Falling ice crashes through roof of home
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Falling ice crashes through roof of home
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A rare occurrence to be sure, but not unknown. In fact a piece of ice fell through a Calgary roof a couple of years ago in the same neighborhood..
Oh, when ice does fall from an airliner, it usually originates from the sinks and water dispensers, NOT from the toilet. The public immediately assumes it is toilet waste water..
Also, some airlines no longer use blue water to identify toilet waste water.
Oh, when ice does fall from an airliner, it usually originates from the sinks and water dispensers, NOT from the toilet. The public immediately assumes it is toilet waste water..
Also, some airlines no longer use blue water to identify toilet waste water.
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From the news video the ice looked light yellow. And good on WestJet for standing up and saying it came off one of there planes and that they would make arrangement to have the house repaired.
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The Japanese had it right years ago! Tokyo RJAA Jepp 20-9L, charts are from 2010, but it was the same thing long before that.
If I recall correctly, they even had an observer sitting in a tower on the coast to ensure compliance. There is is a story of a query on GND as to why the previous day the crew had failed to extend the gear as required, the simple response "operational requirements". Just to let the crew know that they knew.
Originally Posted by The Book of Jepp
Gear down operation during an approach to Rwy 34L / 34R - In order to prevent ice blocks falling from aircraft onto the ground, all flights making an approach to Rwy 34L / 34R from the seashore are required to complete gear down and locked before reaching IYQ 12.3 DME (NRE 14 DME) for Rwy 34L and ITJ 13.6 DME (HKE 15.4 DME) for Rwy 34R as far as the safety of the flight is not compromised.
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I don't know if the Japanese got it right, I do know that it was a pain in the backside putting the gear down seven or so miles earlier than normal. It was not at all an efficient way to fly the approach, especially since most of it was over farm land.
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Oh, when ice does fall from an airliner, it usually originates from the sinks and water dispensers, NOT from the toilet. The public immediately assumes it is toilet waste water..
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There is no known engineering programme to ameliorate the occurrence of ice falling from airliners.
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The Japanese had it right years ago! Tokyo RJAA Jepp 20-9L, charts are from 2010, but it was the same thing long before that.
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RJAA Approach
I've been told that the gear down over the water policy at NRT comes from some wheel well stowaways falling onto property under the approach path back in the 1970's while local 'activists' were rioting to prevent full operation of the airport. I can't recall ever hearing about ice blocks falling when you put the wheels down on an airliner but I suppose it is possible. It is odd that the NRT gear down restriction doesn't apply when landing to the south.
