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Busy afternoon at EGPK?

Old 18th Jun 2003, 00:49
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Busy afternoon at EGPK?

what was going on at Prestwick today - PM.

a/c with tyre problem (ryanair flight)???

also had 747 at low alt round the countryside appearing to ditch fuel.

any one got any info? related?
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Old 18th Jun 2003, 04:04
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I saw a 737 on the runway with fire trucks in attendance at today at around 1545. There was also an Electra doing circuits a bit earlier...
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Old 18th Jun 2003, 05:05
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We just landed ahead of this.

Ryanair 737-200 was inbound at 1530Z and aware of a deflated tyre on the port main gear. Executed a good landing on R31 and stopped on the runway abeam Link M for fire service to inspect.

Pax disembarked on the runway and bussed to terminal. A/c was towed off after 20mins. After a thorough runway inspection normal service was resumed.

No drama

No idea about the 747.

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Old 18th Jun 2003, 23:16
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Police closed off A78 as a precautionary measure in case of overun. Road traffic all diverted away from EGPK.

Don't know about the B747, but could be one of the GPWS tests again??

D.C.

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Old 19th Jun 2003, 00:08
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Busy afternoon at EGPK?

RYR064 just departed PIK for Beauvais reports tyre problem dumps fuel for 20+ mins then returns to PIK.Only 747 was a Cargolux who was stuck on the ground as the runway was closed for about 15 mins.Don`t know how badly the a/c is damaged if at all but it has not flown today and just to confirm it`s a 200 series EICJG
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B737-200 dumping fuel? Where do these ideas come from?
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Old 19th Jun 2003, 04:53
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A few points of fact:-

It was a starboard wheel.

The Police closed the A79. An overrun to threaten the A78 would need to be a good few miles and require the aircraft to turn to the right once on the ground.

There were no 747 activities consistent with the rumour.
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