7F Herc Emergency in YZF

Donald · Post by **Donald** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:20 pm

Lots of rumours going around about this one. Before I go to the B.K., can anyone in the know shed some light?

http://north.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/Vi ... n-12042005

flyboeing · Post by **flyboeing** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:13 pm

this a/c just had a C check at AeroMechanical in YYC. The a/c just left a week or two ago.

Canus Chinookus · Post by **Canus Chinookus** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:52 pm

"Mechanical engineers were investigating the cause of the problem Tuesday afternoon."

R1830 · Post by **R1830** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:47 am

I was on the way into ZF at the time... I heard the Herc declare an emergency I believe it was "702 declaring an emergency we have just had some sort of structural failure we are levelling 220 and requesting reduced airspeed now maintaining 180 knots." After that it sounded like they were using the masks...they landed in ZF safely about an hour later. Talking to people at Firstair I just heard it was serious and it wasn't going to be flying anytime soon..rumour had it that there was a crack somewhere...but all just rumours.

Just glad everyone got home safe because really thats what its all about.

Kosiw · Post by **Kosiw** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:54 am

Heard something about a crack in the wing....

flyinhigh · Post by **flyinhigh** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:40 am

does anyone know if JB was captain. or who was the captain at all?

yxy · Post by **yxy** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:36 pm

Looks like it's serious.........and I'm sure that compan that did the C check is crapping their pants right now!!

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:26 pm

BL and DT up front, a yeoman's job bringing that crippled ship home safely. Well done.

flyinhigh · Post by **flyinhigh** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:45 pm

yup, a great job in deed,
thanks arrow for on who was flyin her

TAT · Post by **TAT** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:01 pm

Hah.. I work for them and i haven't heard this much yet.. !! ahh vacation!!

Donald · Post by **Donald** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:11 am

Wow, the stories I heard last night about this one...

All I can say is great job by the crew, I can only imagine how I'd have felt at the time this was going on.

alpha speed · Post by **alpha speed** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:21 am

So what happened?

Donald · Post by **Donald** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:04 am

Given the fact everything I have heard is second hand, I'll leave it to the drivers involved to share.

I know it makes me think about the "Jump or go down with the ship" thread a little more...

Pratt · Post by **Pratt** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 6:28 pm

The story as I heard it.

They had just levelled off, heard a bang, and started losing pressurization. The F/E went into the back, heard air escaping around the center section, where he observed a crack about two feet long, right at the center of the bottom edge of the wing root. They depressurized, went on oxygen, and remained at 200 as they knew it was smooth there from the flight north, and reduced speed to 180. It was pretty tense until after landing as they did not know the structural integrity of the wing structure.

The aircraft is still in YZF. They are looking to develop some temporary repair to ferry it to a facility for a permanent repair.

It had just 8 days earlier come out of an almost 3 month major mtce check.

Excellent job done by the crew and happily an uneventful outcome.

Great job guys!!

yxy · Post by **yxy** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:07 pm

The Herc is pretty much in lockdown right now in the hangar.

They continue to search for a second one though....

Inverted2 · Post by **Inverted2** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:05 pm

Scary stuff when you think of all the structural problems of the older hercs have had. If you haven't seen the video of the one dropping fire retardent and having the wings peel off, it's a real eye opener indeed!