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The Real National Emergency Is Climate Change: A Closer Look
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Trump Prepares for Mueller's Final Report: A Closer Look
I don't think he knows what "the rule of law" actually means.
Plane Ran Out of Fuel at 41,000 Feet. Here's What Happened.
OK, hold the fucking phone here. This video is just a disaster. It is flippant and glossing over the facts of what actually happened. This story is a favorite of mine, so I have done a lot a reading on it.
This happened in 1983 (36 years ago).
>> Do planes seriously not have a fuel gauge?
There is specifically a digital fuel gauge processor on that plane, and it was malfunctioning. There was an inductor coil that wasn't properly soldered onto the circuit board. At that time, planes were allowed to fly without a functioning digital fuel gauge as long as there was a manual check of the fuel in tanks and the computer was told the starting fuel.
The problem is that fuel trucks pump by volume and planes measure fuel by weight. The fueling truck converted the volume to kilograms and then converted to pounds. He should not have used both. In 1983 ground crews were used to converting volume to pounds. The 767 was the first plane in Air Canada's fleet to have metric fuel gauges.
The line in the video "the flight crew approved of the fuel without noticing the error" glosses over how it is actually done. The pilot was passed a form that contained the numbers and calculations from the ground crew that stated that 22,300 kg of fuel was loaded on the plane. The math was wrong, but unless the pilots re-did the numbers by hand, there wouldn't be anything to jump out at them. He accepted the form and punched those numbers in to the computer.
The 767 was one of the first planes to eliminate the Flight Engineer position and replace it with a computer. There was no clear owner as to who does the fuel calc in this situation. In this case, it fell to the ground crew.
>> I would hope there is a nit more of a warning system than the engines shutting off.
If there was a functional digital fuel gauge, it would have showed them missing half their fuel from the start, and the error would have been caught. Because there wasn't, the computer was calculating and displaying the amount of fuel based on an incorrect start value.
That is another problem with this video. It states that "they didn't even think about it until ... and an alarm went off signalling that their left engine had quit working."
Fuck you, narrator asshole.
In this case, low fuel pump pressure warnings were firing off before the engines shut down. They were investigating why they would be getting these low pressure warnings when their calculated fuel values (based on the original error) showed that they had enough fuel.
>> I can't believe the pilot's were given an award for causing an avoidable accident.
The pilots did not cause it. They followed all the proper procedures applicable at that time, 1983. It was only due to their skill and quick thinking that the pilots landed the plane without any serious injuries to passengers.
They ran simulations in Vancouver of this exact fuel and flight situation and all the crews that ran this simulation crashed their planes.
"Bad math can kill you." Flippant, correct, but still not quite applicable to this situation. Air Canada did not provide any conversion training for dealing with kilograms and the 767. Not the ground crew, nor the pilots, were trained how to handle it. They were expected to "figure it out". That, and the elimination of the Flight Engineer position, set these situations up for disaster.
This looks way too painful...
What is with these 3 times loop videos? I am starting to see them everywhere.
True Facts: The Lemur
ZABOOMAFOO!
When Top Gear tried to sabotage Tesla Motors
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How Microwaving Grapes Makes Plasma
The grapes shall fear us now.
Kitbull | Pixar
@ 1:50 - Do I have to go John Wick here?
@ 3:38 - I AM FUCKING GOING JOHN WICK!
@ 6:30 - Oh, thank god!
How To Make Diamond Ice Cube
And that ice. It is so clear.
I want to know more about that knife.
Conviction – An Anthem Trailer From Neill Blomkamp
Thanks, couldn't post this one myself. I would love to see this as a series. He posted some BTS shots on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/NeillBlomkamp/status/1096485291827707904/photo/1
https://twitter.com/NeillBlomkamp/status/1096483883988615170/photo/1
Dave Made a Maze
Thanks for posting this one. I had seen the trailer a year ago and completely forgotten about it and the title.
Corgi Softly Growls for More Attention
THOSE EARS!
eric3579 (Member Profile)
Yay! Thanks man.
Not anymore
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
The other one is dead.
Man of Steel - Teaser Trailer
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