[OC] An Airbus A340-300 in Frankfurt 🥰
Posted by Original_Media_6427@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 32 comments
Posted by Original_Media_6427@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 32 comments
blackswanlover@reddit
Scariest plane I've crossed the Atlantic with.
Original_Media_6427@reddit (OP)
Why ? I never flown with it
blackswanlover@reddit
Taking off from SKBO, 2600 meters above sea level, with four hair dryers as engines is scary. One A343 from AirFrance almost caused a huge tragedy in 2017.
Original_Media_6427@reddit (OP)
What happened 2017 ??
So the engines are very loud
blackswanlover@reddit
https://avherald.com/h?article=4a81da6e
timmeh-eh@reddit
That article claims it to be pilot error and not an issue with the aircraft.
Original_Media_6427@reddit (OP)
Oh okay Thank you very much 🙂
gsmitheidw1@reddit
Would you say though that rather than the aircraft is at fault that the airline didn't use it correctly. In order to operate safely it should have had a lighter load (fuel and/or pax) in order to operate safely at hot/high conditions.
I have been on a TAP A343 and it felt like a long climb (DUB-FAO) to cruise - lot of golfers on that route with their clubs, but it didn't feel unsafely so. Clearly a shorter journey meant less fuel required.
Laksang02082@reddit
Long ‘Bus.
timmeh-eh@reddit
It’s the exact same length as the A330-300 and the A330-900.
xXCrazyDaneXx@reddit
No no, this is the hairdryer 'Bus. The A340-600 is the long one.
Original_Media_6427@reddit (OP)
The A340-600 that is a long pencil bus. In my opinion a little to long. I find it not so beautiful.
OneWorld87@reddit
Was on that exact plane in November to the USA. 27 year old Beauty.
Original_Media_6427@reddit (OP)
Gow was the flight ?
OneWorld87@reddit
It was Business class so decent.
Mysterious-Report-20@reddit
You couldn’t pay me to fly economy on one of those again
Sacto1654@reddit
Surprised they are still around. You think the A350-900 would have replaced them by now.
West_Good_5961@reddit
Rumour has it, it’s still trying to climb to cruise alt to this day.
miljon3@reddit
Is this the year that Boeing 777X finally allows those poor things to retire? Probably not…
wj9eh@reddit
The third picture's great! Getting the Swiss tail in the fame there as well, its a big plus
ArgonWilde@reddit
It's always a big plus!
Original_Media_6427@reddit (OP)
Thank you It is an Airbus A 321 Neo
HillsHoistOz@reddit
If you're in the middle of the Pacific, you will want to be in the middle of four of these.
Original_Media_6427@reddit (OP)
Hmm I don't know very much about engines But I think not that they are very powerful.
I prefer to be im the middle of four Boeing 747 engines in the middle of Pacific
ClimateCrashVoyager@reddit
Power doesn't matter too much when in the air. It's a huge limit on take off performance, but at cruising altitude other factors become the limits, even the weak 340-300 isn't cruising at close to max power.
Fjeuber@reddit
The A340-300’s engines are very underpowered indeed.
rednaxela0405@reddit
Ah, just as beautiful as the name-given town in western Germany 🥰
Illustrious-Sand7504@reddit
Lufthansa should conserve it and keep it for special occasionsÂ
Original_Media_6427@reddit (OP)
Yes I'm with you
Feisty-Ostrich-7099@reddit
Four engines, zero worries the A340 is basically the chill uncle of widebodies just vibing in Frankfurt.
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Original_Media_6427@reddit (OP)
I am the source My own picture I took some weeks ago