Pre-Take-Off Checks

[Canary42]

Surely the flight deck pre-take-off checks include all systems switched on ?

Apparently not the cabin pressurisation system !

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/serious-incident-tui-plane-carrying-094935536.html      

 

[mushroom25]

this isn't the first time this has happened - google Helios Air 522......

[Old_Geezer]

Perhaps it will be included by that airline from now on.

[New Judge]

The full report is here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67335df9bac74dd6026bf2dd/Boeing_737-8K5_G-TAWD_11-24.pdf

I haven't read it properly yet but it seems checks on cabin pressurisation are included in the pre-flight check and it seems they were completed. A warning in the cockpit was also present after takeoff but I'm not sure what, if any, reaction there was.

The aircraft was at 15,000 feet when action was finally taken and that surprises me. Aircraft are pressurised to the equivalent  of around 6,000 feet and should never exceed 8,000 feet. I would have thought that before the aircraft reached an altitude of around twice the normal pressurisation level, crew members, if not passengers, would have noticed. I'll have a proper read.

I notice the same aircraft was involved in a serious incident just three days later. It suffered a  "catastrophic" landing gear  failure while landing at Leeds-Bradford Airport. The aircraft left the runway while it was landing during Storm Babet.

I'm not surprised incidents like that happen at Leeds-Bradford in strong winds. At an elevation of almost 800 feet it is the UK's highest commercial airport and apart from that its runway faces in the wrong direction,

[Peter Pedant]

big trouble for the pilots if they have not completed the  flight checks

the fella who landed on the river ( and saved everyone) was not allowed to fly again  as he had done action no 50 much much too early

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sully_Sullenberger