Ryanair incident at Stanstead?
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There was a HiFly A330 .. .. they took the damaged winglet off and continued on to the Falklands a few hours later with one winglet on and one missing.
Golfyankeesierra - re.taking the other winglet off on the A330 at Ascension
Yes, I would have thought it would make sense, but my Dad was a passenger on that flight. He watched the wingtip get jammed under the other aircraft, they then had to sit there for a couple of hours as they didn't want the pax getting off and the aircraft rising up and making the damage worse. Think in the end they refuelled asymmetrically while the pax were still on, to get the stuck wing unjammed.
I watched it taxi in when it arrived in the Falklands and can assure you it only had one winglet on.
Yes, I would have thought it would make sense, but my Dad was a passenger on that flight. He watched the wingtip get jammed under the other aircraft, they then had to sit there for a couple of hours as they didn't want the pax getting off and the aircraft rising up and making the damage worse. Think in the end they refuelled asymmetrically while the pax were still on, to get the stuck wing unjammed.
I watched it taxi in when it arrived in the Falklands and can assure you it only had one winglet on.
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inbound was HHN-STN EI-ENL
outbound was STN-WMI EI-DAN
outbound was STN-WMI EI-DAN
My guess it that it was EI-DLJ. Anyone can confirm?
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If they breath tested two pilots, why didn't they test the other two?
Obviously nobody was drunk, but someone made a mistake.
How will I manage to wait until all the facts are released.
Obviously nobody was drunk, but someone made a mistake.
How will I manage to wait until all the facts are released.
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No doubt we'll all be seeing who foxmoth really is in due course
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I really feel for the ground crew in this one. I don't think RYR have an understanding attitude to people who are on "interesting" end of an incident, especially if they are holding the cosh. I hope they hang on to their jobs. Now here's a question: Is there really any need for more than one ground crew member to be involved in a push-back? My experience is that the fewer there are the better and that is because of focus. Tug drivers know where the "bits" are and when performing a pushback by by themselves, even from tight spots, can spend more time driving and less time looking out for a weird and wonderful signals from colleagues.
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One passenger on the Warsaw-bound flight said on Twitter: "Huge loud crashing noise and totally felt the crush sitting at the back.
Thank God it only hit the wing as if it was the body of the plane it'd been apocalypse."
Dear oh dear what a thing to say.
Thank God it only hit the wing as if it was the body of the plane it'd been apocalypse."
Dear oh dear what a thing to say.
Now the DM have got hold of the story
Two Ryanair jets collide at Stansted Airport causing delays and passenger evacuations | Mail Online
For those in the know, were there any evacuations and were flights held up for 3 hours?
Two Ryanair jets collide at Stansted Airport causing delays and passenger evacuations | Mail Online
Passengers were evacuated and flights were delayed for three hours
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Hope the wife does not see it. we go holiday next week and she hates flying
If flying Ryanair she may have reasons, talking to a girl yesterday who used to be in their ops and it was not a nice tale!
Hope the wife does not see it. we go holiday next week and she hates flying
If flying Ryanair she may have reasons, talking to a girl yesterday who used to be in their ops and it was not a nice tale!
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Ryanair incident at Stanstead?
Flights were probably held if for 3 hours while they sourced and prepared 2 replacements.
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You will probably find everyone in the UK use a 2 man (or more) pushback crew. At the end of the day, the headset man is the eyes and ears for the PIC,and to relay information. Regardless of ATC clearance, you survey the area behind the ac before releasing the brakes, and stand by until it is clear to push.the trouble with he FR operation at STN is it isn't clearly visible from the tower, and would rely on SMR and the ground crew doing their job unfortunately
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You will probably find everyone in the UK use a 2 man (or more) pushback crew. At the end of the day, the headset man is the eyes and ears for the PIC,and to relay information. Regardless of ATC clearance, you survey the area behind the ac before releasing the brakes, and stand by until it is clear to push.the trouble with he FR operation at STN is it isn't clearly visible from the tower, and would rely on SMR and the ground crew doing their job unfortunately
Now the DM have got hold of the story
Two Ryanair jets collide at Stansted Airport causing delays and passenger evacuations | Mail Online
Two Ryanair jets collide at Stansted Airport causing delays and passenger evacuations | Mail Online
At least the Mail managed to spell Stansted correctly, which several here could not achieve.
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You will probably find everyone in the UK use a 2 man (or more) pushback crew.
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G-ARZG: RYR taxy speeds are very reasonable, ever since the 800 was introduced. That is one of the effects of the OFDM programme. Granted, the 200s were taxied pretty swiftly (often very fast), but rarely the 800s.
It's amazing that the Mail journalist, despite seeming considering himself a well informed expert, cant tell the difference between a runway and a minor taxiway in a cul-de-sac. As for the claim of an evacuation, I haven't heard that elsewhere, unless every orderly disembarkation is now considered an evacuation. That rag really should be shut down for continuous libel - they are incapable of printing a single factual story.
It's amazing that the Mail journalist, despite seeming considering himself a well informed expert, cant tell the difference between a runway and a minor taxiway in a cul-de-sac. As for the claim of an evacuation, I haven't heard that elsewhere, unless every orderly disembarkation is now considered an evacuation. That rag really should be shut down for continuous libel - they are incapable of printing a single factual story.