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Coffee spill causes diversion for US flight
TORONTO (AP) — A pilot's spilled coffee accidentally triggered a hijacking alert and caused a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany, to make an unscheduled stop in Canada. A Transp . . . (flightaware.com) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
can you explain how two stories on the same subject come out so differently. one story says UAL 777 lands in canada because the radio's were not working correctly, another story says coffee spilled by a pilot, sets the hijack warning off?? which is true which one is spin by the airline??
at least it wasn't some sick pilot barfing all over the console
I agree with TTail-2 different scenario stories....same result
If he spilled coffee on the transponder and it was squawking 7500, then it wasn't working correctly. I'm sure the media is going to clump everything on the pedestal that's not a power lever under the category of "radios". Sounds like the same story, just got more details in the second one.
The reports always remember to tell you that the transponder code for hijackings is 7500, but they never point out that when your radio fails, the transponder code is 7600.
From the reports I've read, after the coffee killed the radio, I'm guessing the pilots may have dialed 7500 by mistake instead of 7600. Or, if they'd previously been assigned something like 0500, and started the change with the first digit, there could be a brief moment when the plane was sending 7500 before they finished dialing in the new code. Either way, I don't think the coffee itself caused the hijack signal.
From the reports I've read, after the coffee killed the radio, I'm guessing the pilots may have dialed 7500 by mistake instead of 7600. Or, if they'd previously been assigned something like 0500, and started the change with the first digit, there could be a brief moment when the plane was sending 7500 before they finished dialing in the new code. Either way, I don't think the coffee itself caused the hijack signal.
At the first day of transponder school you learn not to switch through 7500 and squawk hijack. It makes the folks in the cab all sick and nervous. 7500 for hijack, 7600 for lost comm, and 7700 for emergency. I was taught "75 taken alive, 76 technical glitch, 77 going to heaven."
I bet the FAA is already working on a new rule. No liquids forward of the cockpit door unless in an approved sippy cup.
I bet the FAA is already working on a new rule. No liquids forward of the cockpit door unless in an approved sippy cup.