Mango 15hr enduro
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Mango 15hr enduro
Read in the daily rag that Mango flight JE169 spent a total of 15hrs trying to get into CPT yesterday. Apparently they went up and down between JNB and CPT no less than 5 times and diverted to Bloem aswell. Anyone know what the hell happened?
Paper says they couldn't get in because of the weather. Is mango not Cat3 certified?
Paper says they couldn't get in because of the weather. Is mango not Cat3 certified?
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Juliet-Echo said: Haven't been to CT for a while, but last I checked the ILS has been down graded to Cat 1 for quite some time.
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Originally Posted by missingblade
Mango now has inflight refueling - which can extend the endurance of their flights to as long as there will be clowns on pprune!
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The forecasts were for 300m visibility. Comair got in on CAT III. But there were a couple of stressed crews. PE was forecast CAVOK but also became 500m vis. Nationwide, 1time and Mango all turned around (approach ban etc).
Mango went back to Bloem, sat for an hour then went back to JHB. Called out standby crew and dispatched for CT again at 1am (same WX in Cape Town!!!!
). Lo and behold they went around back to JHB. 
Dispatched eventually back to Cape Town in the morning. IMHO not professional planning by ops and crew.
I would have been p###ed if I had to do 5 legs to get to Cape Town.
Mango went back to Bloem, sat for an hour then went back to JHB. Called out standby crew and dispatched for CT again at 1am (same WX in Cape Town!!!!
). Lo and behold they went around back to JHB. Dispatched eventually back to Cape Town in the morning. IMHO not professional planning by ops and crew.
I would have been p###ed if I had to do 5 legs to get to Cape Town.
We touched down in CT at 22:10 Wednesday night. Only saw the runway at 60. So no Cat III no landing. I dont know but is Mango not Cat III rated ???? The 800 surley must be !!!!!!!!!
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Mango 737-800's are cat III approved, Mango crew are CaT III trained BUT Mango still waits for Cat III approval from CAA. Sure Nico Buz will want some answers now from CAA why the delay for the approval !!!!
(Must admit I'm still searching for that orange MD80??? and 15 hrs fuel... didn't you know Mango flies orange B747-400!!!)
(Must admit I'm still searching for that orange MD80??? and 15 hrs fuel... didn't you know Mango flies orange B747-400!!!)
