View Full Version : Dash 8 gets trapped by a couple of falcons at GLT
markis10
7th Oct 2013, 00:15
A bit embarrassing!
CQ plane spotters are reporting late on Wednesday 3 October as QantasLink Dash-8-Q400 VH-QOH – operating as QLK2307 to Brisbane – turned down the closed main taxiway and couldn't get out, had to shut down, transfer pax to another bird and the next morning reverse under own steam.
falconx
7th Oct 2013, 04:48
It wasn't the falcons, it was the fact the taxiway was closed but no markers nor eflares
Capn Bloggs
7th Oct 2013, 23:58
Obviously the Tea and Bikkies didn't go too well. The thread got the sack! :eek:
markis10
8th Oct 2013, 01:24
Thats the funny thing, there was a notam, markers and lights!
bodybag
8th Oct 2013, 10:00
Sorry where did this happen?
bn2pigsfly
18th Oct 2013, 01:48
If it reversed under its own power next morning, why couldn't it reverse at the time with the pax on board?
Going Nowhere
18th Oct 2013, 03:05
Reverse Taxi is not permitted.
No doubt a dispensation was sought overnight.
NGsim
18th Oct 2013, 03:29
Just wondering - not permitted by who? The company?
Going Nowhere
18th Oct 2013, 04:41
Yeah, it was allowed back in the day but I think someone almost backed into a pole in SYD years ago.
Could be wrong but definitely banned by the company currently.
wotthe
21st Oct 2013, 07:23
Ah yes. Remember the good old days when one did it fairly regularly in Cairns. :ok: