AF A340 off rwy @ Douala
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Originally Posted by Yaka
...one must agree that AF procedures for 340 operation are giving some pretty strange results, these days. Instead of suspending him, they should have made him write a new manual ...
The way he got suspended tastes as bad as it smells, and his understanding of the Toronto farce certainly has a lot to do with it.
The way he got suspended tastes as bad as it smells, and his understanding of the Toronto farce certainly has a lot to do with it.
But as you would put it, the way he expresses his feeling tastes as bad as it smells. Sounding bitter as he does is not going to give much credit to otherwise real issues he might raise. And for his sake, I hope he bears no responsability in the infamous "jonathan.blog"...
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From: Flight International
Air France A340 held after Cameroon go-around incident
Cameroon authorities held an Air France Airbus A340 for several days last week after a landing incident at Douala during a rainstorm prompted an inspection of the aircraft. The airline suggests the delay in clearance was influenced by a French ban on Cameroon Airlines during the European political debate about blacklisting last year.
The incident happened on 19 February in heavy rain with thunderstorms in the vicinity of the airport. Air France says the A340-300 (F-GLZO) was “just about to land” at Douala in “very bad weather conditions” when the captain decided to go around, but the main wheels touched down before the aircraft climbed away, prompting the captain to seek a technical inspection. The aircraft landed safely on its second attempt.
Although Air France’s technical crew cleared the aircraft for service, the airline awaited a similar approval from the Cameroon civil aviation authority, but this was delayed despite the fact that the aircraft had sustained no serious damage and should have returned to service “immediately”, says the airline. No reason for the hold-up has been given and the Cameroon CAA could not be reached for comment. Tensions have been high between Cameroon and France since French authorities, during moves last year to draw up a European air transport “blacklist”, banned flag-carrier Cameroon Airlines from French airspace for nearly two months.
The incident comes as the Transportation Safety Board of Canada continues to investigate last August’s Air France A340 overun in rainstorms at Toronto.
DAVID LEARMOUNT / LONDON
http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles...+incident.html
Air France A340 held after Cameroon go-around incident
Cameroon authorities held an Air France Airbus A340 for several days last week after a landing incident at Douala during a rainstorm prompted an inspection of the aircraft. The airline suggests the delay in clearance was influenced by a French ban on Cameroon Airlines during the European political debate about blacklisting last year.
The incident happened on 19 February in heavy rain with thunderstorms in the vicinity of the airport. Air France says the A340-300 (F-GLZO) was “just about to land” at Douala in “very bad weather conditions” when the captain decided to go around, but the main wheels touched down before the aircraft climbed away, prompting the captain to seek a technical inspection. The aircraft landed safely on its second attempt.
Although Air France’s technical crew cleared the aircraft for service, the airline awaited a similar approval from the Cameroon civil aviation authority, but this was delayed despite the fact that the aircraft had sustained no serious damage and should have returned to service “immediately”, says the airline. No reason for the hold-up has been given and the Cameroon CAA could not be reached for comment. Tensions have been high between Cameroon and France since French authorities, during moves last year to draw up a European air transport “blacklist”, banned flag-carrier Cameroon Airlines from French airspace for nearly two months.
The incident comes as the Transportation Safety Board of Canada continues to investigate last August’s Air France A340 overun in rainstorms at Toronto.
DAVID LEARMOUNT / LONDON
http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles...+incident.html
How long are these tracks ?
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VLaF is right- skids on the RW30 and next to it are still visible.
I talked to a guy who was on board that night- the event scared him a bit.
LX/KC had a look at the aircraft while it was parked on the cargo ramp pending the now-infamous CCAA inspection/holdup
Max.
I talked to a guy who was on board that night- the event scared him a bit.
LX/KC had a look at the aircraft while it was parked on the cargo ramp pending the now-infamous CCAA inspection/holdup
Max.
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Originally Posted by flyblue
From: Flight International
Air France says the A340-300 (F-GLZO) was “just about to land” at Douala in “very bad weather conditions” when the captain decided to go around, but the main wheels touched down before the aircraft climbed away, prompting the captain to seek a technical inspection. The aircraft landed safely on its second attempt.
Air France says the A340-300 (F-GLZO) was “just about to land” at Douala in “very bad weather conditions” when the captain decided to go around, but the main wheels touched down before the aircraft climbed away, prompting the captain to seek a technical inspection. The aircraft landed safely on its second attempt.
Big true lie ! The new A340 Captain lost sufficient visual references at 100 feet because of heavy rain, but continued his approach till landing partly besides the runway due to his confusion between center line and runway right border lights, while his copilot was announcing "runway to the left". The plane has been rolling for 500 to 800 meters before he could get again in the air after he decided to go around because of the seven seconds needed to get G/A Thrust from Idle Thrust he had when touching down main landing gears. And the plane lost one gear door in this serious incident.....
