Thomsonlfy Problem Landing
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Thomsonlfy Problem Landing
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Whilst waiting for my flight to Dublin today (just a daytrip and two great flights thank you Ryanair) I noticed Thomsonfly 737-800 taxying in about 07:10 followed by a horde of fire engines and Jeep vehicles.
Was just wondering what the problem might have been although it taxied past ok to its stand.
Also we fancied taking a pic of our plane at Dublin but the ground crew werent too keen!
Oh Well
Cheers
Donnlass
Whilst waiting for my flight to Dublin today (just a daytrip and two great flights thank you Ryanair) I noticed Thomsonfly 737-800 taxying in about 07:10 followed by a horde of fire engines and Jeep vehicles.
Was just wondering what the problem might have been although it taxied past ok to its stand.
Also we fancied taking a pic of our plane at Dublin but the ground crew werent too keen!
Oh Well
Cheers
Donnlass
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They take the fire engines out for their morning walk every morning. They were probably just waiting for the Tui 737 to pass before following on their circuit around the airport! No drama. Aeroplanes don't park at the terminal if there is a crisis.
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Problem with flaps after departure, returned for an almost flapless landing. Precautionary AFS turnout (standard in this situation in case of hot brakes etc), but no other problems and certainly no crisis! Departed a few hours later.
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A flapless landing (or near flapless landing in this case) is a procedure that crews are trained for. It basically means a far higher approach speed, greater landing distance required and as a result will likely (depending on type of aircraft and runway length) result in hot brakes and possibly tyre deflation due to fusible plugs melting to prevent a tyre blow out. Hence fire crews being on standby.
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As long as there's a bit of headwind, and the runway is good and long, it's not usually a big problem - I've only seen one that made me nervous, some time back I was controlling an RJ100 or BA146 (can't remember which but they look the same to me....) which couldn't select any flap at all. Normally they have a slightly nose-down attitude on short final but this one hurtled over the threshold, a few degrees nose-up, resembling a fighter! A long rollout but no hot brake problems and the crew never sounded other than calm, so maybe they'd practised that one in the sim a few times!
