Alarm/Buzzer when landing (737)

I guess it is probably a company thing as we are not required to do it when we make Cat 2 or Cat 3 approaches in the US.

Is that a company rule or an FAA one? Is it also required for cat 3? If the markers are unservicable does that preclude you from making am approach?

I honestly don’t know if it’s company or FAA required and we aren’t certified for CAT III so I can’t answer that either.

Reminds me of a time we took a 737-200 in somewhere that had blocks of flats quite close when you were on short finals. Caused the GPWS to go off. Even got me going for a minute. Don’t think the pax at the front who heard it were over impressed. New trousers required.

Is that a company rule or an FAA one? Is it also required for cat 3? If the markers are unservicable does that preclude you from making am approach?

Is anybody still listening to the marker beacons these days!

We’re required during Cat II approaches.

reminds me..on a SpiceJet B738 from Hyderabad to Delhi last year while on finals the pilot announced that someones mobile which was on was disturbing the communications between the them and the ATC and he very sternly requested everyone to check if there mobiles are off.

A girl sitting next to me quietly says “its mine actually…i am waiting for my boyfriends message as soon as we land”. She had to close the mobile off after I gave her a small piece of my mind.

Women always seem to have impeccable timing!

Mother ALWAYS calls right when I’m in the middle of some task, never when I’m relaxing with a book or music.

Was lining up on R27 in Bombay a couple of months ago just as my colleagues wife decided to give him a call.

Ah…don’t worry lads, in years to come the only sound you’ll hear from the cabin is the ‘Nokia’ tune…:D

Is anybody still listening to the marker beacons these days!

No, it’s rather annoying when the last crew leave the marker idents on (probably pressed by mistake), and your on the ILS with the winds gusting 45kts, cloud at minimas & rain driving like you’ve never seen and the OM & MM ident starts to sound 😀

Sure it wasn’t just the microwave you heard? 😀

…I remember jumping in freight when the fire alarm went off…

😀

Must have been an ex-BA now DHL 757 then!

Is anybody still listening to the marker beacons these days!

You can hear this most clearly in the 737 and also the A320 series of aircraft. Anything bigger than that you are usually too far back and anything smaller than that is usually too noisy to hear the person next to you, let alone noises from the flightdeck! :p

No, that one is a very low dhu, dhu kind of sound that only appears when crossing the outermarker. It is not heard a couple of times during the approach. Only once.

Not the Outer Marker then?

On the 737 classic there was a buzzer that went off every time the throttles were retarded to idle and the gear was up.

In a low drag approach, with late selection of gear down, it would be quite possible to get the buzzer a number of times during speed and configuration changes on the approach. This is most likely the sound you heard. The autopilot disconnect is a onetime only occurance, for obvious reasons!

It could even have been the stickshaker if you are close enough to the cockpit.

You are joking aren’t you?!:eek:

Sound familiar?

http://www.entertonement.com/clips/2819/Aviation/Autopilot-Disconnect-Classic

Thats a great set of sounds.

The firebell is by far the most alarming. I remember jumping in fright when the fire alarm went of as I was cruising the virtual skies in my BA757 one evening!

Certainly does! Although the one on the 737 seems a little lower pitched and slower :p