Dave Spencer Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoWS_SHe4gU 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 We were watching SKY News via satelite and didn't they half lay it on thick. More sensationalism than true reporting but then, that's Sky. Great work by the crew to bring the and aircraft back safely, then isn't that what they train for. Th emain thing is there wasn't any loss of life. JMTPW. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgbn Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Only one thing I don't understand is why all the emergency vehicles wasn't ready at the prober end of the runway? Time is everything when something goes wrong. The aircraft did circle for quite some time before making the emergency landing. Luckily the gear didn't collapse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Only one thing I don't understand is why all the emergency vehicles wasn't ready at the prober end of the runway? Time is everything when something goes wrong. The aircraft did circle for quite some time before making the emergency landing. Luckily the gear didn't collapse. Hi Henrik. I think it might (tongue firmly in cheek) that the one leg decided to go up and the rest were in a different trade union. Just to look at it in a totally light heated way. Yes it did seem that the emergency vehicles were behind the event but maybe that is so they are not in the way of the landing should anything go wrong. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Leans a bit to starboard. Very nice landing with a heavy jet on only 75% of the main gear. I wonder if there was a fault which stopped the gear lowering or whether the crew could select to keep one leg up as lowering it could have caused a bigger problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgbn Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 You might be right, just seemed a little odd to see all those what appears to be ambulances driving through the picture in the other end of the runway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Spencer Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Number three engine came close to scraping its cowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flankerman Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 As Gatwick has only one main runway - how long was it blocked before the plane was removed ?? Was it able to taxi under its own power and clear the runway - or were there lots of diversions ??? Great video BTW - and congrats to the crew for pulling it off. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Only one thing I don't understand is why all the emergency vehicles wasn't ready at the prober end of the runway? Time is everything when something goes wrong. The aircraft did circle for quite some time before making the emergency landing. Luckily the gear didn't collapse. well, I assume you don't want the aircraft to smack into the emergency vehicles, if the brakes wouln't work too... so, it's safer to approach the aircraft from behind, and leave your assets out of a potential hazard zone. Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 SOP to follow an emergency landing rather than be part of it. The 747 is designed to be able to land on any 2 main units. Helps if they are not both on the same side. I can't get the footage to play either here or on BBC News. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpie Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Excellent landing in tricky conditions. Whilst a 747 can land with as bentwaters81tfw says up to two MLG out it takes real skill to prevent the problem escalating into a worse situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryrussell Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 There used to be a pic of a MK 747 landing at Manston on just two matched mains. The pics was used a few times without comment as if no one actually noticed at the time. Certainly did appear to be a 'incident, in those pre FR24 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Followed the flight from when it first crossed the Cornish coast to dump fuel and then its return to LGW on FR24 and Planefinder. Long before the media got hold of it. But yes, excellent airmanship by the crew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I was surprised the pilot didn't try and hold it off a little and touch down gently. It seems to descend straight down onto the runway, hit quite heavily and bounce back up into the air! Still, the other landings looked fine 'Any landing you can walk away from is a good one' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rogers Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Three of the four main wheels were OK, the furthest starboard wheel wouldn't lower fully, so it tipped onto the starboard wing as it slowed down. Runway was closed for around four hours, opened again at 2000hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrain Safe Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 The fire and rescue teams are usually split up, some at the landing threshold and the rest about 2/3 of the way down the runway. This is to cover the worst scenario, crashing on touchdown, and to meet it when it stops. Basically in many respects a bit of a non-event, all the training worked, and everybody walked away. The reason the aircraft didn't taxy off the runway is landing with one MLG leg missing is unavoidable. Taxying isn't and the risk of moving the aircraft, especially after some tyres blew, was too great. Better to land, stop, evacuate and then lift it up and tow off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgbn Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 That's explain a lot. Thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feldr Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 747.. my preferred long hauler.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flankerman Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Three of the four main wheels were OK, the furthest starboard wheel wouldn't lower fully, so it tipped onto the starboard wing as it slowed down. Runway was closed for around four hours, opened again at 2000hrs. So - lots of diversions for other flights then ??? - and it must have stopped departures as well. I'm picking my family up from Gatwick next week and it got me thinking if that happened then, where would they divert to ?? Heathrow ? Stansted?? Manchester ?? Just thinking of all those families having to make last minute changes to their schedules etc. think of being in the arrivals hall and being told that your arriving flight was now going elswhere !!! Must be chaos - happily no lives were lost, but lots of disruption I imagine. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rogers Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Yes, lots of disruption. Made the mistake of going landside via the reclaim hall at 11pm, lots of unhappy people. You do feel for them but the airlines will always protect the next days first rotation. I think diverts depend on the time of day, day of the week etc, no reason to think there'll be a problem though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Wilson Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Good job by all involved. Interested in the comments about disrupted pax etc. Just shows you how people accept air travel these days instead of being a bit surprised that travelling at 35,000' and M0.8 in a pressurised coke tin works at all. I've had the odd flight when there have been delays. I was on a jet in August and the push back driver drove into the nosewheel which caused a two and a half hour delay. I'm of the 'these things happen' frame of mind but the guy next to me was fuming because he was going to miss a meeting. I suggested that maybe we ought to petition the captain to ignore the fact that we now have no nosewheel and try for a take off anyway. He didn't get it. I sometimes wonder if I'm on the same planet as other people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 wheof !!! The pilot landed well and safely... The Emergency services were quick ...wow ...good job... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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