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Hueymeister 23rd Jan 2020 20:47

Ryanair in a trench at EGPK
 
Cannot post the piccy, but they plopped her in a well marked trench. Testing on her no2 engine! Whoops

Arkroyal 23rd Jan 2020 21:24


Originally Posted by Hueymeister (Post 10669783)
Cannot post the piccy, but they plopped her in a well marked trench. Testing on her no2 engine! Whoops

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....e13a810c0.jpeg
This one? Guess you meant ‘Resting’? Looks like Stbd main gear as collapsed in a forward direction. Pushing back?

DaveReidUK 23rd Jan 2020 22:07


Originally Posted by Arkroyal (Post 10669808)
This one? Guess you meant ‘Resting’? Looks like Stbd main gear as collapsed in a forward direction. Pushing back?

Looks like it was inbound from STN, so presumably a training detail. The track on FR24 stops at the point where the parallel Twy R crosses the disused runway.

FrontSeatPhil 23rd Jan 2020 23:03

I've not done any tricky Photoshop stuff, but I've lightened the image quickly to get a better look as I couldn't see what was happening. It does rather look like the ground has given way...

Is there damage to the plane, or is that just a trick of the (lack of) light?
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....d1a69bae9.jpeg

Pilot DAR 24th Jan 2020 00:07

The "trench" does not appear "well marked" in the photo (unless they were not supposed to be on that whole apron at all). OTOH, I don't see a taxiway marking to be followed either. Was the plane where it was supposed to be? If so, the airport has some answering to do. If the crew were taxiing out of bounds, the crew (or marshaller/follow me) have some answering to do.

We had a DC-8-63 do exactly this decades back. The ground was too soft underneath the pavement, same result. It had been marshalled across an area of apron not approved for that weight. It was three days getting it dug out though....

Airbubba 24th Jan 2020 03:22


Originally Posted by Pilot DAR (Post 10669935)
We had a DC-8-63 do exactly this decades back. The ground was too soft underneath the pavement, same result. It had been marshalled across an area of apron not approved for that weight. It was three days getting it dug out though....

I nearly set a DC-8-73 engine nacelle on the pavement years ago, during a line check no less. I was the FE and there was the lengthy James A. Michener preflight (in homage to an author of the last century who wrote prose by the pound) where you flipped every switch and tested every valve light. Somehow, I left the crossfeed valve open while doing the fuel panel preflight and by the time I went outside to walk around, the number 2 engine nacelle was within an inch of the ramp. I quickly abbreviated the remaining outside preflight and ran back inside, turned on some pumps and set up a crossfeed to the right tanks while the check airman chatted with the pilots. Whew. ;)

pattern_is_full 24th Jan 2020 03:28


Originally Posted by FrontSeatPhil (Post 10669884)
Is there damage to the plane, or is that just a trick of the (lack of) light?

The starboard bogey definitely looks out of place.

BUT, if the aircraft really is resting on that engine, the gear could just be hanging in freefall in the (deep) trench, with full strut extension, and thus not necessarily damaged significantly.

I wouldn't bet either way from just one picture, though.

DaveReidUK 24th Jan 2020 07:09

The aircraft appears to be sitting on the eastern half of the old runway 08/26, used for parking (roughly where the USAF KC-135 is on the Google Earth view).

Hueymeister 24th Jan 2020 07:59

That photo was taken later that day. She’s in a hole, dug in H at the southern end. By then then ac had been defuelled and the oleos pumped up. Originally shed’d been resting on the no 2 engine and the wheel oleo wasn’t supporting her full weight. The area had been marked with lighting and signage...

They were pretty lucky as the port undercarriage was a matter of feet from an even deeper hole.

Blade Master 25th Jan 2020 02:52

Where is the left wing? Light pole to the right of the plane has a jog above the base and other things mostly on the right look faked. Is that an open door?

treadigraph 25th Jan 2020 03:04


Is that an open door?
You mean the left winglet?

DaveReidUK 25th Jan 2020 06:31


Originally Posted by Blade Master (Post 10670858)
Where is the left wing? Light pole to the right of the plane has a jog above the base and other things mostly on the right look faked.

Fake or not, the aircraft in question has been grounded at PIK for 4 days now. I don't imagine Ryanair are keeping it there for fun.

Hueymeister 25th Jan 2020 07:02

Oh dasss not fake. I got da pictures!
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....35ca6abdc.jpeg

iome 25th Jan 2020 07:06

Story goes, aircraft rolled out from hangar onto new tarmac and sunk into it.
Here's a picture shortly after.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....8faee0a42c.jpg

iome 25th Jan 2020 07:25


Originally Posted by DaveReidUK (Post 10669844)
Looks like it was inbound from STN, so presumably a training detail. The track on FR24 stops at the point where the parallel Twy R crosses the disused runway.

Positioning flight to maintenance. The track on FR24 stops in front of their hangar

DaveReidUK 25th Jan 2020 07:36


Originally Posted by iome (Post 10670972)
Positioning flight to maintenance.

That's handy, then. :O


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