Thump and Go, Maroochydore
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Thump and Go, Maroochydore
Reports on the tube that a Virgin flight thumped onto the ground rather hard, and went around to divert to Brisbane, suspecting that something was broken, and didn't want to be stranded at MCY?
Interviews with the "terrified" pax were dramatised somewhat. "We hit the ground and then we heard a big bang!"
Is that a good idea, or was he on a promise back in Brisvegas?
Interviews with the "terrified" pax were dramatised somewhat. "We hit the ground and then we heard a big bang!"
Is that a good idea, or was he on a promise back in Brisvegas?
MCY is narrow and short, so the potential for inadvertent misjudgement is real.
Without knowing the facts, having an aeroplane with an undercarriage problem, even if it is just an inspection that might require a gear swing, is problematic, so a quick divert to Brisbane is not such a silly idea.
If he/she had a real concern around the safety of the aircraft then Brisbane with better services again isnt such a silly idea.
Without knowing the facts, having an aeroplane with an undercarriage problem, even if it is just an inspection that might require a gear swing, is problematic, so a quick divert to Brisbane is not such a silly idea.
If he/she had a real concern around the safety of the aircraft then Brisbane with better services again isnt such a silly idea.
If I drove it into the ground so hard that it ended up with a baulked landing and go around and I also was concerned that I had damaged something on/in the gear I would not land back in MCY. Might as well go to a much bigger runway with engineering support like BNE, seems like a sensible decision to me....... if it's true!
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Hard landing is a hard landing, happens all the time. Pax and the latest wave of cabin crew can be a bit ‘sensitive’ about said landings, yet know one really seems to understand about the need to stop before the end of the runway so a ‘firm’ landing might actually be intentional god forbid 
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Oh yes they are. Look back through a Maintenance log and you will see it is not that uncommon. Lots of new crew mixed with low sector experience commanders, high weight landings into short fields in demanding weather conditions and these conditions produce a fairly regular occurrence of such.
Not helped by the fact that CASA allows so many non standard 30m runways, which never seem to be widened. How long can an airport be exempted for before they actually build a runway to the law?
Not helped by the fact that CASA allows so many non standard 30m runways, which never seem to be widened. How long can an airport be exempted for before they actually build a runway to the law?
I guess you would say London City Airport is dangerous...lots of traffic there by jets with a steep approach to boot.
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Get out into the real world and MCY is not a third world airport. The aircraft type is certified for ops there...end of story.
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I guess you would say London City Airport is dangerous...lots of traffic there by jets with a steep approach to boot.
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Near-jets only (microbusses, hushpuppies and other smallish twins) not 737s...
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[these comments reflect the training here where circuits resemble cross-countries...]
Get out into the real world and MCY is not a third world airport. The aircraft type is certified for ops there...end of story.
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the standard is 45m. Yet CASA keep allowing these 30m runways. Why don't they just enforce the standard
The runway doesn't get widened, the airline goes away, aviation retreats again under the CA$A on$laught of fee$ and co$t$.