RealScenery Posted January 6, 2011 Report Posted January 6, 2011 Gotta be careful with the drinks in the cockpit! :-[**************************************A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Germany was forced to make an emergency landing in Canada after a pilot spilled coffee on the plane's radio equipment.UA Flight 940 was carrying 241 passengers on Monday when the 777-200's communication and navigation equipment malfunctioned, prompting the flight crew to land just before 10:00 p.m. local time Monday at Toronto's Pearson International Airport.While the airline refused to confirm that spilled coffee triggered the problem, the detail was noted by the Aviation Herald, a website that logs incidents on commercial flights based on flight data and incident reports.NAV Canada reported that the crew advised of communication problems, and then reported they had navigation problems as well. The crew cycled through the transponder codes for unlawful interference and loss of communication.It said that the FAA reported after contact with the company, that the pilot in command had spilled coffee over the radio equipment which interfered with the communication equipment. He inadvertently sent an unlawful interference code, then changed to loss of communication code.A replacement 777-200 was sent to pick up the passengers and take them back to Chicago, where they were set to board another flight for Frankfurt on Tuesday.Posted on http://www.myfoxny.com Quote
FlorianR Posted January 6, 2011 Report Posted January 6, 2011 haha, how much is the fix going to cost ? Quote
OlaHaldor Posted January 6, 2011 Report Posted January 6, 2011 My guess is that they need a new patch from Microsoft, or wait until Microsoft Flight is ready... From joke to revolver.. All went well, but think of the costs that one pilot has caused. He must have a hard time now I guess. Quote
YYZatcboy Posted January 6, 2011 Report Posted January 6, 2011 Coffe gets spilled in the flight deck all the time. Most pilots use a lid on it though.... IMO if it's on the centre pedestal and it is not spill proof it was not designed well to begin with... Quote
NoutvanZon Posted January 14, 2011 Report Posted January 14, 2011 You have a point Joe.Ohwell Boeing.... Quote
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