I would have to just stay in Ireland :)

100′s of people could have died due to a fault on that plane. Thankfully it was safely able to get back to Ireland. That is amazing story?

Stephens right. At least we would then know why the bus is late. Sure lets be honest a plane is just a bus with wings and a second driver.

Bit if something goes wrong on a bus ye don’t plunge 32,000ft.

Unless a wing falls off it will stay in the air. a plane doesn’t need all that technology to stay in the air. The basics of heaver than air flight hasn’t changed in the years since the wright brothers.

Unless a wing falls off it will stay in the sky? What a remarkably simplistic and inaccurate outlook.

All fixed wing aircrafts are capable of gilding when power is lost. Mechanical linkages between the flight controls and the control surfaces on the wings and tail. A powerless plan will glide for some time. Not simply fall out of the sky.

So every air accident has been due to a wing falling off? because according to you that is the only reason there are plane crashes. As I said, simplistic and incorrect

A lot are due to pilot error it takes something major to coz a plain to crash. That’s why they are not falling out of the sky every day. Like in all probabilities today’s emergency landing could have been a faulty door switch. If it wear a true emergency it wouldn’t have been back up in the air an hour later.

This was a transatlantic flight from Ireland to the US. At the point the technical fault was detected it is very likely the aircraft would not have the range to turn around and glide back to Ireland should the worst occur.

So you would be looking at ditching either in the Atlantic or just about on dry land in Ireland. Neither of which would have been casualty-free. Comparing technical problems between aircraft and busses couldn’t be more wrong if you tried.

What was the fault? We’re talking bollox here till we find out the fault but clearly it wasn’t that big a fault considering it was back in the air in under an hour. And there’s always the 90min rule on all commercial flights any way so there safe enough regardless what happens.

Abdul, so the plane will glide into the Atlantic ocean and then what will the passengers do? Swim back to Ireland maybe?

Except this was an A330 which is fly by wire and only has mechanical link to the horizontal stabilizer

Jason. The likely hood of a plane suffering complete power failure resulting in it having to glide is probably 1chance in 250,000,000 and even then the aircraft can glide for about 300miles. One notable incident occurred in the last 15yrs was an Air Transat flight which lost all power and had to glide to nearest air strip. Even though extremely rare there were no casualtys!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236

The above post is correct, there are thousands of routine diversions every yr due to a technical faults and none of them get reported because its not news, just like its not news when the cork train returned to Houston last week due to mechanical failure!! Check them out!

http://www.avherald.com

Houston Texas?

All 167 red thumbs never got it John F.

How dare you to suggest Aer Lingus dont carry out as you put ‘technical research’ before each flight.You havent a clue.

So what exactly, should Aer Lingus be reprimanded in some way? Should Aer Lingus’ operating license be rescinded on foot of this incident for “not doing more thorough checks on the ground” as you put it? In that case, I don;t think we’d have any airlines left. Aer Lingus have one of the best safety records in the business. In any case, in the western world, aviation safety standards have never been higher, airlines are not allowed operate unless they have extremely high standards. Whats more, Aer Lingus have one of the youngest and most modern fleets in operation too. Not that this maters, with proper maintenance, a jet airliner can operate safely for up to 25 years. To put this into perspective, Aer Lingus’ fleets average age is about 7 years. At this point, the most dangerous part of a trip abroad is the drive to the airport

Fact all Aer Lingus wide body aircraft get checked by engineers before and after transatlantic flights, The flight crew would also do a walk around check before the flight.
what might have happened is a sensor light came on just after take off and the crew took precautions and returned to Dublin for futher investigation.

Reading that gave me a headache. Ever heard of punctuation?

Sorry if my English is bad? I would to see u writing in Italian