bluesky74656
Line Up and Wait
An interesting thing happened on a recent commercial flight. We taxied out from the gate and had to be deiced. I assume we taxied out on one engine.
After driving, as we taxied toward the runway I heard them trying to start the second engine. We were on an A320 and you can hear the "wah wah, wah wah" as the engines start. First question, what is that?
Anyway, after a minute or so that sound gets weak and dies out. We come to an abrupt stop and both engines are off. Out of the silence I hear the APU start up,followed by one engine and then the other.
The captain told us they had to "reboot the computers". But it sure sounded to me like they tried to start the second engine by cross bleeding from the first, and managed to stall the first engine in the process. Does that sound right? Or what else do you think could have been going on?
After driving, as we taxied toward the runway I heard them trying to start the second engine. We were on an A320 and you can hear the "wah wah, wah wah" as the engines start. First question, what is that?
Anyway, after a minute or so that sound gets weak and dies out. We come to an abrupt stop and both engines are off. Out of the silence I hear the APU start up,followed by one engine and then the other.
The captain told us they had to "reboot the computers". But it sure sounded to me like they tried to start the second engine by cross bleeding from the first, and managed to stall the first engine in the process. Does that sound right? Or what else do you think could have been going on?