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Old 7th Jan 2003, 10:02
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At 1500, LHR went single runway ops to de-ice the runways. At around 1600 with 09L in use, there was an RTO that closed the only runway. Loads of long hauls were low on fuel as holding was not forecast and approx 15-25 mins. Diversion talk was rife on the co freqs. 09R was reopened asap.

A long haul 744 landed on the newly opened 09R but with LHR not being his base, missed the correct exit and stopped on the runway. More go arounds followed no doubt with tightening peckers as the fuel gauges dropped to minimums.

An interesting afternoon professionally handled by our ATC colleagues as usual. Well done guys.
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