tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017095046214485384.post1015579331613671123..comments2022-11-27T16:33:14.170+08:00Comments on When West Meets East: Flight KA991Rettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07390695408756828719noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017095046214485384.post-35478567915645101232008-05-25T21:33:00.000+08:002008-05-25T21:33:00.000+08:00Yikes! I'm glad you guys made through all of that ...Yikes! I'm glad you guys made through all of that safely!Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12097527593111748907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017095046214485384.post-16046252836169230922008-04-11T21:18:00.000+08:002008-04-11T21:18:00.000+08:00Hey,I was on that flight as well.I shouldn't be to...Hey,<BR/>I was on that flight as well.<BR/>I shouldn't be too hard to remember. The teenage Westerner boy with extremely long hair panicking on the plane.<BR/><BR/>I think you looked at me for about two seconds on the flight to Hong Kong at 11 o'clock that night after we landed in Hong Kong.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753094899897122134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017095046214485384.post-6443608363637945902008-04-04T00:51:00.000+08:002008-04-04T00:51:00.000+08:00My family and I were on the same flight. Like Ingr...My family and I were on the same flight. Like Ingrid, i hope all of you are dealing with it ok. Kudos to the flight crew for getting us safely back. A couple of news reports in English in the South China Morning Post, as well as a better video on what happened in flight is on youtube. we also took pictures upon exiting that show the damage very clearly. fan blades chipped, and center cone had jagged holes in it. one fan blade had a section completely cracked off. i can send you if you want. only 2 out of the 5 oxygen masks in our section of the plane were working, and the aftermath was unbelievably disorganized. their ground staff have no crisis management ability. I've just gotten email from Dragonair apologizing for the incident and offering 400HKD for our inconvenience. i've sent them a letter and email on the incident already. take good care!gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04160141271486695033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017095046214485384.post-50498089997230518192008-04-01T14:05:00.000+08:002008-04-01T14:05:00.000+08:00Thank God you are all okay!Some notes for you:Vide...Thank God you are all okay!<BR/><BR/>Some notes for you:<BR/><BR/>Video of a compressor stall:<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D5AqAxE330<BR/><BR/>Explanation of a compressor stall:<BR/>http://books.google.ca/books?id=m5V04SXE4zQC&pg=PT100&lpg=PT100&dq=compressor+stall&source=web&ots=iYSn_o3Dle&sig=Zi_VRYzRbUobDccXspxZRf9k_XU&hl=en<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I'm too computer illiterate to make the links smaller!<BR/><BR/>The engine damage would have caused the oil loss, and some of the oil would have got into the "bleed air" system, which supplies pressurization for the cabin. This would have caused the smoke, and the pilots (there's two of them up front!) would have flipped the switch to drop the masks. The oil may have caused a small fire in the engine too.<BR/><BR/>Good thing they make these aircraft with more than one engine!<BR/><BR/>Once again, glad that you're all okay.<BR/><BR/>Mark and Danica.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14100818153510487404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017095046214485384.post-25914406312639974782008-04-01T09:10:00.000+08:002008-04-01T09:10:00.000+08:00I was also on the flight and recognise you from yo...I was also on the flight and recognise you from your photo (I was the woman handing out the food and drinks and collecting the rubbish - and then in the seats behind you on the follow-up flight!). Hope you are all feeling OK and safely back at home. Ingrid.Ingridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102904957764658332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017095046214485384.post-52550147033445639692008-04-01T08:16:00.000+08:002008-04-01T08:16:00.000+08:00The pilots earned their salary that day! So gratef...The pilots earned their salary that day! So grateful that you are all okay!melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389129383899015083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017095046214485384.post-5067149291613649802008-04-01T01:39:00.001+08:002008-04-01T01:39:00.001+08:00BTW, did you ever note that blog posts date and ti...BTW, did you ever note that blog posts date and time stamp with HK time? I just posted and panicked that I had lost a day and night of sleep!:)Raeganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785596962175991039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017095046214485384.post-72357582366918701482008-04-01T01:39:00.000+08:002008-04-01T01:39:00.000+08:00Ummm....thank God more than half my family wasn't ...Ummm....thank God more than half my family wasn't taken down by that plane! It was scary to read it, so I'm sure living it was horrible. I would have been with Jack on that one! Love you and glad you're all safe!<BR/>RaegRaeganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785596962175991039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017095046214485384.post-65880810410099629962008-03-31T22:54:00.000+08:002008-03-31T22:54:00.000+08:00I'm so thankful that you all are okay ! How harro...I'm so thankful that you all are okay ! How harrowing and awful!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14993705505529883950noreply@blogger.com