B717 taxiway excursion Rockhampton
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B717 taxiway excursion Rockhampton
Rumour has it a B717 has come off the taxiway in Rockhampton and is currently bogged.
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Originally Posted by Pastor of Muppets
That stupid little patch of grass has been waiting a long time to catch someone.
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Originally Posted by Pastor of Muppets
That stupid little patch of grass has been waiting a long time to catch someone.
I wonder if the aircraft was being marshalled onto a bay.
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That will be interesting getting that out as I believe there’s no tugs in Rocky that would be capable of towing a 717, let alone a bogged one.
Feel for the crew, no doubt they didn’t go to work yesterday with the intent of making such an error, so I can understand the feeling they’d have now would be awful.
Feel for the crew, no doubt they didn’t go to work yesterday with the intent of making such an error, so I can understand the feeling they’d have now would be awful.
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Who did the “risk assessment”? The group paying for the pavement or the group paying for the incident?
In rain, that grass area disappears from sight, especially with bright apron lighting, poor apron markings and a marshaller waving “this way”
This is a classic “told ya so”. Chin up to the crew. There but for the grace of god and all that….
Anyhoo, I’m sure Robbo and Jonno with their snorkel equipped Landcruisers with snatch straps and max-trax are just itching for a chance to deflate some tyres and recover a jet.
In rain, that grass area disappears from sight, especially with bright apron lighting, poor apron markings and a marshaller waving “this way”
This is a classic “told ya so”. Chin up to the crew. There but for the grace of god and all that….
Anyhoo, I’m sure Robbo and Jonno with their snorkel equipped Landcruisers with snatch straps and max-trax are just itching for a chance to deflate some tyres and recover a jet.
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Originally Posted by morno
That will be interesting getting that out as I believe there’s no tugs in Rocky that would be capable of towing a 717, let alone a bogged one.
Feel for the crew, no doubt they didn’t go to work yesterday with the intent of making such an error, so I can understand the feeling they’d have now would be awful.
Feel for the crew, no doubt they didn’t go to work yesterday with the intent of making such an error, so I can understand the feeling they’d have now would be awful.
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Not the first time. An Ansett 146 was a bit luckier in the nineties. Fortunately it was a dry spell, but the tracks were there for a few months. The story goes that a WA crew ferried one up in the early hours of the morning. Taxiway J I presume?
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No, not the first time. About 10 years ago a 737 taxied across a grass area similar to this - albeit dry - and continued to the runway to takeoff. 😵💫😕😮
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Originally Posted by Pastor of Muppets
Who did the “risk assessment”? The group paying for the pavement or the group paying for the incident?
In rain, that grass area disappears from sight, especially with bright apron lighting, poor apron markings and a marshaller waving “this way”
This is a classic “told ya so”. Chin up to the crew. There but for the grace of god and all that….
In rain, that grass area disappears from sight, especially with bright apron lighting, poor apron markings and a marshaller waving “this way”
This is a classic “told ya so”. Chin up to the crew. There but for the grace of god and all that….
Why blue lights, when blue lights are for taxiway boundaries?
It was known as a risk, therefore this falls on the aerodrome operators.
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Originally Posted by sagan
I got confused in rain, at night, in that exact spot recently.
Why blue lights, when blue lights are for taxiway boundaries?
It was known as a risk, therefore this falls on the aerodrome operators.
Why blue lights, when blue lights are for taxiway boundaries?
It was known as a risk, therefore this falls on the aerodrome operators.
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From the sounds of the comments here airports now have to be designed with massive concrete pads from runway exit to entry points direct to bays so that QF pilots don't have to follow any taxiway markings. We make mistakes, but this one is not the airports fault if you don't even follow the marked lines. Hopefully the crew were very tired or had some other mitigation that will excuse why they did this, not just blindly following Bobs hand signals.
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Originally Posted by 43Inches
From the sounds of the comments here airports now have to be designed with massive concrete pads from runway exit to entry points direct to bays so that QF pilots don't have to follow any taxiway markings.
Half the capital cities I've operated into in Australia on a wet dark night have lead in lines to the bay you would have hard time seeing if you didn't know where they were 'supposed' to be.
It sounds like this particular apron area was already identified as a risk so hopefully something gets done, not merely so that 'QF pilots don't have to follow any taxiway markings' as you put it.
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Originally Posted by Lapon
At some point one has to transition from a lighted taxiway onto the bay marking lines... which can be easier said than done in some environments.
Half the capital cities I've operated into in Australia on a wet dark night have lead in lines to the bay you would have hard time seeing if you didn't know where they were 'supposed' to be.
It sounds like this particular apron area was already identified as a risk so hopefully something gets done, not merely so that 'QF pilots don't have to follow any taxiway markings' as you put it.
Half the capital cities I've operated into in Australia on a wet dark night have lead in lines to the bay you would have hard time seeing if you didn't know where they were 'supposed' to be.
It sounds like this particular apron area was already identified as a risk so hopefully something gets done, not merely so that 'QF pilots don't have to follow any taxiway markings' as you put it.
