Commercial Unmanned Vehicles
By Alex Wilson
Well, it's been some time since my last blog - I guess I suffered from a severe case of blogger's block :-)
What prompted me to blog today was my experience flying home from Amsterdam this week, and an unusual news story.
As usual I started to doze as the aircraft taxied out to the runway, but as we started to take off the usual acceleration was halted followed by braking and air brakes coming up on the wings. We then turned around and headed back to the taxi way....
Pilot informed us they had a "technical problem" which was followed by the usual 2 hour delay and changing aircraft before setting off for home again. Turned out one of a dual redundant indicator in the cockpit shows and engine over temperature fault and the technician would not sign off the aircraft as safe to fly. I don't mind this as safety in flying is paramount - although I did regret paying for getting an earlier flight!
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