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Emergency at Belfast

  • 07-02-2012 11:11AM
    #1
    flanzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭


    Don't know how serious it is but there's a Thomas Cook circling around Lough Neagh for the last half hour burning off fuel (TCX24MR).

    Hope everything works out

    http://www.flightradar24.com/TCX25MR


Comments

  • #2
    Welshman666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭Welshman666


    yeah, i just saw this on the news. Tracking it myself now on flightradar....


  • #3
    Darius.Tr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 613 ✭✭✭Darius.Tr


    I'we been watching this for a while now, any ideas of what happened?


  • #4
    CaptainSkidmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭CaptainSkidmark


    has it landed? cant see it


  • #5
    Welshman666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭Welshman666


    suddenly disappeared...i presume landed? hopefully all safe

    EDIT: news just said landed safely


  • #6
    flanzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭flanzer


    According to Twitter it has landed safely. Thank God


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  • #7
    Darius.Tr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 613 ✭✭✭Darius.Tr


    Yeah i think it landed , the last time i'we seen it, it was at 600 ft.


  • #8
    flanzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭flanzer


    Confirmed by SkyNews, that it has landed safely


  • #9
    Jocry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭Jocry


    Saw on Twitter someone mentioned landing gear problems, thankfully everything ended with good news.


  • #10
    sparrowcar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭sparrowcar


    http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16164822

    Yep down safely


  • #11
    Buffman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Buffman


    Good outcome thankfully.

    16164853.jpg

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  • #12
    bridestream
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭bridestream


    What! No mention of the School and Hospital just missed!

    Wouldn't happen to a Boeing - then it would have been a full scale emergency because the gear would not come down!

    Just kidding (obviously) guys.


  • #13
    lord lucan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,576 ✭✭✭lord lucan


    Looking forward to the "passengers screamed in terror and rang their loved ones to say their goodbyes" headlines in the red tops tomorrow!


  • #14
    Reoil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭Reoil


    Why did the plane return to Belfast International? 30 mins into the fight - surely there were closer airports?


  • #15
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,399 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Reoil wrote: »
    Why did the plane return to Belfast International? 30 mins into the fight - surely there were closer airports?

    Going by the FR24 tracks on the flight, it was nowhere near to 30 mins in to flight, try 5 maybe before it entered that holding pattern


  • #16
    Buffman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Buffman


    Reoil wrote: »
    Why did the plane return to Belfast International? 30 mins into the fight - surely there were closer airports?

    Where did you see 30 mins mentioned?

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  • #17
    scudzilla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,972 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    Can someone answer me this please.

    If this aircraft was 'dumping' fuel, why do it over a lake? Why not over the sea where it would be filtered away a lot easier??


  • #18
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,399 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    scudzilla wrote: »
    Can someone answer me this please.

    If this aircraft was 'dumping' fuel, why do it over a lake? Why not over the sea where it would be filtered away a lot easier??

    It was burning fuel not dumping it. A320 hasn't got a fuel dump.


  • #19
    lord lucan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,576 ✭✭✭lord lucan


    http://avherald.com/h?article=44a7febe&opt=0


  • #20
    Lustrum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 760 ✭✭✭Lustrum


    http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/eadbasic/pamslight-663D11326DE76CFA493CC577763C59EE/7FE5QZZF3FXUS/EN/Charts/AD/AIRAC/EG_AD_2_EGAA_8-8_en_2011-10-20.pdf

    That's the ILS chart for R25 at Aldergrove, presumably he was flying the published hold to burn fuel rather than "dumping" it on purpose over a lake


  • #21
    globemaster1986
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 351 ✭✭globemaster1986


    The ability to dump fuel is usually only available on widebodies. 737 and A320 family aircraft do not have the facility to dump so have to burn it if needs be


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  • #22
    kub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,566 ✭✭✭kub


    So how do the 737's and 320's burn off fuel?

    Do they fly with wheels down and flaps engaged?


  • #23
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,399 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    kub wrote: »
    So how do the 737's and 320's burn off fuel?

    Do they fly with wheels down and flaps engaged?

    Just fly. The other option is to land above the MLW and check the plane for damage.


  • #24
    Reoil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭Reoil


    Buffman wrote: »
    Where did you see 30 mins mentioned?

    On the UTV news here in Northern Ireland.


  • #25
    Reoil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭Reoil


    Lustrum wrote: »
    http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/eadbasic/pamslight-663D11326DE76CFA493CC577763C59EE/7FE5QZZF3FXUS/EN/Charts/AD/AIRAC/EG_AD_2_EGAA_8-8_en_2011-10-20.pdf

    That's the ILS chart for R25 at Aldergrove, presumably he was flying the published hold to burn fuel rather than "dumping" it on purpose over a lake

    Do you have a working link for this?


  • #26
    Su Campu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭Su Campu


    Reoil wrote: »
    Do you have a working link for this?

    You'll need to register for the EAD Basic (free)

    http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/eadcms/eadsite/index.php.html


  • #27
    Skuxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,385 ✭✭✭Skuxx


    globemaster1986 wrote: »
    The ability to dump fuel is usually only available on widebodies. 737 and A320 family aircraft do not have the facility to dump so have to burn it if needs be

    Exactly this, smaller aircraft such as A320 and 737 have no fuel jettison system, large twin engine A/C such as 767 and A330 usually do, how ever it was a customer request when ordering the aircraft.
    Large 3/4 engined planes such as md11 and 747 do have a fuel dumping system.
    The 757 does not because its max take off weight is very similar to its max landing weight, therefore its not required!


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