Cairo 05L closed, vehicles burnt out?

[5reds]

Anyone know what is going on, lots of guards around what looks like three burnt out vehicles, in procession order on the runway? Can't get any info from airport.

[hetfield]

Training of fire brigade?

[rmac]

I doubt very much that a safety and/or security organisation would conduct an exercise on a working runway, even if it were closed for the exercise, that involved burning vehicles and creating debris, when there are other stretches of tarmac available to simulate a runway for such an exercise, even the Egyptians !

[Mushroom_2]

Try reading the notams.

[A4]

Care to elaborate Mushroom...... for those of us who don't have Cairo NOTAMS to hand?

A4

[rmac]

Don't think he has them A4, last I heard Mushrooms were "kept in the dark and fed on bulls**t"

[Lurking123]

AIS is a wonderful organisation. Just log on, go to NOTAMS, ask for an aerodrome brief and type in HECA (Cairo Int). Brief obtained at 1322 UTC today:

Q) HECC/QMRXX/I/NBO/A/000/999/3006N03124E005
FROM: 07/12/29 13:00 TO: 08/06/30 08:00 EST
E) AIP SUP 11/07 EXTENDED AS ITEM ( C )
A0425/07
Q) HECC/QFAXX/I/NBO/A/000/999/3006N03124E005
FROM: 07/12/29 13:00 TO: 08/06/30 08:00 EST
E) AIP SUP 09/07 EXTENDED AS ITEM ( C )
A0423/07
Q) HECC/QMRXX/IV/NBO/A/000/999/3006N03124E005
FROM: 07/12/29 13:00 TO: 08/06/30 08:00 EST
E) AIP SUP 10/07 EXTENDED AS ITEM ( C )
A0424/07
Q) HECC/QFAHW/IV/NBO/A/000/001/3006N03124E005
FROM: 08/04/07 07:30 TO: 08/06/07 08:00 EST
E) CTN ADZ DUE TO WIP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RWY 05R/23L STARTING ABM THE THR OF RWY 05R TILL 2KM AT A DIST 115M FM THE CL OF RWY 05R/23L BY USING CRANE NOT HIGHER THAN 3M
A0188/08
Q) HECC/QMXLC/IV/M/A/000/999/3006N03124E005
FROM: 08/04/19 09:00 TO: 08/07/18 08:00 EST
E) TWY (S) PORTION BTN ACFT STAND A19 AND A31 CLSD.
A0200/08
Q) HECC/QMPLC/IV/BO/A/000/999/3006N03124E005
FROM: 08/04/19 09:00 TO: 08/07/18 08:00 EST
E) ACFT STAND A14 CLSD.
A0201/08
Q) HECC/QLPAS/IV/BO/A/000/999/3006N03124E005
FROM: 07/12/05 12:40 TO: 08/05/31 09:00 EST
E) RWY 34 PAPI OUT OF SERVICE
A0402/07
Q) HECC/QMPLC/IV/BO/A/000/999/3006N03124E005
FROM: 08/03/31 15:05 TO: 08/06/30 09:00 EST
E) ACFT STANDS A20 AND A22 CLSD DUE TO WIP
A0180/08
Q) HECC/QOBCE/IV/M/A/000/999/3006N03124E005
FROM: 08/02/04 11:00 TO: 08/07/30 08:00 EST
E) AIP SUP 04/07 EXTENDED AS ITEM C.
A0062/08
Q) HECC/QMXLC/IV/M/A/000/999/3006N03124E005
FROM: 08/05/08 14:00 TO: 08/06/20 14:00 EST
E) TWY Y AND TWY S PORTION BTN TWY Y AND PATH O2 CLSD.
A0225/08
Q) HECC/QMXLC/IV/M/A/000/999/3006N03124E005
FROM: 08/05/08 14:02 TO: 08/06/20 14:00 EST
E) TWY O PORTION FM THE BEGINNING OF RWY 05R TO 150M BEFORE TWY O1 CLSD. HOLDING PSN OF RWY 05R ON TWY O1. TFC TO FLW ATC INSTRUCTIONS.
A0226/08
Q) HECC/QPIXX/IV/NBO/A/000/999/3006N03124E010
FROM: 08/04/02 17:45 TO: 08/10/07 09:00 EST
E) SID AND STAR (RNAV AND CONVENTIONAL) FOR RWY 05R,05L,23R AND 23L SUSPENDED.
A0183/08

[peterperfect]

Watch out because the WIP crew will be knocking on your front door soon claiming they are "just working on the O523 bypass and have some spare tarmac for your driveway" !

[Mushroom_2]

The guy who asked the question did so yesterday so try those notams!

There was a (notamed) security exercise involving the closure of 05L all morning.