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October the 2nd, a Sudan Air flight from Khartoum to Malakal returned back to Khartoum because of a serious landing gear issue. Nobody was injured in a belly landing.
Sudan Vision Daily - Details (http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/details.html?rsnpid=200108)
Sudan Airways plane crash lands after wheels jam | Deccan Chronicle (http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/world/europe/sudan-airways-plane-crash-lands-after-wheels-jam-133)
Hotel Tango
3rd Oct 2011, 18:17
Airport authorities had to close the roads near the airport and support the runway sides with sand to ensure the plane's safe landing.
"Support the runway sides with sand" :confused:
Escape Path
4th Oct 2011, 00:24
Airport authorities had to close the roads near the airport and support the runway sides with sand to ensure the plane's safe landing.
As in piling up sand off the runway sides in case of a runway departure? :confused:
cwatters
4th Oct 2011, 09:19
How many days would that take?
westhawk
4th Oct 2011, 10:19
"Support the runway sides with sand"
To me it looked like "Support the runway sides with s and"
Language translation oddity?
In any case it looks like a relatively good outcome. A good operational test result from the foam truck too.
UN-Coordinated
4th Oct 2011, 18:40
Plenty of sand in Sudan. Would only take a few minutes !
captplaystation
4th Oct 2011, 20:13
Wow, that is VERY white "sand" in the pic n the 1st link :hmm:
Lost in translation methinks :rolleyes:
Doug E Style
7th Oct 2011, 10:42
Last time I was there sand was all there was at the edges of the runway.
max nightstop
7th Oct 2011, 14:43
Most of the country is made of sand!
autoflight
9th Oct 2011, 03:46
Foam path?
White Knight
9th Oct 2011, 18:33
Can't be fun being a fireman in 45c..........................
Teddy Robinson
9th Oct 2011, 20:02
it's foam or snow .. take your pick :cool: