View Full Version : Airtours DC10 Off Piste at Luton?
CSX001
30th Sep 2001, 01:31
Looked like an Airtours DC10 surrounded by Fire Trucks at Luton this afternoon. From our vantage point in the overhead , it might even have had a wheel off piste. Does anybody know more?
BigRab
30th Sep 2001, 01:42
Apparently it had a hydralic leak.
Was fixed and was back in the air a couple of hours later.
togathrust
30th Sep 2001, 03:36
Looked more like hot brakes to me. Smoke from the undercarriage was visible.
ILS27R
30th Sep 2001, 12:18
Does anyone know who the crew was?
cheers
ILS27R
Whiskery
30th Sep 2001, 14:16
Captain Athol Lindsay-Farquee.
F/O Jeremy Bowdon-Smythe.
F/E Squizzy Taylor.
TMPFICH
1st Oct 2001, 03:54
As far as I'm lead to believe it was a Hydralic leak onto hot brakes. I think the aircraft was back in ops fairly quickly.
BARABUS
1st Oct 2001, 11:15
Okay. So what were their real names?
GOLIATH
1st Oct 2001, 21:55
A/C WAS DC10-10 (G-TAOS). SHE WAS FIXED WITHIN 1 1/2 HRS, DEPARTED 1 HR LATE OF SCHEDULE AND RETURNED TO LTN THAT EVENING 5 MINS EARLY! TRUSTY OLD DOG IS ANOTHER GOLDMINE FOR AIH!
YOU FILL HER, WE'LL FLY HER...
SandLat650
2nd Oct 2001, 15:43
ILS 27R/Barabus.
I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.
Why would you possibly want to, or indeed need to know?
This was a total non event. Monarch Engineers fixed it in about 30 secs and that was that. Sorry, no story here.