Moving a lump of solidified lava that big would be a major engineering problem methinks. On Google Earth the available runway is 6,000 feet plus which, I guess, is still reasonably usable. The over-run though :yuk:

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/396369-plane-overshoots-runway-congo.html
 

Just Wonder What They Found On The Cvr !!!

Oops...my bad :\:8

Will keep it in mind from now on :ok:

"Just Wonder What They Found On The Cvr !!!"

CVR ...... Congo ....... having a laugh.

The runway is not the best marked in the world - no TDZ markings would make it difficult to know whether the landing can be completed in the available length especially if vis is poor and the surface wet.

I have regularly seen these aircraft being stopped within 4500-5000ft of the threshold at places such as DCA and LGA if they touchdown at the correct point so I guess the 6500ft length here shouldn't have been an issue.

Xeque Agreed. It would be easier to move the threshold back than get rid of solidified lava from an active volcano.

At the risk of sounding crazy, they might be better off pouring a new tarmac over this, along the lines of runaway emergency exits for 18-wheelers suffering from brake failure going down long steep inclines. Anything other than those boulders welded in place...

In Hawaii, they abandon the road (or village) when a lava flow visits.

Volcano National Park:

The road:
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10241730-lg.jpg

The road sign:
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10241710-lg.jpg

Could be also because of this video !


YouTube - Boeing 727-200 nearly crash


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re Goma, Lava incursion and Operators
 

G'Day all; as far as I'm aware, local operators do fly in and out of Goma in various types of airframes, both fixed- and rotary-wing, but the UN will only operate rotary-wing due to the lava incursion - it's effectively reduced the previous available length by about a third. And as earlier-mentioned, lava's not all that easy to remove - most of the locals have adapted by building on top of it rather than trying to regain their original property.

And it is "that" place, after all, as far as local operators go ...

well, there are some pics available now..

jacdec

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