Wheels up landing in Rockhampton
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Wheels up landing in Rockhampton
Anyone know any details about the wheels up landing in Rockhampton??
Edited because I was talking as I was typonjkg
Edited because I was talking as I was typonjkg
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Sorry, a bit more info would probably have been helpful. This is from the Courier Mail.
Pair unhurt in plane crash-landing
25nov04
TWO men had a lucky escape after the freight plane they were in crash-landed in central Queensland early today.
Police said the pilot of the Palair Express aircraft reported problems with is landing gear as it was coming into land at Rockhampton airport around 3am.
Emergency personnel were on standby as the Fairchild twin-engined turboprop Metroliner aircraft touched down and its wheels collapsed, slewing it onto a grassy verge and damaging its left wing and engine.
The pilot and his co-pilot were not injured but will be interviewed by officers from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau today, police said.
Pair unhurt in plane crash-landing
25nov04
TWO men had a lucky escape after the freight plane they were in crash-landed in central Queensland early today.
Police said the pilot of the Palair Express aircraft reported problems with is landing gear as it was coming into land at Rockhampton airport around 3am.
Emergency personnel were on standby as the Fairchild twin-engined turboprop Metroliner aircraft touched down and its wheels collapsed, slewing it onto a grassy verge and damaging its left wing and engine.
The pilot and his co-pilot were not injured but will be interviewed by officers from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau today, police said.
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I think Mr Buzzy has a point. All he is saying is that aircraft can have accidents such as this, and if this had happened at an aerodrome where there was only one suitable runway, then it is sensible to provide for an alternate.
I believe that the point he is making is that this situation can occur, and it is better to be prepared.
I believe that the point he is making is that this situation can occur, and it is better to be prepared.
Looks like it is going to be left to this non-pilot to leap to the defence of the Metro pilot. This was evidently a partial u/c collapse and not a wheels up landing as implied by the subject.
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Once again ramblings from someone who has no idea. The cross runway when not being used by the Singaporean Airforce is 1645m. Piece of cake. Now I will draw a comparison with Hamo Island. It is 1760m long Get it now? Mind you 737 and 767's have previously operated into Hamo.
Once again ramblings from someone who has no idea. The cross runway when not being used by the Singaporean Airforce is 1645m. Piece of cake. Now I will draw a comparison with Hamo Island. It is 1760m long Get it now? Mind you 737 and 767's have previously operated into Hamo.
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23 metros. If you fly to single rwy destinations and do not carry some sort of contingency fuel or have some other plan up your sleeve............You are really asking for trouble one day. Dare I say it, that type of thinking is not safe or logical.
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It's better to shut up and let people think you are a fool ... rather than opening your mouth and proving it!!
You're out of here for a few days - and be thankful it's not permament!!!
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You're out of here for a few days - and be thankful it's not permament!!!
Woomera
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