Aer Lingus All Female Flight Crew - Inaugural Flight - Dublin to LAX
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- A flight deck video during the inaugural Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to LAX, with an all female flight crew. Includes the take off from Dublin and the landing at LAX.
EI-LAX took its first flight on April 13, 1999 and was delivered to Aer Lingus on April 29, 1999. The A330-202 is named St. Mella. On December 1, 2013, the airliner was leased to Novair, returning to service with Aer Lingus on April 1, 2014. It was fitting that an aircraft with LAX in its registration is being used on the Dublin to LAX route.
Interestingly, on the same Dublin to LAX route this aircraft suffered a serious incident on 28 December 2017 when there was an in-flight shut down of one engine due to a fire. Here's the Irish Air Accident Investigation Unit summary:
"Just after take-off from Runway (RWY) 28 at Dublin Airport (EIDW), on a scheduled passenger flight to Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX), the Flight Crew of the Airbus A330 aircraft received a No. 2 (right-hand) engine fire (ENG 2 FIRE) warning, which required the No. 2 engine to be shut down. Following the shutdown, the fire warning ceased. The Flight Crew declared a MAYDAY (state of emergency) to Dublin Air Traffic Control (ATC) and also pressed the AGENT 1 pushbutton, thereby discharging an engine fire extinguisher into the engine compartment.
Following a review of the situation, the Flight Crew elected to proceed to Shannon Airport (EINN), which had a longer runway than those at EIDW. A holding pattern was entered near EINN to consume fuel and lighten the aircraft for landing. After approximately 20 minutes in the hold, an overweight landing was performed on RWY 06. The aircraft was brought to a stop on the runway, and was inspected by the Airport Fire Service (AFS), who advised that there was no apparent damage. The aircraft then taxied to its parking stand, where all passengers disembarked normally. No injuries were reported.
The ENG 2 FIRE warning was subsequently found to have been caused by hot, high pressure bleed air escaping into the No. 2 engine compartment as a result of the fatigue failure of a short section of No. 2 engine’s high pressure bleed air ducting."
There have also been other incidents with this aircraft - does it's initial flight on the 13th of a month have any bearing?
On 2 February 2015 when landing at Chicago, the aircraft's nose wheel steering failed. On 11 March 2013 the flaps failed to retract after take-off.
Is this the inaugural flight of EI-LAX or is it the first flight because they stoped operating the flight and then returned
Yeah! It's quite misleading. I did fly quite a few times LA-Dublin in the 1980s.
give credit to its owner. this is not your video
Video material is provided by Press Departments for editorial use, which as a journalist I am allowed to use. Credit to Aer Lingus was given verbally at 5 seconds into the video and in the credits at the end of the video!