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I was at Manchester airport this afternoon 8-5-04 waiting to see the Air Atlanta TF-ABP Jumbo take off i think it was due out at 14.00 it was pushed back at 15.00 but appeared to have a problem and was blocking the taxiway for around half an hour it finally took off at 15.30 just curious as to the problem does anyone know thanks for any info .
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Does there have to be a 'problem'? 30 minutes from pushback to airborn for a Classic is not at all unusual. Maybe they were doing a crossbleed start (using high pressure air from an already started on stand engine to start the others if the APU is u/s). It takes higher thrust to get enough pressure and takes time starting one engine at a time. Maybe they had an after start problem, but 30 minutes is really nothing to talk about.
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30 min delay
The reason i was curious Notso Fantastic was because it was blocking the taxi way and seemed to be causing a problem with traffic having to be led around it air traffic control called it the stricken or stranded 747 thanks for the reply anyway.
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There was a problem with the nose wheel and tug. tug removed ,gear inspected, castored at 90 degrees no damage , waited for another tug to complete pushback. It caused further chaos in addition to another tug broken on 207. Gnd controller at one point told the pilot of this 747 to "shut up", adding great mirth to the sojourn during our taxi in.
hope that helps
the callsign was snowcock or iceballs or something like that
hope that helps
the callsign was snowcock or iceballs or something like that
