Hercules emergency landing at Brize!

[ElTenEleven]

Afternoon all;

This happened today!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/8668092.stm

ETEDT_Xtremez_30:

 

[Billy Whizz]

Yesterday!

 

[shettie]

Afternoon all;

This happened today!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/8668092.stm

ETEDT_Xtremez_30:

Thank christ it ended "happily" - good skills to the crew!

 

[ElTenEleven]

Yesterday!

News was posted today at 7 May 2010 12:39 UK!

And I am not there!

ETE

 

[Billy Whizz]

Just pointing out it happened yesterday that's all.

 

[Talk Wrench]

And the runway was closed for how long...........................?



This should open up some debate..........................................Oh, it already has...DT_Xtremez_42:


TW

 

[Ex-Splitter and Proud]

And the runway was closed for how long...........................?



This should open up some debate..........................................Oh, it already has...DT_Xtremez_42:


TW

Yeah.... Do you think the aircrew managed to get home in time to get to the polling stations to vote?....


I hope so!DT_Xtremez_42:

 

[Oberon305]

".....The under-carriage failed to come down "

I'm not saying a word!!!!! DT_Xtremez_14:

 

[shettie]

".....The under-carriage failed to come down "

I'm not saying a word!!!!! DT_Xtremez_14:

I didn't mean good skills working the switches - just good skills that they only scratched the paint!! DT_Xtremez_26:

 

[Oberon305]

I didn't mean good skills working the switches - just good skills that they only scratched the paint!! DT_Xtremez_26:

....or NOT?

 

[Cureton]

Happened yesterday, runway is still black

 

[Talk Wrench]

Happened yesterday, runway is still black

Well, there you go!!

No doubt the Pruners are frapping themselves stupid over this............and rightly so.

TW

 

[Bucc Boy]

Well, there you go!!

No doubt the Pruners are frapping themselves stupid over this............and rightly so.

TW

What is the confusion, there could only be two possible reasons for this event. Either incompetent scumbag loser no-good groundcrew error or............an unavoidable airborne divergence from SOP’s, that will no doubt end up with some ‘Rodney’ (or 2) being awarded a medal for displaying courage and integrity, above and beyond the ‘call of duty 4’.

If anybody can confirm that a fully manned (and equipped) crash team made it out on time..........I will be impressed! Experience has shown that ‘occasionally’, squadron shifts have been unaware they’re even on ‘crash’; let alone what kit is required or its location.

The image of headless chickens is clear in my mind!

 

[Sospan]

There are some photo's here

 

[POW]

Can i be the first to say 'women drivers'?

 

[Talk Wrench]

Regardless of the circumstances though,

Well done to the crew for a successful landing.

I hope that you all have a few drinks over the weekend!!

TW

 

[Bucc Boy]

Regardless of the circumstances though,

Well done to the crew for a successful landing.

I hope that you all have a few drinks over the weekend!!

TW

I don't know if the aircrew train much for that eventuality, I assume they do. But we used to 'accidently' do it in the Tristar Sim quite a lot. It's just like a normal landing but louder...........oh yeah, you seem to stop a bit quicker as well!

 

[passedoverat46]

Would have been a safer landing if the wheels were down. All you need to do is reach out and pull the lever.

UUMMMM BZN 1 runway, LYE 2 runways...........................Future Brize? You go figure!

DT_Xtremez_30:

 

[Talk Wrench]

I don't know if the aircrew train much for that eventuality, I assume they do. But we used to 'accidently' do it in the Tristar Sim quite a lot. It's just like a normal landing but louder...........oh yeah, you seem to stop a bit quicker as well!

Well, BB

Sim in a tristar is is obviously different to a herc with an emergency in real life.

A trashed and recoverable airframe WITHOUT loss of life or injury in the real world is a million times better than a trashed ...........well you know.


TW

 

[Tubby]

Regardless of the circumstances though,

Well done to the crew for a successful landing.

I hope that you all have a few drinks over the weekend!!

TW

I would say lucky rather than successful but I'm sure the board will explain all after it releases it's findings. Some clues are in the pictures, no undercarriage doors are open for a start.