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robnewman:
"having spoken to the ASU pilot, who was conincidentally at the other end of the runway on the day in question, he states that the starboard wing did indeed scrap the grass on the right hand edge of R23 and left a nice furrow."
This simply is not true. If you're going to post on this forum get your facts right!
"having spoken to the ASU pilot, who was conincidentally at the other end of the runway on the day in question, he states that the starboard wing did indeed scrap the grass on the right hand edge of R23 and left a nice furrow."
This simply is not true. If you're going to post on this forum get your facts right!
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For my education, surely such an (alleged) incident would be investigated by Air Accidents Investigation Branch ? What would be the timescale for such an investigation and any report becoming public?
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To put the post back on track...there was contact made with the runway with a part of the aircraft other than the wheels. Not normal I am sure you will all agree, so ...someone screwed up something went wrong! Ding! Ding! Round three
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So let me get this right- the wingtip or flap fairing of a 737 or 757 contacted the runway or grass beside runway after banking on final 0 up to 30 degrees and possibly putting a lot of power on, or possibly not, we're not sure. That is all we have after 3 pages of this? Yawn.
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in reply to those who disagree with the info i posted, as i said, i'm not a pilot so the exact technical info may be sligthly off. however, there are three pages of speculation on this thread as to if an incident even happened. i merely posted the incident as i saw it.
in answer to arkroyal, BTP has a part-time air support unit, operated in association with Network Rail. we have been operating for three years, firstly in the south-west and since may 2003, in the midlands. we are currently trying to secure funding to go full time. this will come, hopefully, later this year.
the aircraft used are squirrels of a bolkow, both provided by Veritair at cardiff, who also operate the South and East Wales Air Support Unit.
oh! and CVT is actually covered by West Midlands Air Support, so now who's getting their facts wrong!
in answer to arkroyal, BTP has a part-time air support unit, operated in association with Network Rail. we have been operating for three years, firstly in the south-west and since may 2003, in the midlands. we are currently trying to secure funding to go full time. this will come, hopefully, later this year.
the aircraft used are squirrels of a bolkow, both provided by Veritair at cardiff, who also operate the South and East Wales Air Support Unit.
oh! and CVT is actually covered by West Midlands Air Support, so now who's getting their facts wrong!
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I regret to say your eyewitness account is largely 'unreliable'. I am not saying you have told any untruths, but there are large holes in it and the account cannot be relied on. Perhaps it is the passage of time. How can you judge a bank angle at 50'? Anyone in a 30 degree bank not going around should be locked up. Your power estimations by your own account are unreliable. What hit where differs from other accounts. I regret to say it takes us nowhere. In the meantime, it is a shame the name of a good company is being dragged through the mire on totally different accounts of an event that might even actually not have taken place!
