Belfast airport closed - incident involving freight plane
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Belfast airport closed - incident involving freight plane
Just being reported on BBC and elsewhere:
Belfast International Airport: Flights disrupted after plane becomes stranded on runway - BBC News
and
http://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/be...losed-11974675
Belfast International Airport: Flights disrupted after plane becomes stranded on runway - BBC News
and
http://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/be...losed-11974675
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<<Managing director at the airport, Graham Keddie, said the aircraft had landed "right at the wrong time" and "stopped right in the wrong place".>>
Brilliant!
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Managing director at the airport, Graham Keddie, said the aircraft had landed "right at the wrong time" and "stopped right in the wrong place".
Good that nobody was hurt and that a/c is likely to be used again.
What a fabulous piece of planning to end up on the intersection and so closing both runways. Must have made life difficult for the opposition but maybe they had already got there earlier.
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Acft registered to ASL, previously registered to TNT, still in TNT colours. So ASL are TNT then. Did I miss the press announcement.....must have been snoozing in some god awful hotel that day, as it seems I am most days....these days....
If I remember correctly [doubtful] that's what used to happen on the Aerodrome Control Rating examination many years ago.......the incident aircraft always stopped on the intersection leaving the candidate with no runway and a bit of quick thinking to do!!! As they say now 'happy days'!!
IIRC Most landing aircraft take the short runway to taxi in. Maybe it was only when they tried to turn off that the problem reared its head.
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If I remember correctly [doubtful] that's what used to happen on the Aerodrome Control Rating examination many years ago.......the incident aircraft always stopped on the intersection leaving the candidate with no runway and a bit of quick thinking to do!!! As they say now 'happy days'!!
Then there was the Parcelforce Viscount forgot to lower the u/c on a training detail, brand new propellers probably worth more than the airframe which was later scrapped on site.
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Correct! For jets, it's normally a right turn at the intersection and then right on to Charlie taxiway. Lighter stuff normally brake short enough to turn right on to bravo well before the intersection, though I think a few 737s have managed to brake hard enough for bravo from time to time 
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Correct! For jets, it's normally a right turn at the intersection and then right on to Charlie taxiway. Lighter stuff normally brake short enough to turn right on to bravo well before the intersection, though I think a few 737s have managed to brake hard enough for bravo from time to time
