Vehrec
@Vehrec
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:29 PM
Every time I hear the story of United Airlines Flight 173, I just can't believe it
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:30 PM
how do you get so fixated on if your landing gear is down that you forget to check how much fuel you have left
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:30 PM
though, it's a classic example of 'subtle hints do not work, strong hints do not work.'
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:31 PM
it's hard to believe that the other two guys in the cockpit never said 'Captain, we're very low on fuel and we need to land, gear or no gear'.
Princess Emily
@deerleisure
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:31 PM
idk what this is about but it sounds p yikes
ShootingXC
@UltraDude
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:34 PM
bad crm is bad
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:35 PM
so this was back in the 1970s
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:35 PM
and the captain of the flight was a guy who was a WW2 vet
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:35 PM
tens of thousand of hours of flight experience.
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:36 PM
and when the landing gear light for the nose-gear doesn't go down, he flies the plane in a circle for almost an hour
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:37 PM
trying to make sure that he's got every possible hole covered in the planning for a possible crash landing
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:37 PM
even calling the flight attendants into the cockpit to tell them what doors to be at.
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:38 PM
Until he tells the Flight engineer to prepare to circle for another 15 minutes and...
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:40 PM
`
CAM-3 Fifteen minutes? XXX

CAM-1 Yeah, give us three or four thousand pounds
on top of zero fuel weight

CAM-3 Not enough`
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:40 PM
your flight engineer is telling you you don't have enough fuel!
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:40 PM
but you ignore that guy!
Rama
@Nerdorama
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:43 PM
As someone who works in IT incident resolution
Rama
@Nerdorama
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:43 PM
I can 100% believe every part of this story
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:51 PM
the co-pilot and flight engineer both knew about the fuel shortage
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:51 PM
but they weren't confident enough to say "we're running out of fuel and need to land NOW"
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