Lufthansa lands on construction site at EPKT
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Lufthansa lands on construction site at EPKT
Today at 15:45 ZULU a CRJ700 landed on a new strip at EPKT airport which is still under construction. Allegedly it was LH1360 from Frankfurt. 51 souls on board, nobody got hurt. There's no taxiway yet available for this runway, so the plane may stay there for a while.
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There's a big X at the threshold.......and no markings on the runway. I find this incident highly embarrassing for LH or any airline for that matter. I see they now have to use the same runway to take off on as there are no taxiways to vacate.
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This is somewhat embarrassing; i remember a story from the good old days in the USofA in Huntsville, AL; VERY LARGE airport and massive parallel runways with terminal in the middle. When pilots were cleared to land on 36L coming from the East, they were landing on the taxiway of 36R....
The officials toured all the operators implicated on these mishaps, reminding gently that a runway has BIG F.. Numbers on it....
The officials toured all the operators implicated on these mishaps, reminding gently that a runway has BIG F.. Numbers on it....
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LH got permission from Polish CAA for "technical take off" from EPKT.
I expect they will just fly the patten and land on the proper runway this time to pick up pax and return to Frankfurt.
I expect they will just fly the patten and land on the proper runway this time to pick up pax and return to Frankfurt.
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There's a big X at the threshold.....
More images here:
https://www.katowice-airport.com/pl/...alerie/337126#
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Since April 2nd ILS is NOTAMed as INOP.
VOR 27 approach has 11 deg offset.
The PIC asked for visual approach and got it granted.
Landing against the sun in the evening certainly contributed to the confusion.
Luckily Saturday evening there were no workers or machinery on the RWY.
VOR 27 approach has 11 deg offset.
The PIC asked for visual approach and got it granted.
Landing against the sun in the evening certainly contributed to the confusion.
Luckily Saturday evening there were no workers or machinery on the RWY.
They were rather lucky that there was no construction equipment present on the runway. Also, if the picture above is representative of the runways completion state, the incomplete areas in the middle section were obviously avoided.
An opportunity for learning that came without damage to anything but some egos this time.
An opportunity for learning that came without damage to anything but some egos this time.
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...Also, if the picture above is representative of the runways completion state, the incomplete areas in the middle section were obviously avoided.
An opportunity for learning that came without damage to anything but some egos this time.
So what does the runway look like now? It is physically completed and marked with crosses painted on both ends - is it blank otherwise or does it show other runway markings that might lead to a mix-up?
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I would be much more concerned about landing on a closed runway with an "X" than the wrong airport.
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Since the runway has not been commissioned, does it even appear on approach charts/ airport diagrams as a closed runway?
I'm assuming that a text type Notam was in the briefing for the flight, but without a visual presentation of the under-construction runway relative to the operational runway, the crew might not have had a mental picture of what to expect.
Add in a low sun angle and, Voilą, embarassment and potential for serious hazard.
I'm assuming that a text type Notam was in the briefing for the flight, but without a visual presentation of the under-construction runway relative to the operational runway, the crew might not have had a mental picture of what to expect.
Add in a low sun angle and, Voilą, embarassment and potential for serious hazard.