Many congrats jack.raven, hopefully ill be joining you after next week
in preparation for my S3 i have been thinking of recent events one of which is BA flight 38 last year. as i understand it after a few hours the runway re-opened for departing aircraft, however would the airport have re-opened if that was the only runway? in my mind i would say no, because safety should be the number one priorty, and if it has happened once with no warning then it could happen again, which could result in deaths if there is already an aircraft lying there, therfore best to wait until it has been moved.
however, this would result in huge delays and losses of many thousands of pounds, especially if it took days to move it.
As far as i am aware, BA38 has been the only accident of this kind in the UK, which makes it impossible to compare incidents. the only similar thing was kegworth, but that plane didnt even make the permeter so not really a factor.
Would my answer be seen as being too safe, is there such a thing?
shugs