In the past couple of years I have been involved in two Emergency situations, which have required the aircraft to divert, however they never appear to be listed on any of the websites that cover aircraft incidents.
28th August 2000
G-OBYJ – Cabin pressure problem at 37,000 ft 30 mins out of Manchester – resulted in deployment of Oxygen masks, descent to 10,000 ft and diverstion to Gatwick with Emergency services in attendance at landing.
4th March 2004
G-MONR – In cruise 2 hours out of Manchester, left hand engine suffered oil pressure problem resulted in shutdown and divert to Faro – problem unable to be rectified and substitute aircraft brought out from UK.
Is this because they have not been reported, as other incidents of similar nature appear to have been logged.
By: Whiskey Delta - 19th July 2004 at 03:37
I second wysiwyg and see them as precautionary. Even if it were a true emergency would they necessarily get reported or published? I’ve been a part of 2 emergency declarations but never bothered to see if they ever made it to publication. Both concluded without incident.
By: wysiwyg - 18th July 2004 at 20:10
The press will always refer to any landing at anywhere other than the destination as an emergency landing whereas most are in reality just precautionary landings. While the decompression itself would bean emergency procedure both landings I would class as precautionary.
By: Papa Lima - 18th July 2004 at 19:17
Neither of these appear on the AAIB web site, although if you have described the circumstances, date and aircraft registration correctly they should have!
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July 18, 2004 at 4:55 pm