Aviation Safety Network: Cockpit voice recorder transcript of the August 19, 1980 crash of a Saudia Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 200 (Flight 163) at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As a result, the Saudi investigators recommended that the FAA change the designation of the L-1011’s aft cargo compartment to a class with more fire protections appropriate to its level of vulnerability.Although the fire on board flight 163 was a very serious emergency, it was clear that the high fatality count was the result of errors made by the crew. He didn’t want the extra unwanted thrust making the descent more difficult.A flight attendant entered the cockpit once again. r/aircrashinvestigation: For people who are interested in the Canadian TV series, Air Crash Investigation(Everywhere else)/Mayday(Canada)/Air … Press J to jump to the feed. Khowyter’s difficulty in deviating from set patterns, noted in training, could explain why he appeared to treat the emergency landing as a totally normal approach to Riyadh. The ultimate cause was held to be the failure of Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907's pilot to follow ATC instructions, whether due to cloud turbulence or due to communication problems. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts The names of the flight attendants on board Saudia flight 163, who so desperately fought to prevent the tragedy, are listed below, and this article is dedicated to them.Love this style. What exactly started the fire was never determined, because the evidence had burned away. Just in B.” Curtis meant that smoke detector A in the C-3 compartment had not gone off, only smoke detector B, but it seems doubtful that this is what Khowyter was asking about.Khowyter relaxed. And then the pilot shuts the vents because he knows eventually the fire will ignite. At least she got her order to evacuate!Captain Khowyter and First Officer Hasanain proceeded through the normal landing checklist as the plane approached the airport, checking many of the same items as they reviewed in the approach checklist.“Okay, right after landing sir, do you want me to turn off all fuel valves?” Curtis asked.In a response to rival Curtis’ literalist ‘when we’re on the ground’ comment, Khowyter replied, “No, after we have stopped the aircraft.”The flight attendant, still in the cockpit, now asked Khowyter the same question she asked to Curtis moments earlier. Firefighters finally managed to open a door more than 23 minutes after the engines were shut down. To the other flight attendants, she ordered, “Girls, demonstrate impact position, girls, demonstrate impact position.”On the flight deck, Khowyter called out “gear down” and the landing gear dropped into place.“Okay, you can go one ninety,” said Curtis, referring to the landing speed he had just calculated.“Good,” said Khowyter.
Saudia A320 at Taif on May 21st 2016, hard landing at 3.58G, continued service for 2 days (Published on 19.06.2019) A Saudi Arabian Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration HZ-AS38 performing flight SV-1913 from Dammam to Taif Incredibly, he seemed to believe that the activation of only one smoke alarm was insufficient to divert the flight.“The ventilation is not working in that one,” said Khowyter. Curtis repeatedly made helpful suggestions for the evacuation that Captain Khowyter ignored. What exactly happened in the cockpit after this will never be known.21 minutes after the first fire alarm, Saudia flight 163 touched down smoothly on the runway in Riyadh. Another two fire extinguishers might have been used as well, but were too badly damaged to determine if they had been discharged. They immediately switched back to looking for the runway.“Where is the airport?” Khowyter asked. In 1975, he had been dropped from Saudia’s pilot training program due to poor progress. Hasanain now asked the tower controller for landing clearance, which was granted.“All of you sit down!” a flight attendant said over the PA back in the passenger cabin.