Low flying plane over Dublin last night

fletch · 21-09-2007 08:28AM #1

I was in Clondalkin last night and a plane flew over. It was so low and banking quite heavily(looked to be in trouble). Did anyone else see it?

faceman · 21-09-2007 08:31AM

i was all wrapped up in the safety of my bed so i didnt say it. I doubt it was much to worry about.

although a friend of mine has a quite senior role in the airport and he says some stories. He said that you dont hear all the tales in the papers! :eek:

i reckon this thread will be moved to the dublin forum within 7 posts!

Cormster · 21-09-2007 09:33AM

I didn't see it myself but perhaps it had some connection to the troop movements around Dublin reported over the last few days on boards? Over the last fortnight I have noticed a lot of helicopters flying in formation over the Kingswood slip road from the N7 - maybe tied in to this?

Although when I was based in Clondalkin (woodford estate) over the summer, there appeared to be a lot of air traffic. I suspect alot of it was to Baldonnell.

johnnyrotten · 21-09-2007 09:36AM

Ufo

How Strange · 21-09-2007 09:38AM

I live in this area too and there is always alot of air traffic. The helicopters are a regular feature; sometimes its the gardai and other times I think they are private. Also, I regularly hear low flying planes and you wonder sometimes if they are in trouble. They are very noisy.

Did you hear about the plane almost flying into the hotel in Ballymun last month? The pilot mistook the red light on top of the hotel for the runway. Scary stuff.

Dyr · 21-09-2007 09:49AM

Still, building a big f**k off tower beside an airport is just asking for trouble

phasers · 21-09-2007 09:59AM

I've tuned it out

there's always garda helicopters or planes coming to or from baldonnel

air traffic, road traffic, tons of new buildings being built

Clondalkin is such a hole now

flanzer · 21-09-2007 10:04AM

What time was it at approx? I heard something alright but on the northside!

Fratton Fred · 21-09-2007 10:09AM

We had one fly very low over Dun Laoghaire yesterday morning, I think sometimes it is just the pilots taking a shortcut or jumping the queue.

Degsy · 21-09-2007 10:10AM

Its the beginning of the Irish Army's version of Operation Citadel,i tells ya.

AlmightyCushion · 21-09-2007 10:10AM

Twas the lizard people I tells ya.

Lump · 21-09-2007 10:11AM

How Strange wrote:

I live in this area too and there is always alot of air traffic. The helicopters are a regular feature; sometimes its the gardai and other times I think they are private. Also, I regularly hear low flying planes and you wonder sometimes if they are in trouble. They are very noisy.

Did you hear about the plane almost flying into the hotel in Ballymun last month? The pilot mistook the red light on top of the hotel for the runway. Scary stuff.

Stop Press! Planes are noisy???!?!?!?!??! Who'd have thought

Bex81 · 21-09-2007 10:17AM

I was driving through Clare a few weeks ago and I saw a plane that seemed to be goin straight down fast. The trailing white line (exhaust fumes or something I guess

) was completely vertical. I was convinced there was gonna be a big crash but nothing happened.
Any explainations?

robinph · 21-09-2007 10:17AM

faceman wrote:

i reckon this thread will be moved to the dublin forum within 7 posts!

Afterhours is the Dublin forum isn't it?

Drummerboy2 · 21-09-2007 10:18AM

Brother was out walking his dog at about 12 at night when he saw the plane in Santry about a month ago. It was just over the houses, he couldn't believe it. Like the earlier poster said, it mistook a new highrise hotel in the Santry area as the runway.

Jesus Wept · 21-09-2007 10:19AM

phasers wrote:

I've tuned it out

there's always garda helicopters or planes coming to or from baldonnel

air traffic, road traffic, tons of new buildings being built

Clondalkin is such a hole now

Are you there?

Most areas of Clondalkin are grand, no problems whatsoever.

The only problem I encounter is there is a constant broken glass the last 2 months on the ground around the estate I live in, it's really annoying. It's likely a very small bunch of repeat offenders. :mad:

fletch wrote:

I was in Clondalkin last night and a plane flew over. It was so low and banking quite heavily(looked to be in trouble). Did anyone else see it?

Once in a while I hear one quite low, a couple of times they were loud enough that I had a peak out the window to see if they were about to crash.

21-09-2007 10:24AM

What a disappointment! I thought the Rig was going to admit to flying below radar smuggling in knockoff frozen Big Macs to fill his frig for midnight snacks.

the_syco · 21-09-2007 10:27AM

Low flying plane over Clondalkin sounds like a drop, tbh.

zuutroy · 21-09-2007 10:30AM

Clondalkin is on an approach pattern for the easterly runway IIRC, right about where they make a sharp right. Generally there's not much difference in height from one approach to another either. Sometimes on a cold night, it can seem that they're lower because the noise is amplified.

zuutroy · 21-09-2007 10:32AM

How Strange wrote:

The pilot mistook the red light on top of the hotel for the runway. Scary stuff.

Where on earth did you hear this?

Drummerboy2 · 21-09-2007 10:35AM

zuutroy wrote:

Where on earth did you hear this?

It was reported in the Evening Herald and they stated that the authorites said that all pilots will be made aware of this in the future.

seamus · 21-09-2007 10:35AM

zuutroy wrote:

Clondalkin is on an approach pattern for the easterly runway IIRC, right about where they make a sharp right. Generally there's not much difference in height from one approach to another either. Sometimes on a cold night, it can seem that they're lower because the noise is amplified.

Yep. It's also likely to have been going to baldonnell. If you're playing golf in Grange Castle, you'll often see small private aircaft banking and weaving very low over the course, probably at 400/500m.

I'm surprised it got out of Clondalkin with its engines intact.

Sam Vimes · 21-09-2007 10:40AM

zuutroy wrote:

Where on earth did you hear this?

i heard it on the news

parliament · 21-09-2007 10:47AM

zuutroy wrote:

Where on earth did you hear this?

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0919/air.html

robinph · 21-09-2007 10:48AM

Here's a big low flying plane:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX-_4RqJeNk

the_syco · 21-09-2007 10:56AM

seamus wrote:

If you're playing golf in Grange Castle, you'll often see small private aircaft banking and weaving very low over the course, probably at 400/500m.

Often planes practise "stalling" over golf courses, as if sh|t hits the fan, then can land OK.

zuutroy · 21-09-2007 10:57AM

parliament wrote:

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0919/air.html

Ah now I get it...I was thinking in terms of the other runway...

zuutroy · 21-09-2007 10:59AM

robinph wrote:

Here's a big low flying plane:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX-_4RqJeNk

Every seen St. Maarten....now THIS is low....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAfQwDizpRo

faceman · 21-09-2007 10:59AM

maybe the earths gravitational pull is stronger over clondalkin???

Jesus Wept · 21-09-2007 11:10AM

faceman wrote:

maybe the earths gravitational pull is stronger over clondalkin???

It's the Lizard Leader Capital of the world.
Their strange experiments and offerings to their gods have affected the gravitational pull of the area.

But they are fairly quite and keep to themselves, so we don't mind.

Mint Sauce · 21-09-2007 11:50AM

seen the same story in the papers in the week, the two red lights on the tower roof, were mistaken for the runway approach lights, piliot seen them, started making his landing approach, realised it wasn't the runway

not meaning to go of topic but some has just asked todayfms ray darcy why half a dozen air corps helecopters have just been seen heading off towards wales, startimg to think are all these stories linked

mmmmmm

Low flying plane over Dublin last night

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