The Flight that went DARK | British Airways 870 

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Great video! This video really hit close to home and it reminded me of the story I have experienced. I was once a passenger on British Airways Flight 872 to Kraków (just two numbers above the flight mentioned in this video). The plane was also an Airbus A320. I remember that we all boarded a plane and it was already taxing towards the runway. But at some point the plane stopped and I noticed that other planes started to overtake us. After several minutes the captain informed us that they have problems with flight computer and were trying to solve them. After several more minutes standing, the captain once again talked to us, but this time he stated that while they were trying to solve the issue, more problems appeared. At some point the plane returned to a gate and the engineers visited the cockpit. And finally it was decided that the plane was not safe to fly and we had to deboard the plane. The British Airways provided a substitute plane on the same day (this time it was A320 Neo) and after several hours of delay, we finally took off and got to Kraków shortly before midnight. Obliviously I was really annoyed on that day, as sitting at Terminal 3 at Heathrow for several hours is not a pleasant experience, but when I cooled down, I realized how grateful I am that the pilots decided to solve the problem on the ground and decided not to take off. After all, avoiding several hours of delay is not worth risking your life. And watching many of your videos helped me to realize, that sometimes a very small problem might be underestimated by the pilot and later escalate lead to a disaster. And I am glad it was not a case for me. After all, as much as I like your videos, I wouldn't like to be a "character" in any of them

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Retired USAF 2A676 (Electro-Environmental Systems) electrican here. It's absolutely amazing to me that there was ANY discussion whatsoever as to continue the flight and that the air crew did not do was put the aircraft on the ground as soon as possible.

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"Heh, heh ... good evening ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking ... does anyone have a flashlight?" "Oh ... and a cell phone?" "And one more thing ... anyone have any ideas about whether or not we should try to land a disabled aircraft?"

You KNOW it’s an obscure incident when there isn’t even mention of it on Wikipedia

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I am very surprised that the captain of a BA flight did not choose to return to Heathrow. In my opinion he seriously risked endangering the lives of all passengers.

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IMO, that's some VERY poor judgement by the Captain to elect to continue to the destination. Neither he, nor maintenance, could've anticipated any other faults (new, dependent, or independent) that could occur. I'd have voted for MADAY MAYDAY MAYDAY, RTB or nearest available.

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"When in doubt, there is no doubt." I would not have had as much faith in the system that it would not go down a second time as the captain of this flight did. Love your work, keep it up!! Cheers from Canada! 🍻

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Passengers sitting by the windows were treated to excellent views of the distinctive London City skyline. They then flew over Clacton, nuff said.

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Glad it turned out ok. I'd have more easily understood the decision to continue if the weather had been better, but since the weather was marginal... I don't know if I'd have continued that landing.... but on the flip side the delay ultimately gave them time for visibility to improve so.. 😂😂

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Night flights usually require flashlights in the regs. Just in case common sense and logic escape the pilots.

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There SHOULD be some "Audit History" that tells Pilots which systems "TURNED ON" which were previously "OFF". e.g., "GEN1 RESTART @11:25:00"

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Always such a difficult decision to make, make more money/continue flight/possibly have everyone on board perish/possibly cause more people on the ground to perish OR divert safely and lose money 🤔

Excellent commentary and description. Commercial decisions aside. he should have returned to safety ASAP - they were lucky this time

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So tell me bro! Is this incident a one's off or a similar problem to that EasyJet flight 6074 that you had treated several years ago??

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A scary scenario indeed. Had the fault occurred at a critical moment, like on final approach using instruments only, it could well have been a disaster. The crew and passengers were lucky indeed.

This is where operational precedence over ADM in airline operations needs to stop being a thing. If you have a situation like this, you go to the closest airport, especially if close to base. Maintenance should have never suggested continuing was an option

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When in doubt, don't! Land. Safety first! They were so lucky. These graphics are great!

Man the fact we live in a world where we have to wage money an airline loses over passengers lives is insane. Luckily nothing tragically went wrong with this fight but imagine the pilots ultimately made the decision to fly to Budapest and the power went out again…

An unexplained significant loss of electrical power sounds particularly scary on a fly by wire aircraft. Obviously flight controls kept working, despite the loss of power to so many instrument displays.

😮 40 minutes to decide what to do? Turn around and land this thing is an easy decision. No way, no how would "how much will it cost?" enter the conversation.

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Whatever happened to the precaution to always Pack a flashlight , especially at night?

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"with nothing to guide them but the horizon" the backup artifical horizon: what about me?

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It should have been worth mentioning it was 90 seconds from loss of power to restoring the power

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How come there's not a flashlight in the cockpit?

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Every pilot has a flashlight in their flight bag. Also, Airbus specifically designed that checklist to ensure that other systems weren’t causing the fault and may damage or literally catch fire if you simply switch primary busses or power sources. Also the “if it had failed once, it could fail again” is kinda a joke, it was STILL failed, they were on alternate power. I think the situation here was incredibly over dramatized - as all critical systems functioned perfectly. A quick ECAM checklist would restore critical PFD function and lights, etc. As long as the pilot or copilot knew how to use a flashlight, they weren’t about to fall out of the sky. 🙄 …actually, after ECAM actions, you wouldn’t need one. It’s an interesting situation, but there are many others that are far more riveting. Maybe these RU-vid channels should research the number of times an Airbus flight control system has saved an aircraft after reverting to its flight control laws. It’s actually kinda terrifying, as the pilots NEVER report it, and it’s NEVER covered by the media… usually pops up via questioning from ATC or flight data sent to company. There is an IDENTICAL landing profile to Asiana 214 in an Airbus where pilots ignored instruments, ignored warnings (which only the Airbus offered) and still proceeded with the approach. After “SPEED SPEED SPEED” was sounded, (I think alpha floor had already engaged) - the aircraft selected TOGA and automatically climbed. Completely ignored the pilots. Saved everyone onboard. No one has ever heard of this though. I found a few similar incidents; but again - when a plane taxis to gate perfectly fine, no one cares how close it was to disaster.

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A very nicely constructed piece. Thank you.

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man, I'm surprised nothing went worse honestly

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29:15 I don’t consider going from mechanical instruments to an lcd screen to be an upgrade but retrograde.

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The first thing I would have done is turn on the eight auxiliary power unit

My absolute first thought was they needed a flashlight.

What it doesn’t mention is the fact that they were “tankering” fuel. Once the electrics had come back on line, the situation didn’t justify an emergency landing, so they had the choice of holding over Brasso for about an hour and a half or using that time to transit to Budapest. In that time the weather at LHR was due to deteriorate too and they would still have had to descend through cloud. Both BA and the CAA supported the Captains decision.

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Id never heard of a power failure on a plane, yes in your own home but a plane would a mobile phone have gelped them or a two way radio working off batteries and a head torch within minutes id said im turning back to london full stop without ringing mainintaince . If passengers moaned vid said tuff the whole place had lost all electrics they were lucky they got away with it but they pushed their luck which thry shouldnt have done moral is turn back FULL STOP NO IFFS NO BUTs

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What was wrong with the auxiliary air driven generator? (APU.) Does it require power to deploy?

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Well done the First Officer. With 40 minutes of holding pattern, why did the captain not precisely go through the fault again with ground engineer ?

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