 Crash Lands At Stanfield International Airport In Halifax Nova Scotia

Airbus A320 Crash Lands At Stanfield International Airport In Halifax, Nova Scotia

In the early hours of Sunday morning, an Air Canada Airbus A320, flying from Toronto, Ontario, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, had a rough landing at Halifax’s Stanfield Airport, as it skidded off the runway during a snowstorm. Power outages at the airport were reported, leading some to believe that the Airbus hit a power line on its way down. However, those rumors have yet to be confirmed, though Cpl. Greg Church of the RCMP told the Chronicle Herald that a power line just south of the runway was damaged.


The Airbus was carrying 133 passengers as well as five crew members, and though no critical injuries or fatalities were reported, 25 people — including both pilots — were sent to nearby hospitals to be treated for minor injuries.

Sunday afternoon, Air Canada handed reporters a press release on the crash.

“Flight AC624, an Airbus A320 carrying 133 passengers and five crew, was involved in an incident upon landing at Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia. The incident occurred at approximately 24:43 AT Sunday March 29.”

Though Halifax was experiencing blizzard-like conditions Saturday night, into Sunday, COO of Air Canada, Klaus Goersch, said the weather was not a factor in the Airbus’ rough landing.

Of the 25 people admitted to hospital after the Airbus A320 crashed, all have been released but one, though Goersch says the remaining passenger is expected to be released this afternoon.

Any family members who seek information on the Airbus crash and its passengers can contact Air Canada directly at 1-800-961-7099.

“We at Air Canada are greatly relieved that no one was critically injured. Yet we fully appreciate this has been a very unsettling experience for our customers and their families, as well as our employees, and we are focused on caring for all those affected. We will also fully cooperate with the Transportation Safety Board as it begins an investigation to determine the cause.”

Flight AC624 isn’t the only Airbus A320 to have crashed recently. The Germanwings flight that plummeted into the French Alps, tragically killing 150 people, was also an Airbus.

The first A320 was unveiled in March of 1988, and it remains the Airbus’ most popular craft, with 6,200 currently in service around the world. Since it’s release, the Aviation Safety Network claims only 55 accidents can be attributed to the Airbus A320.

Air Canada has a fleet of 41 A320s, and the crash at Halifax International Stanfield Airport is the first incident ever reported for the company on any of their Airbus A320s.

 

[Political Junky]

Probably are very reliable...Except for the comment in the linked article near the bottom...seems to contradict that fact, at least to me. 55 accident since its introduction in 1988 seems rather excessive to me.

Airbus A320 Crash Lands At Stanfield International Airport In Halifax Nova Scotia

Airbus A320 Crash Lands At Stanfield International Airport In Halifax, Nova Scotia

In the early hours of Sunday morning, an Air Canada Airbus A320, flying from Toronto, Ontario, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, had a rough landing at Halifax’s Stanfield Airport, as it skidded off the runway during a snowstorm. Power outages at the airport were reported, leading some to believe that the Airbus hit a power line on its way down. However, those rumors have yet to be confirmed, though Cpl. Greg Church of the RCMP told the Chronicle Herald that a power line just south of the runway was damaged.


The Airbus was carrying 133 passengers as well as five crew members, and though no critical injuries or fatalities were reported, 25 people — including both pilots — were sent to nearby hospitals to be treated for minor injuries.

Sunday afternoon, Air Canada handed reporters a press release on the crash.

“Flight AC624, an Airbus A320 carrying 133 passengers and five crew, was involved in an incident upon landing at Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia. The incident occurred at approximately 24:43 AT Sunday March 29.”

Though Halifax was experiencing blizzard-like conditions Saturday night, into Sunday, COO of Air Canada, Klaus Goersch, said the weather was not a factor in the Airbus’ rough landing.

Of the 25 people admitted to hospital after the Airbus A320 crashed, all have been released but one, though Goersch says the remaining passenger is expected to be released this afternoon.

Any family members who seek information on the Airbus crash and its passengers can contact Air Canada directly at 1-800-961-7099.

“We at Air Canada are greatly relieved that no one was critically injured. Yet we fully appreciate this has been a very unsettling experience for our customers and their families, as well as our employees, and we are focused on caring for all those affected. We will also fully cooperate with the Transportation Safety Board as it begins an investigation to determine the cause.”

Flight AC624 isn’t the only Airbus A320 to have crashed recently. The Germanwings flight that plummeted into the French Alps, tragically killing 150 people, was also an Airbus.

The first A320 was unveiled in March of 1988, and it remains the Airbus’ most popular craft, with 6,200 currently in service around the world. Since it’s release, the Aviation Safety Network claims only 55 accidents can be attributed to the Airbus A320.

Air Canada has a fleet of 41 A320s, and the crash at Halifax International Stanfield Airport is the first incident ever reported for the company on any of their Airbus A320s.

The article boasts that there have been only 55 accidents out of 6,200 in service. The one in France was crashed on purpose.

 

[Pogo]

Probably are very reliable...Except for the comment in the linked article near the bottom...seems to contradict that fact, at least to me. 55 accident since its introduction in 1988 seems rather excessive to me.

Airbus A320 Crash Lands At Stanfield International Airport In Halifax Nova Scotia

Airbus A320 Crash Lands At Stanfield International Airport In Halifax, Nova Scotia

In the early hours of Sunday morning, an Air Canada Airbus A320, flying from Toronto, Ontario, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, had a rough landing at Halifax’s Stanfield Airport, as it skidded off the runway during a snowstorm. Power outages at the airport were reported, leading some to believe that the Airbus hit a power line on its way down. However, those rumors have yet to be confirmed, though Cpl. Greg Church of the RCMP told the Chronicle Herald that a power line just south of the runway was damaged.


