FlyBe 'emergency landing' at BHD

[jamesbrownontheroad]

From BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4197030.stm):

Aeroplane makes emergency landing

Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 10:27 GMT 11:27 UK

The plane was forced to land at Belfast City Airport
A plane carrying 71 passengers has made an emergency landing at Belfast City Airport.
The Flybe flight took off from the airport on its way to Liverpool but developed technical problems about 15 minutes into the journey.

A full emergency plan was put into place as a precautionary measure as the plane returned to the airport.

It landed safely at about 0925 BST and the passengers have been transferred to another flight.

Anything serious, or just lazy journos dramatising?

*j*

[Number Cruncher]

It landed safely at about 0925 BST and the passengers have been transferred to another flight

Think you've already answered your own question.

[Kestrel_909]

I heard someone mention a crew reported seeing a tortoise crawling about the airport grounds yesterday. Any truth on it, if so where on earth did it come from?


:sad:

[Kalium Chloride]

Anything serious, or just lazy journos dramatising?




Looks like a factual report to me, nothing sensational, point ends. Where's the "dramatising" and "lazy" bits?

Don't let facts get in the way of a good chance to insult someone, eh? :*

[Geardownandlocked]

Well, emergency landing does sound a bit heavy. Precautionary is maybe a better word. But journalists probably like the word 'emergency'.

FF

[ekw]

It was a bird strike - on a BMI flight coming into BHD. The pilot reported seeing a tortoise on the runway as he came in to land. He did not indicate whether the tortoise made it. The bird did not.

[Flying Mech]

Must have been another case of "Dirt in the Toolbox" causing a precautionary landing & witnessed by a Aerosexual (sorry I meant to say Spotter) Journo along the Airport Fence looking for something to fill his news report with!

[Farmer 1]

Perhaps the journalist is thinking of his readers / viewers, who probably have never heard of a precautionary landing, and might be confused by the term.

[submariner]

You also have to remember that for the emergency services, any aircraft which has reported a 'problem' is either a 'local' or 'full' emergency, which actually refers to size of aircraft rather than the problem itself.

[Flying Dispatcher]

Sounds like another DHC8 - Q400......

They seem to be having a lot of problems with those aircraft at the moment. Does anyone know anything else?

[Turn It Off]

You also have to remember that for the emergency services, any aircraft which has reported a 'problem' is either a 'local' or 'full' emergency, which actually refers to size of aircraft rather than the problem itself.

errrrr................. Nope!

or am I missing some irony there?

(and whats this about a tortoise????)

[flybe.com]

Flying Despatcher - Not necessarily the fault of the aircraft, there are other factors which have contributed to the recent problems.

[MagnusP]

I believe that it was an engine failure on a Q400.

[Seabiscuit]

Well done to capt dave the bish.......done well my son!!!

[Gonzo]

....And there I was expecting to read of a landing on the cliff top at Berry Head!

[Flying Dispatcher]

flybe.com, care to ellaborate?

Was hearing that the Q400 was having a lot of trouble with the engines.

[Tower Ranger]

A two engine A/C with one shut down is always gonna be at least a " Full Emergency" response at least.
As for the Tortoise on A2 Rwy intersection. It turned out to be a fully grown and very healthy Terrapin which is doing fine up on the North coast.

[Torycanyon]

Definite Eng Failure on Dash 8-400. Trauma team in BHD to counsel Pax after loud bang and following Eng Failure.

146 took LPL pax onwards to John Lennon International.

[MOR]

146 saves the day again! How many times is that now? Must be in the tens of thousands.... ;)

That Q400 sure is a hangar queen.

Had a few engine failures over the years. With the two I had in the 146, nobody knew about until I told them. Much less trauma involved that way... :ok:

[eal401]

lazy journos dramatising?
No.

emergency landing does sound a bit heavy
No it doesn't.

Factual report, nothing more.

[Flying Dispatcher]

Well I am sure the failure of an engine that produces little thrust....as a 'turbo dryer' on a 146 does, then I should hope that no-one notices...

whearas on a dash Q400 the other engine produces 50% of the thrust.:D :p

[Germstone]

the windmilling fan usually gives the game away on a turbo prop ;-)

pax cant see a 146 engine shut down :-)

[iskandra]

Awww....don't bash the little 146, my fave cute aircraft....at least they have enough engines.....

[MOR]

Windmilling fan? Er, don't think so. If you had said feathered prop, I might have believed that you were actually a pilot... ;)

[Ranger 1]

was on a 146 back in the mid 80's GCI to JER was totaly un aware of the shut down of the no:4 engine just after becoming airborne, we used to refer to them as 14Sicks back then, not so much now as there are other newer aircraft around with teething troubles, no doubt the alleged snags with the "newish" DH-8 Q400 will be a thing of the past in years to come


:ok:

[Ranger 1]

Woof etc: No, just a passenger who had to pay full fare as there was no staff deal available at the time, I did not mention the fact in the earlier post, that I was stuck in JER airport for 5 hours waiting for another 14sick (146) to arrive from LGW, to replace the Tech one & when we finaly departed, to cap it all off I got off loaded in CWL as they decided to terminate the service there, to get the aircraft back on schedual & was sent via road back to BRS another 2 hours journey :*

[CosmosSchwartz]

Who keeps deleting my posts??:mad: :mad: :mad:

edit : Found them on the contamination thread. A short note to mention that's what had happened would have been nice;)

[Sky Wave]

Windmilling fan? Er, don't think so. If you had said feathered prop, I might have believed that you were actually a pilot...

Careful MOR

A colleague of mine was on Mondays flight from Southampton to Belfast City and he told me the left engine was rotating very slowly and grinding every revolution following its shutdown. I suspect it was propwash from the working engine ;)

Not a happy boy, he now wants to take the ferry home rather than flying!