Unusual at DUB

CaptainSkidmark

i seen a FedEX A300(?) parked at a gate earlier and i seen a Dublin fire brigade Ambulance exiting the airfield with the lights flashing..... would it be wrong to assume one of the crew became sick during flight?

I probably am wrong though so thats why im asking

lord lucan

The Fedex was parked over at Pier B. Cargo are often parked there(the AF CARGO 777 was there last saturday) when there's no room to park around at the cargo terminal. There was a DHL parked at the cargo terminal this morning which i assume prevented the Fedex from parking there.

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CaptainSkidmark wrote: »

i seen a FedEX A300(?) parked at a gate earlier and i seen a Dublin fire brigade Ambulance exiting the airfield with the lights flashing..... would it be wrong to assume one of the crew became sick during flight?

I probably am wrong though so thats why im asking

The FedEx A300 is not unusual, I saw it taking off many times before.

An Udaras

It could well of been the flight crew on the FEDEX or a member of the ground handling staff or even a passenger from the pier. If its on or close to the Airfield and not under the escort of the Airport Police it could of been the Airport Fire & Rescues own Ambulance it's the same model used by the DFB.

CaptainSkidmark

no it was 100% DFB i seen it up close, the fed ex just looked like it was at the gate from the angle i was looking at it but it was very close to pier b anyway.

The DHL owned by air contractors was still there at 2pm.

urajoke

OK the Fedex A300 question has already been answered. It's a scheduled flight, it parks on stand at pier B when there is no stands available at the cargo ramp it reduces the distance that cargo has to be moved from the cargo area to the aircraft.

The DFB ambulance will be at the airport when the DAA's ambulance is already tasked to something else, this by the way is also NOT unusual especially when there is so many people in one place i.e. the airport and you have to go to a busy hospital like Beaumont where the crew won't be allowed leave till their patient has been admitted and they won't leave till they have got their equipment back or a replacement which there may not be so they will ask the DFB for cover till they are back on the airport.

lord lucan

DFB are also mandated to respond to emergencies and fire alarm activations at DUB. This was a result of the Dusseldorf fire in '96 when local fire crews weren't summoned for nearly 30 minutes after the fire started.

APM

Have no idea what happened in this case but dealing with cargo can be quite hazardous, could very easily happened that one of the 10-12 guys onloading/offloading the freight got injured and needed to go to hospital

Madpaddy79

CaptainSkidmark wrote: »

i seen a FedEX A300(?) parked at a gate earlier and i seen a Dublin fire brigade Ambulance exiting the airfield with the lights flashing..... would it be wrong to assume one of the crew became sick during flight?

I probably am wrong though so thats why im asking

How on earth did you come to that conclusion? Ambulances come and go 24/7 at the airport. An fx a/c related to ambulance leaving the airport. Did u see it at the a/c? Very confused!