The Airbus was carrying 133 passengers as well as five crew members, and though no critical injuries or fatalities were reported, 25 people — including both pilots — were sent to nearby hospitals to be treated for minor injuries.

Sunday afternoon, Air Canada handed reporters a press release on the crash.

“Flight AC624, an Airbus A320 carrying 133 passengers and five crew, was involved in an incident upon landing at Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia. The incident occurred at approximately 24:43 AT Sunday March 29.”

Though Halifax was experiencing blizzard-like conditions Saturday night, into Sunday, COO of Air Canada, Klaus Goersch, said the weather was not a factor in the Airbus’ rough landing.

Of the 25 people admitted to hospital after the Airbus A320 crashed, all have been released but one, though Goersch says the remaining passenger is expected to be released this afternoon.

Any family members who seek information on the Airbus crash and its passengers can contact Air Canada directly at 1-800-961-7099.

“We at Air Canada are greatly relieved that no one was critically injured. Yet we fully appreciate this has been a very unsettling experience for our customers and their families, as well as our employees, and we are focused on caring for all those affected. We will also fully cooperate with the Transportation Safety Board as it begins an investigation to determine the cause.”

Flight AC624 isn’t the only Airbus A320 to have crashed recently. The Germanwings flight that plummeted into the French Alps, tragically killing 150 people, was also an Airbus.

The first A320 was unveiled in March of 1988, and it remains the Airbus’ most popular craft, with 6,200 currently in service around the world. Since it’s release, the Aviation Safety Network claims only 55 accidents can be attributed to the Airbus A320.

Air Canada has a fleet of 41 A320s, and the crash at Halifax International Stanfield Airport is the first incident ever reported for the company on any of their Airbus A320s.

"Excessive" --- compared to what?
And out of how many flights?

Know what I find "excessive"?
The insult on the reader's intelligence delivered by a thread that cherrypicks two plane crashes, one of which was deliberate, and draws a conclusion about some kind of "pattern".

And we still don't know why he did that. But weather is not thought to be a factor.

 

[HenryBHough]

The kind of bravado that sends one in search of trouble-plagued models of cars to demonstrate machismo. Sadly it's usually innocent bystanders who are killed.

 

[Politico]

Still musing as to why Airbus products seem to have an uncanny ability to fall mysteriously from the sky.

Still musing as to why you some nut crashing a plane into a mountain has to do with Airbus defects.

 

[Pogo]

Still musing as to why Airbus products seem to have an uncanny ability to fall mysteriously from the sky.

Still musing as to why you some nut crashing a plane into a mountain has to do with Airbus defects.

Seems the OP created a topic he planned to deliberately fly into the ground. But unlike the German pilot, he gets to walk away.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Beginning to wonder how long until terror groups realize pilots in the cockpit have absolute power to crash their planes and start either recruiting/turning existing pilots, or do the 'become pilots' thing pre 9/11 again to get their people into cockpits. Because of 9/11 cockpits doors got reinforced. What if that was their intent and they're playing a long-game strategy? Now that the doors are impervious to breach, their primary plan of many many pilots in many planes can be put into motion. If not all at once, over time. A deliberate terrorist plane crash once a month would effectively end air travel while it's happening as with ATC Zero on 9/11.

 

[Pogo]

So Henry. If you can't essplain the point of the thread just diga me this.

How come, if a nutjob takes an instrument called an "AR-15" and shoots a bunch of people, we hear ad nauseum that "it's not the fault of the gun"... yet if a nutjob takes an instrument called an "Airbus" and crashes a bunch of people, "it IS the fault of the plane"?

 

[HenryBHough]

It seems to upset you that your favorite left-wing rhetorical devices can be turned back on you. Did that come as a discovery?

Meanwhile, if your tips from the break room add up enough take a nice vacation on an Airbus-built airliner. I hear tickets may be going cheap just now.

 

[Pogo]

It seems to upset you that your favorite left-wing rhetorical devices can be turned back on you. Did that come as a discovery?

Meanwhile, if your tips from the break room add up enough take a nice vacation on an Airbus-built airliner. I hear tickets may be going cheap just now.

Oh? And pray, what "favorite device" might this be then? I don't seem to notice anything incoming... not even an answer.

 

[HenryBHough]

It seems to upset you that your favorite left-wing rhetorical devices can be turned back on you. Did that come as a discovery?

Meanwhile, if your tips from the break room add up enough take a nice vacation on an Airbus-built airliner. I hear tickets may be going cheap just now.

Oh? And pray, what "favorite device" might this be then? I don't seem to be missing anything...

Perhaps.

But playing dumber won't help.

 

[Pogo]

It seems to upset you that your favorite left-wing rhetorical devices can be turned back on you. Did that come as a discovery?

Meanwhile, if your tips from the break room add up enough take a nice vacation on an Airbus-built airliner. I hear tickets may be going cheap just now.

Oh? And pray, what "favorite device" might this be then? I don't seem to notice anything incoming... not even an answer.

Perhaps.

But playing dumber won't help.

Then may I suggest not taking that course and simply answering the question.

 

[HenryBHough]

Then may I suggest not taking that course and simply answering the question.

And leave you with no toys at all?

 

[Pogo]

Then may I suggest not taking that course and simply answering the question.

And leave you with no toys at all?

I don't know a whole lot about poker -- still never played it -- but I believe the word you're looking for is:
"Fold".

 

[HenryBHough]

Guess again.

 

[Pogo]

Well as I said I'm not at all well versed in the game. I'm sure there are myriad euphemisms for failure though--

How 'bout, "I'm out"?

 

[HenryBHough]

So, enlighten usl There has to be a reason you're upset at the litany of crashes being posted. Is it a loss on Airbus stock that has you so upset? Perhaps a French ancestry that makes it some sort of ethnic thing?