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Old 11th May 2001, 20:32
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shakinghead
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Firstly it should be said that thankfully no one was badly hurt in this incident.

Secondly well done to the crew and the emergency services.

Thirdly ATC decide the runway in use, NOT the airlines. Granting landings/take offs on the non duty runway surely cannot be unique to Liverpool and every effort is made to accommodate requests subject traffic and other operational reasons.

Why has Ezy been dragged into this thread when clearly it has nothing to do with them? Although they are the major passenger carrier, there are other passenger and freight carriers operating at Liverpool and, in my experience, all requests for expeditious arr/deps on the non duty runway are treated equally.

If the use of the non duty runway creates a safety case then this should be addressed to ATC management.