US Airways flight #5 hydraulic failure part 1 _ Phoenix to emergency landing Kansas City

This is what the sound of hydraulic failure sounds like. We are up 35,000 ft after about an hour of flight leaving Phoenix AZ to Chicago. We had to make an emergency landing in Kansas City , We had no steering and hydraulic fluid backup failed. Just after a burning smell filled the plane and the taste of hydraulic fluid in our throats,,,The pilot finally said we will make an emergency landing in Kansas City....We were towed into the gate. see video 2 of 2........................http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/terrible-expe­rience-c216566.html
Wow I found others who hate US airways
Here is another so called normal emergency....
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[cozycampfire]

the steward could have explain what was going on. After 2 1/2 hours nothing was said. Not like we complained up there. We all were quiet. It was never explained even after we were towed. Fire trucks were called just in case , I guess because the hydraulic smell was so bad and smoke. We did thank the pilot for landing but not putting us a ease. Like I said nobody even tried. That was worst part.

[cozycampfire]

it was an emergency landing!

[cozycampfire]

it was in flight and after 2 hours we heard the sheering and snap and then no noise then the strong smell of hydrualic fluid. to the point of coughing. all this 30k miles up. So, come on that is not normal,or else we would have not made an emergency landing in kansas city when our destination was chicago.

[MancPie]

So let me get this straight. You landed safely and no-one was hurt, in fact the worst thing that happened was an annoying noise, some stress and a little inconvenience. Call CNN!!

You're in an incredibly complex machine. Things will go wrong from time to time and it doesn't matter which airline you fly with (the US Airways-bashing is laughable). As several others have posted it's nothing to worry about. Perhaps some more info would be nice but from your comments I doubt you'd have understood.

[cozycampfire]

@MancPie  Yes we landed safely , emergency landing after the fumes of hydralic fluid filled the area we were sitting and the grinding winding and sheering metal break of some kind happened. So, loud we could not hear each other speak. THAT is not a normal operation , nor was it explained to us. Did you read it lasted over 2 hours up 13k feet ? So, what part of this event was not dangerous? We were also taxied in because we had little or no brakes or steering....maybe even no HYDRAULIC

[cozycampfire]

@MancPie We were on the back up hydraulic during the whole 2 hours and once we made the emergency landing in kansas city they had the many fire trucks waiting, and we came to a very jolting stop , like the pilot was using all the thrust he had to stop, after that we were towed in and the pilot only apoligized for the rough stop. So, what is your take on that? Yes we are so happy we are alive and even with the emergency landing at the wrong airport, we do appreciate a good pilot.

[xlawson707]

Actually wilvan2002 is correct. The sound you hear is the normal sound of an aircraft hydraulic pump. Although abnormal at that altitude and even if it has malfunctioned, it really is nothing to worry about. Especially when larger aircraft have more than one pump servicing flight controls. Believe me, I'm a

C-5 Galaxy flight engineer and we always have issues like this.

[DL1011]

sad PTU :(



[monkeyman522]

If I were on this plane I'd be totally fine with the pilot not giving me an explanation right away. That would mean they are concentrated and totally focused on the problem as they should be. I'd also be glad there was a redundancy system so that I could live to upload my video of me bitching about everything that's going wrong on YouTube. Oh wait, I wouldn't be bitching. I'd be happy everything turned out okay and would thank the pilot and the airline......not fucking complain.

[fsxaddictx]

@cozycampfire You're acting like a highschool girl making a bigger deal than it is. Do you act like this when someone cuts you off on the highway? That's far more dangerous than any flight will ever be. By the way what you claim to be 13k feet is more like +20k feet. Things go wrong on planes, get over it. Crew most likely didn't tell you the occurrence because it would have made the cabin much more stressed and if there was an emergency landing would have lead to a hectic evacuation.

[92fsoakcreek]

Airbus. probably a 320/330/340. They have two hydraulic systems that augment each other. when one is underpowered and needs flow, the other provides it. Accumulators on either side of the fuselage store pressurized air/which act like pistons to push the fluid from one side to the other.

You mostly hear this on the ground at idle.

[smitty195]

Wow, that would have scared the hell out of me. It sounds like a fuel pump trying to move fuel from one tank to another, but that's just my amateur guess. I would have had a heart attack if I were on this plane.

[0007louis007]

@cozycampfire Dude, I flight US Airways all the times and they fucken suckkk dirty balls, worst airline on the planet and the flight attendants are fucken assholes.

[Garcansdad]

I amused by the hate mail and ignorant comments I'm getting after saying "typical Airbus". This is a hydraulic malfunction not a fly by wire problem. Yes Boeing uses fly by wire and it's reliable unlike Airbus. Keep the hate mail coming.

[roryj123ok]

@phxpaul I no that!