Flybe Dash emergency at LGW?
 

Friend on the ground at LGW has reported that a Dash just landed is surrounded by emergency vehicles on the runway. Pax and crew yet to evacuate.

Probably a non-event so feel free to flame / delete as appropriate.

Smoke filled cabin on finals, full evac on the runway, stacked n packed for up to one hour ive been told

Just announced on Sky. More to follow.

Sky news link. Suggests the entire airport has been closed? :bored:

Gatwick Runway open, Now landing 26L.

Paris CDG (LFPG) to Cardiff (EGFF) BEE143G

G-JECL

Flybe issued these sage-like words, so obviously a good job done by the crew::D


Flybe can confirm that Flight BE1432 flying from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Cardiff was diverted into London Gatwick landing at 1226 local time.

The priority landing, at which emergency vehicles were deployed by the airport as a precautionary measure, followed a suspected technical fault.

All 46 passengers disembarked safely and without incident and will be re-accommodated at the earliest possible opportunity.

The safety of its passengers and crew is Flybe’s number one priority.

"Flybe issued these sage-like words, so obviously a good job done by the crew:":D
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Have just heard a passenger give his account of the incident on Sky news....confirms the above. :D

Colleague of mine is on EK015. Ended up in Birmingham.

Currently sat on the tarmac in Bournemouth

BA8114 AMS - LGW. 2 other BA a/c here too

How unfortunate that this aircraft had to divert to a single runway airport just before one of the busiest holiday travelling weekends of the summer. I'm not quite sure why it needed to block the operational runway for so long especially when Gatwick appears to have a secondary "emergency" runway, but I expect that it was being worked on at the time.
Could Manston be used - I recall that it used to "specialise" in emergency landings.:}

because manston has bugger all engineering. and should the worst come to be lgw is right next door to east surrey hospital. not even 5 mins away from airside!

ATC "I'm sorry Sir, due to the fact my uncle's sister-in-law's boyfriends mum is due into Gatters in about half an hour and they have drinkies booked with their neighbours later we are going to ask you to fly for an extra 30 minutes with that acrid smell and go block some other piece of tarmac. Actually, most of Northern France are about to move out and shut down so would you mind possibly bogging off there instead so I don't even have to fill in any paperwork and we can save our foam for the firefighters to fill up the local nightclub later for the end of term foamparty? They would also appreciate not having their afternoon kick-a-round interrupted and the nursery school 3 miles from touchdown still have the kids in the playground following lunch................"
:ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh:

I thought Manston had a nice wide and long runway suitable for emergency landings on foam for aircraft with collapsing gear?

Obviously I was venting my frustration in a somwehat petulant and thoughtless way and have subsequently realised the issue was "smoke in cabin" - apologies to the flight crew and passengers who looked as tho' they were stoic throughout.

Mrs Greekdalek will not mind missing 30 mins of Australian Pink Floyd when she knows what has caused all this.:}

Can all the spotters and enthusiasts please take their comments to the copy of this thread over in the Spotters Balcony forum. It will save me and you much time. You won't have to post drivel and trivia on here and I won't have to delete it in order to keep the thread in some semblance of order and content relating to airline pilots and not the breathless repeating of, what we all already know, is media hype and distortion of facts.

Thank you. :ugh:

Haven't the passengers suffered enough without inflicting East Surrey on them !!!!!!!

Know the hospital and if they weren't ill to begin with then hospital will soon change that.

5 mins from Airside is just about doable on an empty road all blocked off.

friend of mine was flying out of gatwick and had a 2 hour delay. apparently (atleast about 2 hours ago) ryanair were the only ones departing due to thunderstorms, monarch were deploying slides and flybe had smoke in the cockpit?

anyone else heard about the monarch or is that another story like the virgin aricraft at heathrow a few weeks ago?

Just for the record, BEE1432 declared a Mayday with smoke in the cabin, and requested an immediate diversion to Gatwick. That's why it went there! Crew on masks, ATC handled it very well I believe.

Manston's fire cover is RFF 3. I'm not sure if that is sufficient for a Q400

EGMH AIP extract

We're Cat-9 on request. Handled 2 BA A320's on divert today.