Latest goss from the trenches has a ruptured brake line starting a fire on the Rt main LG truck and at least three of the four wheels grinding down to the rims. Unfortunate, but also took out brakes on Left side as well.
Reject at or BELOW V1 attempted! Great job by crew in steering off to the side, and missing the approach light stanchions! Over-run was supposedly less than 50 kts!
Contrary to early reports, all 4 BRT's (big round things) were in "reverse"! Two are "possibly" salvagable..... ME sand does a job on rotating things, it is reliably foretold.
Added:
Unabashed copy from MK Halifax thread.....
As far as I know, none of the AAI/Lufthansa Contract aircraft, or crew use any 'Computerised' Boeing data. All of their performance data is compiled by NavTech and all calculations on the flight deck are done using these tables...not a computer!
Believe me, the airplane is going to be scrapped!
Last edited by Paladini; 13th Nov 2004 at 11:37.