Post by ajurt37 on Nov 11, 2018 15:03:14 GMT -5
Hi,
After four years of flying FSCaptain I had my first emergency a couple of days ago, smoke in the cabin. Of course it didn't happen in Europe or North America but over the Andes on a flight from Lima to Sao Paulo. I always prepare for diversion on anything but a short haul flight and did so here too. I was flying an A320 and will admit I really missed the Boeing FMC fix page that I use to draw circles around the two closest diversion airports. I've had some malfunctions but never had to declare an emergency.
By the time I located the closest suitable alternate I already got a second warning from the cabin crew that things weren't getting any better. To make matters worse I was overweight and the A320 does not have a fuel dumping system. So my choice was an overweight landing or possibly face the same fate as Swissair 111 that went down over Peggy's Cove.
Long story short, I chose the overweight landing at SLVR, Santa Cruz - Bolivia which was only 150 nm from where I started the descent. Landing was normal and I ended up with 122 points.
Thought I'd share this story, it's one of the things that makes FSC special.
Andre
