No potable water on board transatlantic Icelandic Airways flight
 

Might not sound like a big deal, except there are over 500 people on
board this sucker.

Here's a rather large recording of a phone patch between the pilot and
Icelandic Airways dispatch. The pilot isn't always easy to copy, but
here goes:

http://renopithicus.tripod.com/aircraft2.wav

Sorry about the quality of the recording, but I wasn't really prepared
to record anything. This is also just part of the recording I made,
which ended up an enormous .wav file.

They said any further comms would be on 8930 khz, but enough time has
passed that it may not be worth monitoring now.

Steve

No potable water on board transatlantic Icelandic Airways flight
 

Steve wrote:
Might not sound like a big deal, except there are over 500 people on
board this sucker.

Here's a rather large recording of a phone patch between the pilot and
Icelandic Airways dispatch. The pilot isn't always easy to copy, but
here goes:

http://renopithicus.tripod.com/aircraft2.wav

Sorry about the quality of the recording, but I wasn't really prepared
to record anything. This is also just part of the recording I made,
which ended up an enormous .wav file.

They said any further comms would be on 8930 khz, but enough time has
passed that it may not be worth monitoring now.

Steve

For some reason it isn't playing. Can you give a summary?

No potable water on board transatlantic Icelandic Airways flight
 

John S. wrote:
Steve wrote:
Might not sound like a big deal, except there are over 500 people on
board this sucker.

Here's a rather large recording of a phone patch between the pilot and
Icelandic Airways dispatch. The pilot isn't always easy to copy, but
here goes:

http://renopithicus.tripod.com/aircraft2.wav

Sorry about the quality of the recording, but I wasn't really prepared
to record anything. This is also just part of the recording I made,
which ended up an enormous .wav file.

They said any further comms would be on 8930 khz, but enough time has
passed that it may not be worth monitoring now.

Steve

For some reason it isn't playing. Can you give a summary?

The gist of it is this. The pilot tells Icelandic dispatch that they
have over 500 people on board and no water, and this promises to make
the flight especially miserable for several of the people on board.
Pilot says he's thinking about letting the passengers vote on whether
to proceed with the flight or divert to some new destination to get
water. Icelandic dispatch then asks the pilot where he could go to get
running water. The pilot suggests Gander or Boston. Dispatch then asks
the pilot if he knows why the plane has no running water...is it
because the tanks are empty or because of something else? The pilot
says he doesn't know. Icelandic dispatch then says that the flight
should continue even if it's going to be uncomfortable for some people.
If the flight diverts to Boston, say, and they find out that there's
some kind of technical problem responsible for the lack of running
water on board, then they'd be screwed because their Boston facility
would not be able to repair such a problem.

And that's about where the recording ends. Sorry it wouldn't run for
you.

Steve

No potable water on board transatlantic Icelandic Airways flight
 

John S. wrote:
Steve wrote:
John S. wrote:
Steve wrote:
Might not sound like a big deal, except there are over 500 people on
board this sucker.

Here's a rather large recording of a phone patch between the pilot and
Icelandic Airways dispatch. The pilot isn't always easy to copy, but
here goes:

http://renopithicus.tripod.com/aircraft2.wav

Sorry about the quality of the recording, but I wasn't really prepared
to record anything. This is also just part of the recording I made,
which ended up an enormous .wav file.

They said any further comms would be on 8930 khz, but enough time has
passed that it may not be worth monitoring now.

Steve

For some reason it isn't playing. Can you give a summary?

The gist of it is this. The pilot tells Icelandic dispatch that they
have over 500 people on board and no water, and this promises to make
the flight especially miserable for several of the people on board.
Pilot says he's thinking about letting the passengers vote on whether
to proceed with the flight or divert to some new destination to get
water. Icelandic dispatch then asks the pilot where he could go to get
running water. The pilot suggests Gander or Boston. Dispatch then asks
the pilot if he knows why the plane has no running water...is it
because the tanks are empty or because of something else? The pilot
says he doesn't know. Icelandic dispatch then says that the flight
should continue even if it's going to be uncomfortable for some people.
If the flight diverts to Boston, say, and they find out that there's
some kind of technical problem responsible for the lack of running
water on board, then they'd be screwed because their Boston facility
would not be able to repair such a problem.

And that's about where the recording ends. Sorry it wouldn't run for
you.

