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Mayday Birdstrike Video - Thomson

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  • #2
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    They seemed to return quickly, would they normally have to dump fuel due to being over the recommended landing weight? Or was this something left out of the video?


  • #3
    globemaster1986
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 351 ✭✭globemaster1986


    Stinicker wrote: »
    They seemed to return quickly, would they normally have to dump fuel due to being over the recommended landing weight? Or was this something left out of the video?


    They may not have been above the maximum structural landing mass. Very possible this was a flight to Spain or Greece which would not require full tanks. No idea of the specifics of the 757 however re mass and balance


  • #4
    andy_g
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,561 ✭✭✭andy_g


    They did decide to take up the hold at Wallacy and the video was edited so we dont know how long they decided to hold for?


  • #5
    Foggy43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,321 ✭✭✭Foggy43


    I think the crew decided to go in to a hold so they could talk to their maintenance base and decide where best to divert too. They would have wanted to go to an airport where they could carry out an engine change. Thompson wouldn't want to be some where a replacement engine was days away or no facilities to carry out the change. It wasn't really a 'Mayday'. More of a 'Pan Pan'.


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