EZY LGW-AMS pushed back onto grass
The second photo, showing a pair of tugs, would suggest the A320 was about to be towed off the grass by cables attached to each of the main gears, exactly as prescribed in the Aircraft Recovery Manual.
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7 pages of nonsense! Of course you should try to 'power it out'! This guy tried:
(Note the vegetation stripped away behind both engines, that could not have been idle power!)
[Tongue very, very firmly in cheek for this post! ]
(Note the vegetation stripped away behind both engines, that could not have been idle power!)
[Tongue very, very firmly in cheek for this post! ]
If you are going to go 'off piste' having ten main gear wheels in two pairs is probably a good idea -along with no health and safety issues for risking the ground crew being sucked into engines or run over.
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For those who thought it's fine to get pulled out or taxi out ... think again .. The Tug broke 3 sheer pins The stress on the nose gear £1.2 million repair cost ....
Originally Posted by DaveReid
The second photo, showing a pair of tugs, would suggest the A320 was about to be towed off the grass by cables attached to each of the main gears, exactly as prescribed in the Aircraft Recovery Manual.
If I had also posted the third photo in the series, we could have all moved on -- thread and aircraft alike -- but where's the fun in that ?
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Strange that the aircraft in question has been flying more or less continuously since the day after the incident.
No story!
Had the flight crew done what they're not trained to do. With customers on board. Then gone flying after the aircraft had departed the paved surface. With no inspection....
Then that's a story!
This aviation business really ain't that tricky if you break it down into bite sized pieces, eh?!