Abu Dhabi airport closure

[Nemisis25]

AUH was closed this morning and there were planes diverting everywhere. Any idea what happened?

[johng723]

I believe it was the Fog that shut it down for a little while.

[7Chris9]

The fog closed it for a while and then the Man City Etihad plane got too close to the runway edge lights and wiped 10+ out before taking off!
Meant all the planes were pushed onto the northern runway while they removed the FOD and repaired the lights!

[slimy]

woops, lots of info on that one then....not! its like the engine failures EY have been having recently!:mad::confused:

[Jetjock330]

wiped 10+ out before taking off!

7Chris9,

It never took off, but did a rejected take-off rwy 31L.

[sleeve of wizard]

Incident: Etihad A332 at Abu Dhabi on Jan 30th 2012, rejected takeoff due to false line up

By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Jan 31st 2012 12:00Z, last updated Tuesday, Jan 31st 2012 12:00Z
An Etihad Airways Airbus A330-200, flight EY-45 from Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) to Dublin (Ireland) with 208 people on board, was accelerating for takeoff on runway 31L in low visibility conditions with the runway visual range (RVR) reported between 150 and 200 meters (490-660 feet), when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed due to burst nose wheel tyres as result of impact with runway edge lights and stopped. The aircraft was towed to the apron.

The runway needed to be closed for 5:50 hours until the debris from 11 runway edge lights and burst tyres was removed and the runway lights were repaired. Airport operation basically came to a halt for about 4 hours because operation on the northern runway 31R requires 550 meters RVR.

An Airbus A330-200 registration A6-EYE reached Dublin with a delay of 12.5 hours.

The airport confirmed an incident involving an Etihad aircraft, which closed runway 31L due to damaged runway edge lights, at 03:19L (23:19Z Jan 29th).

Metars:
OMAA 300600Z 17003KT 140V200 5000 2000NE BR NSC 16/15 Q1020 A3014 BECMG 7000
OMAA 300505Z 18003KT 0300 R13R/P2000U R31L/0400N R13L/P2000N R31R/0700V1600U FGBKN005 13/13 Q1020 A3012 BECMG 3000 HZ
OMAA 300500Z 17003KT 130V190 1500 0600S R13R/P2000D R31L/0550N R13L/P2000N R31R/0600VP2000D BCFG SCT005 13/13 Q1020 A3012 BECMG 3000 HZ
OMAA 300439Z 16003KT 1500 0600S R13R/P2000U R31L/0800U R13L/P2000D R31R/P2000U BCFG SCT005 12/12 Q1019 A3011 BECMG 3000 HZ
OMAA 300400Z 18003KT 0300 R13R/1000N R31L/0175V0325N R13L/0325D R31R/0225N FG BKN005 12/11 Q1019 A3009 BECMG 3000 HZ
OMAA 300309Z 17002KT 0200 R13R/0175N R31L/0325N R13L/0750V1300U R31R/0225N FG BKN005 12/12 Q1018 A3007 BECMG 3000 HZ
OMAA 300300Z 16002KT 0500 R13R/P2000N R31L/0450N R13L/0650D R31R/0275N FG FEW005 12/12 Q1018 A3007 BECMG 3000
OMAA 300225Z 17003KT 0500 R13R/P2000U R31L/0325N R13L/0500V1000U R31R/0325N FG FEW005 12/12 Q1018 A3007 NOSIG
OMAA 300200Z 14002KT 0200 R13R/0275N R31L/0250N R13L/0350N R31R/0550N FG BKN001 12/12 Q1017 A3005 NOSIG
OMAA 300100Z 11003KT 0150 R13R/0175N R31L/0225N R13L/0350N R31R/0275N FG OVC001 13/13 Q1017 A3003 NOSIG
OMAA 300000Z 12004KT 0150 R13R/0175N R31L/0200N R13L/0200N R31R/0200N FG BKN001 13/13 Q1016 A3002 NOSIG
OMAA 292300Z 13003KT 090V180 0100 R13R/0175V0350N R31L/0150N R13L/0275VP2000U R31R/0450D FG BKN001 13/13 Q1016 A3002 NOSIG
OMAA 292200Z 35002KT 0100 R13R/0300N R31L/0150N R13L/0225V0550D R31R/0800U FG FEW008 15/14 Q1016 A3002 NOSIG
OMAA 292114Z 35002KT 1000 0400NE R13R/0200V0600D R31L/0450D R13L/P2000N R31R/P2000N BCFG FEW008 16/15 Q1016 A3002 BECMG 0200 FG
OMAA 292114Z 35002KT 1000 0400/ R13R/0200V0600D R31L/0450D R13L/P2000N R31R/P2000N BCFG FEW008 16/15 Q1016 A3002 BECMG 0200 FG
OMAA 292121Z 34003KT 0200 R13R/0150D R31L/0225D R13L/P2000D R31R/P2000N FG SCT005 16/15 Q1016 A3002 NOSIG
OMAA 292100Z 32003KT 2500 1000NE R13R/0250D R31L/1700U R13L/P2000N R31R/0250D BR FEW008 17/15 Q1017 A3003 TEMPO 1000

Relevant NOTAM:
A0031/12 - REF UAE AIP OMAA AD 2.20.1.5 MNM RVR REQUIRED TO READ 550M INSTEAD OF 50M. H24, 22 JAN 10:00 2012 UNTIL 23 APR 12:30 2012 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 22 JAN 10:08 2012