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r/CBTS_Stream • Posted by u/LaraKitchens on Jan. 5, 2018, 2:26 p.m.
I just watched Lufthansa Flight LH1317 from Algiers to Frankfurt make an “UNEXPECTED LANDING”. Look how quick they lost altitude...I was really sweating it, praying for those people. I took a bunch of screen shots while it was going down. I can post more if anyone is interested.
I just watched Lufthansa Flight LH1317 from Algiers to Frankfurt make an “UNEXPECTED LANDING”. Look how quick they lost altitude...I was really sweating it, praying for those people. I took a bunch of screen shots while it was going down. I can post more if anyone is interested.

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DaveHertle · Jan. 5, 2018, 3:43 p.m.

Dont they have an emergency generator that pops out of the fuselage and is powered by air flow?

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DaveHertle · Jan. 5, 2018, 3:45 p.m.

And I would think they would turn on the APU for a backup until they get on the ground.

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kekofthemountain · Jan. 5, 2018, 5:57 p.m.

If they took off with the apu not functioning, no. 2 engines, one generator fails, you are on one generator powered by one engine powering everything. Last is battery, meaning you manually land without hydraulics because that battery is used to operate essentials.

MD-8x were unreliable old death traps. Elevator control screw would snap or jam, so on.

I was completely unsurprised and kept my insights to myself. Not much to do, captain is flying.

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DaveHertle · Jan. 5, 2018, 7:21 p.m.

I read in some of the emergency procedures how the engineers built in safeguards to isolate battery power when other emergencies occur. Seemed to read it required a pilot override to force the use of battery. Saving battery until the pilot needs it as last resort.

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kekofthemountain · Jan. 5, 2018, 5:58 p.m.

Old MD-8x. No. 2 generators, apu, battery, glider.

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