From that photo, add met vis down to about 1000 metres RVR and that's about the position in which a Spantax 737 emerged from the murk on finals to 14! After a violent late correction to line up with the runway, I seem to recall that he eventually touched down somewhere between the intersections of 28/10 and 01/19 and disappeared in a huge cloud of spray, last seen hurtling towards the end of 14. It was an approach never forgotten by anyone who had the courage to keep their eyes open at that moment. The aircraft disappeared from view into the murk, but the terminal windows were rattling with the noise of the reverse thrust!
Shortly after LBA ATC had scrambled every fire engine in sight to the end of the runway in anticipation of the worst, the event was crowned by a great exchange from LBA ATC with the pilot, which went something like this:
LBA ATC : Spantax 746, are you still with us?
BX746: Affirmative sir. What time my slot for Spantax 747 to Palma?
One of many events from the Spantax school of flying. Many fine things have fallen by the wayside in aviation over the last 20 years, but Spantax certainly isn't one of them.
Last edited by Flightrider; 16th May 2008 at 06:45.