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  • ATL Delta MD83 fire on landing

    just happened i guess. Looks like a fire because the tire burst on landing or breaks overheating ?

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    Last edited by saupatel; 2011-05-29, 02:02.

  • #2
    Why the hell are those people evacuating with their carry on bags? And then they kind of just hang around next to the plane, run away fools!!

    Also why does the tail cone fall off?

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    • #3
      The tailcone falls off when using the rear emergency exit. There is a handle by the rear door that you pull on, the cone falls off and a slide deploys.

      Here`s a Video from the outside, and this one shows the walkway on the inside before operating the regular airstairs.

      Here is how it may look on the safety card:



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      • #4
        Well - definitely NOT the way to evacuate... Does anybody know the registration of the poor MD?

        By the way - as far as I know Delta flies only MD-88s and no MD-83s.

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        • #5
          It was the MD-88 N941DL.
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          • #6
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            Very nice Carlos.

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            • #7
              Watched this happen live from the balcony of my room at the Renaissance Hotel. Was looking down at my phone as this MD-88 touched down and heard two loud bangs.. knew the tires had burst from the incredibly loud noise; looked up and saw the airplane going down the runway with smoke/fire coming from the right main gear. The PF took the first high speed turnoff at a faster-than-normal speed and brought the plane to a stop clear of 8L. Of course, lots of go arounds and sidesteps to 8R followed.

              What really shocked me was how long it took for both the evac to begin, and for fire/rescue to arrive. At least 4-5 minutes. Buddy and I were on the balcony filming, shooting pics, and commenting to each other several minutes after the airplane had stopped that we couldn't believe they weren't evacuating yet, what with the growing fire and black smoke coming from under the right wing.

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              • #8
                Great timing Chris.

                Interesting point your brought up there that it took 4 minutes for the passengers to evacuate. I wonder what the heck were they waiting for.

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                • #9
                  They had to gather their carry ons.

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                  • #10
                    The FAs probably had to collect the Evacuation Fee from everyone before they could commence...
                    Be alert! America needs more lerts.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by elaw View Post
                      The FAs probably had to collect the Evacuation Fee from everyone before they could commence...
                      ...and someone's credit card got rejected...

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Peter Kesternich View Post
                        Well - definitely NOT the way to evacuate... Does anybody know the registration of the poor MD?

                        By the way - as far as I know Delta flies only MD-88s and no MD-83s.
                        DL operates MD88 and MD90.

                        Definitely not a textbook evac! Does anyone know what flight this was?

                        EDIT: OK I found this was DL2284 PIT/ATL. Hits a bit close to home this - my wife, 3 children and I live in PIT and were non-revving the same route on 25th. We had to split because the flights were so full.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Theoddkiwi View Post
                          Why the hell are those people evacuating with their carry on bags? And then they kind of just hang around next to the plane, run away fools!!

                          Also why does the tail cone fall off?
                          Tailcone gets jetisoned as soon as the rear door is opened (when armed of course.) FA's next job, when the inner door is open and the tailcone is gone, is to assess conditions, and if fire, smoke, debris or obstruction is seen, to direct the passengers to another exit. Clearly smoke would have been seen here, probably from well inside the cabin, which is why the slide never gets deployed. Reading on other forums it would appear they only had 43 psgrs on board, so 1L, 2L could easily handle the evac. It doesn't look like either of the O/W exits were used on the left side.

                          EDIT: The tailcone falling is supposed to pull a wire that deploys the slide. It would appear this didn't happen here - the tailcone is just left hanging by that wire. That is when the FA has the option of deploying it manually or redirecting psgrs. As the smoke would clearly have been visible - in fact if you look at the video, as soon as the cone pops the smoke starts billowing INTO the hole, the correct decision was made to redirect.

                          The MD88 relies on gravity to shake the tailcone free, the MD90 uses a charge to detonate it off.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Evan View Post
                            ...and someone's credit card got rejected...
                            Man that is funny.

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                            • #15
                              Plane is 22 years old,
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