An engine explodes. Shrapnel tears open the pressurized cabin, fatally wounding one of the passengers and fills the plane with chaos. But the captain stays cool under fire. She calmly requests assistence at the nearest airport and brings the plane down safely on one engine, saving the lives of 147 people aboard.
Tammie Jo Shults is a hero.
@F4f879 I believe the engine was pretty old but I'm not sure why it failed.
very cool-headed pilot for sure... do you know what caused the failure?
@TheDepressedPig I hope you feel better, Pig. Depression is... well, they won't allow me to describe it properly on here. I sympathize.
@Freerider2142 Don't be sorry, posts like that are what forums were intended for.
I read your bio. XDD @TheDepressedPig
One of the most Important things that Pilots and Flight crews train for is Emergency Procedures.
I specifically call these Emergency Procedure because that is exactly what they are:
A Procedure to be followed upon an Emergency condition.
and this is how they are referred to when investigating the incident afterwards.
A lot of people are unaware of this, but pilots simulate almost every possible Emergency Procedure that their aircraft might experience in a safe environment.
(Simulators or Flying, and as long as these problems are known about a specific aircraft)
All these procedures and the Correct actions to be taken in such occasions are available to the pilot via the Aircraft's Pilot Operation Handbook (POH) and must be available to the pilot and in the cockpit at all times.
A lot of student pilots fail their final check-ride due to these exercises.
-Tammie Jo Shults is a Great pilot because she stayed calm and collected in an emergency situation, and followed the exact procedure she needed to.
-Her second in command is a Great copilot because it was him who had to look the Emergency information up in the POH and assist the Pilot in command.
-Her Flight Crew are Great because they had to relay ALL information about the cabin and engines to the pilots and manage the passengers until Everybody is off the aircraft.
P.S. By LAW: The Pilot in command has full responsibility over the aircraft once it's in the air and until everybody is off, and it is the Pilot in command that has final say if the aircraft takes off at all.
that's why everybody whales at the Pilot when something goes wrong and people die.
sorry for long text....
OOOH ITS PIG!!!! @TheDepressedPig
@jamesPLANESii @TheDepressedPig Yes. The entire crew did an excellent job averting disaster. It's always bothered me that airline staff are so under appreciated. All you ever hear about are the mistakes, security concerns and weather delays. But it's not an easy industry to work in, and there are some amazing people that hold it together.
Ikr? XD @F104Deathtrap
@jamesPLANESii Frankly, I haven't heard anything about the copilot. I am sure they deserve some credit, though.
Wait everyone has forgotten there was another pilot in the plane too...
@Botfinder Navy actually. The Airforce wouldn't take her, their loss, lol.