Just heared on my radio an aircraft over BFS with a decompression & emergency landing into MAN

Better call the Mirror and the Sun, quick!

A/c was a TCX B752 enroute GLA-TFS landing at MAN overweight. Interesting bit was while this incident was going on, another TCX B752 routing LBA-SSH diverted full emergency to MAN on a single engine.

TFS pax now on their way to TFS; SSH due to go soon ..... both on replacement units.

A good start for the 1st LBIA TCX flight to SSH!!

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Looks like an engine fire for the one engine landing.

ACCMAN, do you know by how much it landed overweight? id have thought they would have dumped sufficient fuel during the fuel dump to keep them at a suitable weight... unless i misunderstood the transmission, but i thought i heard the word fuel dump

i was half expecting to see it land at bfs

B757 with fuel dump capability?

B757 with fuel dump capability?thats what i thought :}, could have been ATC offering an area for dumping.. (i myself only just found out about the 757 having no fuel dump a few minutes ago after searching on wiki to see how it works, i just assumed all aircraft could do it hence why i thought it dumped fuel for definate after hearing the word fuel dump :ouch:) to be honest i only heard bits and pieces of the transmission as i was working and half asleep

Done well to get replacement airframes so quickly.

Guess that comes down to being a good time of year to fly!

The TCX 757 was 7 tonnes overweight on landing.

to be honest i only heard bits and pieces of the transmission as i was working and half asleep

Do you work for Northwest? :E

One of the spotters forums reported that one of the aircraft also had a lightning strike prior to landing (dont know which one)

The TCX 757 was 7 tonnes overweight on landing.Is that a lot?

Landing overweight (7 tons isn't a lot for a 757) is a non-issue, if you are landing with a tech problem serious enough to ground the aircraft. An overweight landing requires an inspection, but the time taken for the inspection is tiny compared to the time required to get the aircraft in the air again.

Checkboard,

Thanks very much for that.

G-FCLK might get treated to a new engine then?

The pax eventually flew MAN - SSH on G-FCLH.

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Yup.

Boeings 'r built in the great wooly northwest US, might just grow a bit of hair on a full moon...

LOL!:D

MAN 777

The GLA-TFS was the one hit by lightning, just as it turned for the Rosun hold to burn fuel.
Big bolt it was too:ooh:

E.F.

The LBA-SSH a/c landed at around 107 tonnes which is 12 tonnes overweight for the particular a/c in question. The 75 as stated above has no fuel dump facility so can only lose weight by burning it off. Engineers will have carried out an overweight landing check which is no big issue.

Id be very surprised if it got a new engine as it was only a fire loop/warning indication which was suspected to be spurious from the outset, there was no fire at all but engine shutdown as a precaution.

Single engine VOR approach to 23R at MAN carried out......nice! Well done to the chaps involved, top job. Im sure a couple of lager tops were the order of the day in SSH!:ok:

I would suggest anyone in the trade reading here
have a look at the Manchester Evening News Website.

The write up is actually reasonable... with the possible exception of the
word 'drama'

Two jets make emergency landings at Manchester Airport - News - Manchester Evening News (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1180483_two_jets_make_emergency_landings_at_manchester_airport)

The comments now... that's another thing!

DaveA

MODS: Please delete if inappropriate and I'll prempt the 'Sorry!'

:D Those comments are fantastic, almost makes some debates on pprune look grown up and informed!

On top of all the problems , the runway was flooded for a time between the 2 emergencies ! Fantastic Flying, well done.
Is there any more news about the item in the "Times" that a departing aircraft at Harare hit a wild pig on the runway causing the aircraft to swerve off the runway and abort the takeoff. ?

A wise Pruner once said:

"Don't believe everything you read on the internet - thats how World War 1 started."

I think this lot agree.

A little on the Harare incident here from the Aviation Herald. Fortunately the warthog was the 4-legged kind!

Accident: Air Zimbabwe MA60 at Harare on Nov 3rd 2009, warthog strike (http://avherald.com/h?article=4223c5ac&opt=1)

Not too many light twins can dump fuel :=

Can't wild pigs fly ?

Just out of curiosity, with 7 figure inflation, do you pay for your flight at takeoff or landing in Zim?

421dog:

My understanding (from a recent Zim guest) is that they no longer use Zim dollars owing to a lack of wheel barrows to push 'em around in. So you get to pay for your flight before boarding in good ol' Uncle Sam greenbacks or SA Rand (unless your first name happens to be Bob or Grace and your last name starts with "M".
And it would be wise to avoid "Wild Pig" on the menu for a couple of weeks - the pilot called catering before he called the tower ...