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From RTE news :
16 April 2004 22:26
Dublin Airport was closed for just over an hour tonight after hydraulic fluid was discovered to have leaked onto the runways from an aircraft.
A British Airways plane from London Gatwick landed safely at 7.50pm but began leaking hydraulic fluid. The emergency services were then called.
The airport was re-opened after an operation was begun to clean up the fluid.
The closure caused eleven incoming flights to be diverted.
16 April 2004 22:26
Dublin Airport was closed for just over an hour tonight after hydraulic fluid was discovered to have leaked onto the runways from an aircraft.
A British Airways plane from London Gatwick landed safely at 7.50pm but began leaking hydraulic fluid. The emergency services were then called.
The airport was re-opened after an operation was begun to clean up the fluid.
The closure caused eleven incoming flights to be diverted.
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Same BA 737 had the fire brigade follow it down the runway on return to LGW after indications that the problem might have recurred. 2 scares in 2 days, time to head for the pub!
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Typical Dublin carry on............
Three runways
One (11-29) appears to be permanently closed without explanation and only by a short term NOTAM
The main runway is closed due to hydraulic fluid contamination and then the offending aircraft manages to block the last available runway by becoming disabled on it.
Call it what you want, but careless comes to mind.
Three runways
One (11-29) appears to be permanently closed without explanation and only by a short term NOTAM
The main runway is closed due to hydraulic fluid contamination and then the offending aircraft manages to block the last available runway by becoming disabled on it.
Call it what you want, but careless comes to mind.
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Call it what you want, but careless comes to mind
Call it what you want!...but seeing as they'd lost all their Sys A Hyd fluid....and no Nose-wheel steering, i think you'll find they didn't have much choice as to where they could safely stop the aeroplane.
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If it takes an hour to get a tug to a disabled aircraft and a tender out to hose off the runway, makes you wonder how they would deal with a real problem.
I've had a few hydraulic major leaks and losses around the world - but never managed to close an airport with one!
Airport managment responsible for this one I think.
I've had a few hydraulic major leaks and losses around the world - but never managed to close an airport with one!
Airport managment responsible for this one I think.
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Hang on a minute Mach Buffet, which side of the fence are you sitting on?
You say Nineiron is spot on in blaming the a/p mgt, but question bumblebees defence of the flt crew. It doesn't add up!
You say Nineiron is spot on in blaming the a/p mgt, but question bumblebees defence of the flt crew. It doesn't add up!
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The crew managed to get a disabled aircraft down, stopped and clear of the active. They were left with limited directional control and probably rapidly running out of brakes. I reckon they did their bit.
Now, the airport was left with a disabled aircraft and a contaminated runway. How did they do?
Now, the airport was left with a disabled aircraft and a contaminated runway. How did they do?
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MB:
As I understand it (first-hand info from one of the crew), they lost NW steering and had only enough directional control to get the aeroplane off the RET. It appears, although unfortunate, and inconvenient for many others, I believe the crew did the right thing and stopped it where they could.
Apparently it was either that, or go off the paved surface.
Bear in mind it was dark, and Dublin has possibly (IMHO) the crappiest taxiway lighting out of all north-western Europe's major airports.
Of course it's easy to misinterpret the written word, so i apologise if I've got the wrong end of the stick, but the tone of your comments seems to imply the crew were inconsiderate or not competent by halting it where they did.
As they say....(whoever they are), sometimes that's just the way the cookie crumbles.
As I understand it (first-hand info from one of the crew), they lost NW steering and had only enough directional control to get the aeroplane off the RET. It appears, although unfortunate, and inconvenient for many others, I believe the crew did the right thing and stopped it where they could.
Apparently it was either that, or go off the paved surface.
Bear in mind it was dark, and Dublin has possibly (IMHO) the crappiest taxiway lighting out of all north-western Europe's major airports.
Of course it's easy to misinterpret the written word, so i apologise if I've got the wrong end of the stick, but the tone of your comments seems to imply the crew were inconsiderate or not competent by halting it where they did.
As they say....(whoever they are), sometimes that's just the way the cookie crumbles.
