Emirates A380 damages YBBN runway
If there's a pavement failure behind a 380 it tends to give way in fairly spectacular fashion.
There was one in Sydney a few months ago that the aircraft at the holding point described as, "it looks like the tarmac just exploded".
There was one in Sydney a few months ago that the aircraft at the holding point described as, "it looks like the tarmac just exploded".
They are lucky it was VMC so they just moved the threshold up and continued with visual approaches. If it was IMC it would have shut down all arrivals for hours.
*not sure what they were doing with smaller aircraft.
Strangely, the backdrop to the MD11 photo looks remarkably like looking east across the 19 threshold at Brisbane - other than the 13L sign.
And now CASA mandates a full runway inspection after every A380 arrival or departure. So a 5 minute gap in arrivals has to be forced into the sequence. Two slots lost during one of the busiest times of day.
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So there goes the whole "put bigger aircraft in to maximise passenger numbers for a finite number of slot times" argument. Imagine if they brought that in at Heathrow.
Perhaps the better idea would have been "make sure pavement contractor does job properly".
Perhaps the better idea would have been "make sure pavement contractor does job properly".
Only after departures.
.....in the event Rwy 09/27 is
used for landing or take-off, a full
length inspection of Rwy 09/27 must
be conducted by the Senior Airside
Safety Officer (Car 2). This may also
include a sweep/clean of Rwy 09/27
prior to the next aircraft arrival or
departure.
used for landing or take-off, a full
length inspection of Rwy 09/27 must
be conducted by the Senior Airside
Safety Officer (Car 2). This may also
include a sweep/clean of Rwy 09/27
prior to the next aircraft arrival or
departure.
