Air Asia X - Roofing Contactors
Just heard today from 2 non related friends who live North of the Coolangatta runway that there was a recent incident involving what was called wake turbulence damage to a house during an A330-300 departure into the Northerly weather.
They both said that the story was totally squashed and did not make more than an insignificant appearance in the local media (probably so as not to take the shine off the new OOL KUL service) and was put down to the above mentioned factor.
The Cooly runway has been extended fairly recently, but I am sure all operators and Government regulations would ensure that there was a minimum clearance requirement even with one mill on the blink.
Could this be a case of a little disregard for MTOW because of dodgy WX at the destination and not wanting to explain a diversion to management as is allegedly the case with carriers like Lion??
This was apparently the inaugural or close to flight in JUN-JULish 2008, and the damage from removed roof tiles was very quickly addressed and repaired to make the potential questions go away. LCC's acting quickly on compensation is a scary thought.
Does anyone have any further information on this, as the 2 people I spoke to (and one lives very close to the house in question) are bemused by the lack of coverage and the possibility of it happening again.
Best all
EWL
Last edited by Eastwest Loco; 8th Jan 2009 at 08:33.