smoke cloud at eidw today

Carawaystick

This afternoon, about 15:15, there was a sudden large cloud of black smoke from the vicinity of Jets nightclub, I was at the lay-by on the road parallel to runway28 near the GAA pitches.

The smoke dissipated after about 8 or 9 minutes. A ryanair plane was held up at the threshold before taking off for a couple of minutes

Any ideas as to this?

stopthepanic

Then fire service were using the simulator at the rear of the fire station at that time.

Delancey

Dear God , don't tell me Jets nightclub is still up and running ??!!
Rough 'oul sh1thole as I recall.......

An Udaras

Haha it sure was and many of its punters ending up on the wrong side of the fence with the Joeys having to care for them

Carawaystick

There was about a 12min gap before this where there were no takeoffs or landings, would it not have been better to do it then?
Or is it 'cos a take off is inherently safer as you start with a stopped plane?

stopthepanic

Carawaystick wrote: »

There was about a 12min gap before this where there were no takeoffs or landings, would it not have been better to do it then?
Or is it 'cos a take off is inherently safer as you start with a stopped plane?

Visibility at the threshold of the runway would not have affected operations. The smoke, while present, has mostly dissipated by then, todays aircraft can land and take off in much worse conditions.