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That’s their ABC for ya. A abject waste of $1 billion a year.
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Originally Posted by neville_nobody
(Post 11654245)
Nice job done by the pilot:D
A good example of why you should always carry an alternate for single runway aerodromes. Anyone know how long they took to remove the airframe? Sent a few 727s and DC-9s over to Edinburgh for a while. |
I was once involved in a tabletop exercise at Canberra Airport involving emergency services and government agencies that would respond to a hypothetical 737 accident. The people representing the airport thought that the airport would be available for takeoffs and landings within two hours of the incident happening! A real emergency cropped up elsewhere in the city so the exercise was cancelled as the emergency services personnel had to leave and deal with it.
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Originally Posted by lucille
(Post 11657190)
That’s their ABC for ya. A abject waste of $1 billion a year.
Every event with a non-horror outcome is populated with heroes. You can't have too many superlatives in a news broadcast. Just ask Donny. |
It would take a very bold individual to order a reasonably intact aircraft to be bulldozed off the runway. Or even bulldozer driver.
I’d think the insurers would be very quickly circling for the delta between the cost to repair the gear up and the hull write off. |
Or you could try this one by comparison.
Much less sensational. |
Originally Posted by RodH
(Post 11656854)
Wheels-up landing that gripped the nation . This is a quote from the good old ABC news service about a King Air that did a wheels up landing in Newcastle. According to the article the Air Traffic Controller " talked the pilot down " to a safe outcome. Now the ATC controller { RAAF } is a " hero " for helping save the lives of 3 people. No doubt she did a good job but the bull**** reporting almost makes me cringe.It is blown up out of all proportion to make it sound like a huge event which it was not.Good work to the pilot and ATC but not heroic!! |
Exactly, ATC and pilot both did their job - a good job too.
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I liked channel 7's reporting of the SQ turbulence. "The plane plunged 6,000 feet in a matter of minutes."
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The ATSB final report on this incident was published earlier last month. It explains the cause of the undercarriage failure:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications...rt/ao-2024-031 |
This is one of two separate PPRuNe threads related to this incident with VH-XDV at Williamtown airport. The ATSB final report was published earlier last month and explains the cause of the undercarriage failure:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications...rt/ao-2024-031 |
Originally Posted by Desert Flower
(Post 11656891)
The aircraft was flown by a very good friend of mine. I believe he invited everyone around to his house for a beer & a barbie afterwards!
DF. |
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