This occurred on an American Airlines flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles.
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This occurred on an American Airlines flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles.
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Late last month we were to fly to Seattle from Kona. Our “tun-around” plane had a mechanical issue (undefined) that delayed us for 3 hours. Finally, we were put on the San Jose plane and they could wait for ours to be fixed. Once onboard, the pilot told us that a fire/smoke sensor in one engine was broken and a part was apparently being flown in to replace it.
Good thing we’re flying Southwest Airlines then. Oh wait… we’re also flying American round trip transcontinental. Glad I have no next of kin.
Not sure I would rate Southwest as safer than AA. I seem to remember a pax dying after almost being sucked out of a window.
I’m flying to Maui this Saturday on Southwest. Have always flown Alaska but they have discontinued their direct flights. Got my Covid test through City Health in Sacramento. Such a great operation. Easy to schedule through the website. Easy to make changes if necessary. Drive through testing and everyone was friendly and professional. I was told to expect results in around 48 hours but they were on my phone the next morning when I woke up. I was quite impressed!
On May16,2017 a similar problem happened on our American Airlines flight leaving from Honolulu. We took off and flew for what seemed to be about an hour and a half. Then we get an announcement from the cockpit that there is an indicator light on and we were returning to Honolulu. We were met at the airport by several fire trucks, but that was a precaution because we were landing heavy with so much fuel. It was 3 days later before we finally were able to get on a flight home. American put all the passengers up, at their expense, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel and everyone was given a food allowance for their stay.
I won’t fly on the Airbus 321Neo to Hawaii ever again. Horrible experience with Hawaiian Air and that plane. Same kind of over the water issues with mechanical stuff…Way too many of these reports are about the A321Neo…..Bad design or lousy maintenence crews.
Luckily, the 737-MAX isn’t certified to fly over water.
I wouldn’t get on the 737MAX if you paid me!!!!!
I totally agree. I always choose Boeing wide body flights on AA. Stopped connecting at LAX and use DFW or ORD. Never been a Fan of Airbus. Used to amuse me that the cabin crews of several European airlines called them Scarebuses. My last two trips were B773 (seat 1A) and B789 (seat 1a). Both were fantastic flights. The use of narrow body equipment to Hawaii or TATL does not suit me at all. For short flights like inter island the narrow bodies like the Hawaiian B717 are great but not 7-8 hours