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Acklington
12th Mar 2017, 14:47
Uae380 still at fl90 approaching London from Manchester
Hotel Tango
12th Mar 2017, 15:05
Just landed 27L and vacated at the very end.
chaps1954
12th Mar 2017, 15:20
Nose wheel gear problem I believe wouldn`t retract
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
12th Mar 2017, 17:41
FL90 approaching BNN from the north would not be unusual. Anything from FL70-120 depending on traffic are used.
Airclues
12th Mar 2017, 19:21
It would be if your destination is Dubai!
DaveReidUK
12th Mar 2017, 19:27
True, but maintaining FL90 all the way from MAN isn't quite so usual.
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
12th Mar 2017, 19:42
Thanks Air Clues but who said anything about Dubai?
Thanks Dave.. but who said it was maintaining FL90 all the the way from Manchester?
Airclues
12th Mar 2017, 19:43
The higher fuel consumption reduces the dumping time. (I have no idea about the A380 dumping rates and fuel consumption. Had it been a 744 I could have quoted you the figures)
Airclues
12th Mar 2017, 19:48
Thanks Air Clues but who said anything about Dubai?
The source of all factual aviation news of course!
Emirates flight on way to Dubai diverted to London | Daily Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4306330/Emirates-flight-diverted-London.html)
DaveReidUK
12th Mar 2017, 20:05
The higher fuel consumption reduces the dumping time. (I have no idea about the A380 dumping rates and fuel consumption. Had it been a 744 I could have quoted you the figures)
It orbited for half-an-hour before setting course for LHR, but I'd be surprised if it spent that time raining Jet A-1 down on the good citizens of Wakefield ...
Talkdownman
12th Mar 2017, 21:43
Pin left in?
DaveReidUK
12th Mar 2017, 23:38
Never happens. :O
Joking aside, I'd be surprised if EK use gear pins on a turnround at MAN.
bcgallacher
13th Mar 2017, 13:13
Some companies insisted that lock pins were left in during pushback.Always thought that was unnecessary- may lead to the problem we have just seen.
Airclues
13th Mar 2017, 13:22
From my distant memory, the removal of the down-lock pins must be entered in the AML. How do the engineers do this if they are in for push-back (or have the rules changed?)? I don't know about the 380 but the 744 down-lock pins are quite high up in the nose-wheel bay.
This pin should not be confused with the Hydraulic Shutoff Pin which is inserted during push-back to disable the nose-wheel steering and is shown to the pilots by the push-back crew.
Airbubba
13th Mar 2017, 18:25
More here from a couple of usual sources:
Incident: Emirates A388 at Manchester on Mar 12th 2017, could not retract landing gear (http://avherald.com/h?article=4a61933f&opt=0)
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ek18/#cb719a6
bcgallacher
14th Mar 2017, 10:07
747 Downlock pins can be removed with a long tool while standing on the ground.
wiggy
14th Mar 2017, 10:17
AIrclues
From my distant memory, the removal of the down-lock pins must be entered in the AML.
FWIW (probably not a lot) it still is with us (744/777) - downlock pins must be removed, seen by the flight crew and signed as removed in the AML prior to a pushback prior to flight. Obviously (?) the gear steering lock out pin gets removed prior to taxi.....
Now...are we any closer to finding out what happened with the 380?