THIS VIDEO IS A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATION IN FLIGHT:
02-AUG-2021. A Delta Air Lines Airbus A321 (A321), registration N114DN, performing flight DAL2309 / DL2309 from Boston Logan International Airport, MA (USA) to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA (USA) was at 36000 feet, about 50 miles west of New York when the pilots declared an emergency, reported about smoke indication in aft lavatory and requested to divert to New York Kennedy International Airport.
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COMMENTS: Delta 2309 was proceeding to Atlanta at altitude 36000 feet when the pilot called controller.
DAL2309: Center, Delta 2309.
CENTER: Go ahead.
DAL2309: Hey, need to change our destination. We're gonna divert to JFK. We’re gonna declare an emergency at this time for a possible lav fire. Out flight attendants looked in it but they don’t see anything at the moment but we do wanna divert to JFK.
CENTER: Delta 2309, roger.
COMMENTS: About 46 seconds later.
DAL2309: Hey, we’re making a left turn to JFK now, Delta 2309.
CENTER: Delta 2309, can you make the right turn or you wanna go left towards Kennedy right now?
DAL2309: We’re already in left turn now.
CENTER: Say again.
DAL2309: We’re already in a left turn to JFK, Delta 2309.
CENTER: Delta 2309, descend and maintain FL350, I got traffic just off your left side at 34.
DAL2309: Alright, descend and maintain 350, Delta 2309, going down.
CENTER: Delta 2309, what is the nature of the emergency again?
DAL2309: We’ve got a master caution for an aft lav smoke but we’re unable to figure out what the cause is. We do not have smoke or anything in the aircraft at this moment but just for a safety we do need to divert to JFK.
CENTER: …
DAL2309: …vaping in the lav.
CENTER: I cut that off. Say again.
DAL2309: Every time I had that, somebody was vaping in my lav.
CENTER: Delta 2309, descend and maintain FL190.
CENTER: Delta 2309, descend and maintain FL190.
DAL2309: Descending to 190, Delta 2309.
CENTER: Delta 2309, fly heading 140, vector for the airport.
DAL2309: Heading 140, Delta 2309.
CENTER: Delta 2309, I just need your souls on board and your fuel remaining in time.
DAL2309: Alright, we got 197 souls on board, we got 2 hours of fuel.
CENTER: Roger.
CENTER: Delta 2309, and do you need anything at the field?
DAL2309: Sir, we’re gonna ask the trucks to follow us. Right now we plan on landing and go ahead and taxi to the gate. But we would like the trucks out and rolling, and follow us to the gate, please.
CENTER: Roger.
CENTER: Delta 2309, descend and maintain 17000, Kennedy altimeter is 2998.
DAL2309: 17000, Delta 2309.
CENTER: Delta 2309, contact New York Approach 120.85.
DAL2309: 20.85, Delta 2309.
DAL2309: Center, Delta 2309, emergency aircraft, out of 25500 descending 17000.
APPROACH: Delta 2309, roger, Kennedy altimeter is 2999, descend and maintain 11000.
DAL2309: I’m sorry, say it again.
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THE MAIN VALUE IS EDUCATION. This reconstruction will be useful for actual or future air traffic controllers and pilots, people who plan to connect life with aviation, who like aviation. With help of this video reconstruction you’ll learn how to use radiotelephony rules, Aviation English language and general English language (for people whose native language is not English) in situation in flight, which was shown. THE MAIN REASON I DO THIS IS TO HELP PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND EVERY EMERGENCY SITUATION, EVERY WORD AND EVERY MOVE OF AIRCRAFT.
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1) I monitor media, airspace, looking for any non-standard, emergency and interesting situation.
2) I find communications of ATC unit for the period of time I need.
3) I take only phrases between air traffic controller and selected flight.
4) I find a flight path of selected aircraft.
5) I make an animation (early couple of videos don’t have animation) of flight path and aircraft, where the aircraft goes on his route.
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7) Together with my comments (voice and text) I edit and make a reconstruction of emergency, non-standard and interesting situation in flight.
