Cargo Airlines B747 'on the ILS' (merged)
I feel sorry for the pilots involved. How long is that runway, and was there much of a tailwind? Rain makes runways quite slippery ( I might prefer a very thin layer of dry snow on a long runway) and so what effect does it have on the "cargo whale" escape ropes? If you lose a good grip, how do you get it back? 
(no symbol here for broken bones).
(no symbol here for broken bones).
According to the photographs that I have seen the starboard upper slide operated perfectly. Who would use a wet rope when a perfectly good slide is available?
I have heard a rumour that the captain was on his first day out in the left seat.
I have heard a rumour that the captain was on his first day out in the left seat.
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VH-OJH ended up in a not dissimilar situation about 4 years ago (ok, she went right THROUGH the loc & wound up a couple hundred yards beyond, but you get the idea).
Didn't evac; some slides did pop later, apparently when ground techs opened various doors without disarming. The right-hand U/D slide nicely inflated onto a tree...
The story was that, whilst a couple of engines' fuse pins broke/pylons buckled (so possibility of ruptured fuel lines), there was no actual fire so no need to bang out ASAP.
But as long as the crew were able to walk away from this to the pant-scraper by themselves, well, they lived to hopefully fly another day.
Didn't evac; some slides did pop later, apparently when ground techs opened various doors without disarming. The right-hand U/D slide nicely inflated onto a tree...
The story was that, whilst a couple of engines' fuse pins broke/pylons buckled (so possibility of ruptured fuel lines), there was no actual fire so no need to bang out ASAP.
But as long as the crew were able to walk away from this to the pant-scraper by themselves, well, they lived to hopefully fly another day.
