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Details Emerge Regarding Recent Qatar Airways Boeing 787 Sudden Descent Incident
Last month, a Denmark-bound Qatar Airways Boeing 787 'Dreamliner' was involved in an alarming incident that saw the aircraft suddenly lose altitude shortly after takeoff. The plane dropped below 1,000 feet while flying over the Persian Gulf on its way out of the carrier's Doha hub, but the situation was recovered. Dropping in the darkness According to the Aviation Herald, this incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, January 10th this year. However, due to it not having… (www.msn.com) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The first officer was confused and damn near sent the flight into the Gulf
Factual report. https://avherald.com/h?article=504d75c7&opt=0
They can’t blame Airbus for this. Surprised it didn’t come out immediately
They can’t blame Airbus for this. Surprised it didn’t come out immediately
I’d say the opposite — I would have been surprised if it HAD come out immediately. Looks like crew error and they tried to keep a lid on it.
Yeah, the first officer lost it and the Capt bailed out the flight just before putting aircraft in the drink.
What a stupid remark.
Oh Lord help us! A manual turn was required!