Steve

Interesting catch. Those frequencies can result in some interesting
catches. Thanks for giving that detailed description.

A lack of potable running water shouldn't be too much of a problem
because most flights pack a lot of bottled water. But a lack of water
or chemical to flush the toilets would be another thing entirely. I
guess we are left to wonder how it played out.

It sounds like the pilot says they had 520 passengers on board. With
that many people, I guess you would want working toilets! I wanted to
monitor 8930 to see if there were more developments later, but I had
things to do around that house that couldn't really wait.

Steve

No potable water on board transatlantic Icelandic Airways flight
 

Steve wrote:
John S. wrote:
Steve wrote:
John S. wrote:
Steve wrote:
Might not sound like a big deal, except there are over 500 people on
board this sucker.

Here's a rather large recording of a phone patch between the pilot and
Icelandic Airways dispatch. The pilot isn't always easy to copy, but
here goes:

http://renopithicus.tripod.com/aircraft2.wav

Sorry about the quality of the recording, but I wasn't really prepared
to record anything. This is also just part of the recording I made,
which ended up an enormous .wav file.

They said any further comms would be on 8930 khz, but enough time has
passed that it may not be worth monitoring now.

Steve

For some reason it isn't playing. Can you give a summary?

The gist of it is this. The pilot tells Icelandic dispatch that they
have over 500 people on board and no water, and this promises to make
the flight especially miserable for several of the people on board.
Pilot says he's thinking about letting the passengers vote on whether
to proceed with the flight or divert to some new destination to get
water. Icelandic dispatch then asks the pilot where he could go to get
running water. The pilot suggests Gander or Boston. Dispatch then asks
the pilot if he knows why the plane has no running water...is it
because the tanks are empty or because of something else? The pilot
says he doesn't know. Icelandic dispatch then says that the flight
should continue even if it's going to be uncomfortable for some people.
If the flight diverts to Boston, say, and they find out that there's
some kind of technical problem responsible for the lack of running
water on board, then they'd be screwed because their Boston facility
would not be able to repair such a problem.

And that's about where the recording ends. Sorry it wouldn't run for
you.

Steve

Interesting catch. Those frequencies can result in some interesting
catches. Thanks for giving that detailed description.

A lack of potable running water shouldn't be too much of a problem
because most flights pack a lot of bottled water. But a lack of water
or chemical to flush the toilets would be another thing entirely. I
guess we are left to wonder how it played out.

It sounds like the pilot says they had 520 passengers on board. With
that many people, I guess you would want working toilets!

For sure! That pilot could have 520 people dancing in the aisles and
they wouldn't be keeping time to the music!

I wanted to
monitor 8930 to see if there were more developments later, but I had
things to do around that house that couldn't really wait.

Steve

No potable water on board transatlantic Icelandic Airways flight
 

wrote:
Steve wrote:
Might not sound like a big deal, except there are over 500 people on
board this sucker.

Here's a rather large recording of a phone patch between the pilot and
Icelandic Airways dispatch. The pilot isn't always easy to copy, but
here goes:

http://renopithicus.tripod.com/aircraft2.wav

Sorry about the quality of the recording, but I wasn't really prepared
to record anything. This is also just part of the recording I made,
which ended up an enormous .wav file.

They said any further comms would be on 8930 khz, but enough time has
passed that it may not be worth monitoring now.

Steve

FWIW, I can hear the audio, though it seems to end abruptly.

Yes, it ended abruptly because I was using a free webhosting account
that tolerates only very limited uploads.

Steve

No potable water on board transatlantic Icelandic Airways flight
 

Maybe I have missed something, but the largest aircraft in the
Icelandic fleet is a 767-300, and I want to see you get over 500 pax
in an 767-300ER, even in an all economy configuration.

On 24 Jul 2006 04:19:33 -0700, "John S." wrote:


Steve wrote:
Might not sound like a big deal, except there are over 500 people on
board this sucker.

Here's a rather large recording of a phone patch between the pilot and
Icelandic Airways dispatch. The pilot isn't always easy to copy, but
here goes:

http://renopithicus.tripod.com/aircraft2.wav

Sorry about the quality of the recording, but I wasn't really prepared
to record anything. This is also just part of the recording I made,
which ended up an enormous .wav file.

They said any further comms would be on 8930 khz, but enough time has
passed that it may not be worth monitoring now.

Steve

For some reason it isn't playing. Can you give a summary?