Aircraft blocking runway @ LHR
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Aircraft blocking runway @ LHR
Got a 30 minute hold warning en route to LHR this evening by ATC. Eventually panned out at around 15 mins in BNN. We were told an 'aircraft was blocking 27R'.
After landing we saw a HS125 sitting in one of the vehicle exits on the right of 27R.
Any ideas on what it was all about?
After landing we saw a HS125 sitting in one of the vehicle exits on the right of 27R.
Any ideas on what it was all about?
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In all fairness to the crew, at one point the undercarriage was flaming, so they may have turned to face the north with the wind from the south.
Maybe that or Gonzo got it wrong
In all fairness nice work my waistcoat wearing friend.
Maybe that or Gonzo got it wrong
In all fairness nice work my waistcoat wearing friend.
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Ok, so I didn't tell him which way to vacate, he told me he was doing it, and I wasn't going to argue! I was a bit more concerned with my impending air display with multiple go-arounds! Hey, just thought, no-one tell the BBC. I had two in a row! How dangerous was that?????????? 
It was the starboard undercarriage that failed, so I guess it was pulling to the right anyway, maybe he couldn't turn left at all. Looked well handled from where I was sitting, certainly. Very cool and calm on the R/T, I can only imagine what's going through their minds at that point. I know what was going through mine! Crew got out pretty quickly after stopping and got their mobiles out! "Hey, Boss, you'll never guess............"
And you're not beyond thanks, either, Yellow Snow. We make a good team I think
. I s'pose that'll serve me right for getting three straight sessions of Air Arrivals without complaining!!!!!!!!
Gonzo.
It was the starboard undercarriage that failed, so I guess it was pulling to the right anyway, maybe he couldn't turn left at all. Looked well handled from where I was sitting, certainly. Very cool and calm on the R/T, I can only imagine what's going through their minds at that point. I know what was going through mine! Crew got out pretty quickly after stopping and got their mobiles out! "Hey, Boss, you'll never guess............"
And you're not beyond thanks, either, Yellow Snow. We make a good team I think
. I s'pose that'll serve me right for getting three straight sessions of Air Arrivals without complaining!!!!!!!!Gonzo.
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Hey Gonzo
It did look a bit strange facing north and i thought the Skipper was very considerate ending up parked 10 mtrs from RVPN !!!!!
Perhaps he thought the LFB might get lost if he ended up elsewhere.
Ops Boys didnt do a bad job either getting the runway back in about 25 mins !!
The only sore point apart from the fiasco between the handling agent and another well known handler at LHR in trying to position the aircraft in a safer position was it happened on shift changeover, now that was very inconsiderate
It did look a bit strange facing north and i thought the Skipper was very considerate ending up parked 10 mtrs from RVPN !!!!!
Perhaps he thought the LFB might get lost if he ended up elsewhere.
Ops Boys didnt do a bad job either getting the runway back in about 25 mins !!
The only sore point apart from the fiasco between the handling agent and another well known handler at LHR in trying to position the aircraft in a safer position was it happened on shift changeover, now that was very inconsiderate
