Hara-kiri for the Captain... Although I give him full credit for being deaf to the repeated pointed questioning by ATC. Pleading the 5th...
Sent by an old friend...
A Jetstar Japan Airbus A320-200, registration JA13JJ performing flight GK-40 from Manila (Philippines) to Tokyo Narita (Japan) with 140 people on board, had taxied for departure from runway 13 via taxiway D, entered runway 13 for backtracking via taxiway F1, backtracked runway 13 and was turning around 180 degrees to line runway 13 up when nose and right main gear went off the runway and became stuck in soft ground. The passengers disembarked onto the runway and were bussed to the terminal.
The runway needed to be closed until the aircraft was pulled back onto paved surface about 8 hours later.
The airport reported the aircraft was maneouvering for takeoff from runway 13 and performing a 180 degrees turn when nose and right main gear went off paved surface.
I recall the first time I appreciated pilots don't read NOTAMs was my first trip to Gibraltar. It was my final nav training trip so read everything possible. The flight was delayed for weather. Anyway on arrival come the dawn I announced the weather and runway to be told it was 26 not 27. Of course the pilot had missed the runway change because of the variety change.
Looking at the state of the nose gear I guess he tried to give it a bit of welly and gave it the shimmy Jimmy! One has to question why it sank that far mind, but then people ask the same of me...
Another compromised career, I guess.
Though you remain
Convinced
"To be alive
You must have somewhere
To go
Your destination remains
Elusive."
A NATO E3A (451) aborted a T.O. too late and went off the end of the runway at GK. Luckily it had been raining for weeks beforehand and it just sank up to its axles, if the ground had been hard it would have gone through the perimeter fence and the 8' concrete fence posts would have torn the wings open.
A NATO E3A (451) aborted a T.O. too late and went off the end of the runway at GK. Luckily it had been raining for weeks beforehand and it just sank up to its axles, if the ground had been hard it would have gone through the perimeter fence and the 8' concrete fence posts would have torn the wings open.
Isn't that why they have the foamed concrete at the ends of some runways, precisely to catch overruns before they get to the fence? Just looking at SJC north end where it's 300ft from what appears to be the end of the runway tarmac to the 101 slip road through the fence. No idea if there's anything to stop an errant aircraft from doing that. Similar at the south end, 300ft through the fence onto 880.
If you put ETNG in to Google Earth you can see how close it came to being a disaster, it went off the eastern end finishing up with just the tail overhanging the tarmac, must have been about 1989-90.
I have always felt for the BA crew that buried their wing in a building at JNB some years back... the aircaft was declared a hull loss I believe.
A statement from the South African Civil Aviation Authority's (SACAA) preliminary report, the B747-400 aircraft was cleared for takeoff on Runway 03L.
It said: 'It was confirmed to the SACAA that the air crew got instructions from the Air Traffic Control to taxi using taxi way B. The crew continued onto taxi way M which is narrower resulting in the aircraft impacting on an office building behind the SAA Technical hangers.
'Four officials (of Bidvest, a South Africa-based distribution services and trading business) who were in the building were injured by the debris. The 17 Crew and 185 passengers who were in the aircraft escaped unharmed and were evacuated from the aircraft through door no. 5.
Though you remain
Convinced
"To be alive
You must have somewhere
To go
Your destination remains
Elusive."
It was a hull write off. BA effectively brought this air-frame to the front of the queue of the B747's that were scheduled for parting out, and the rest were delayed for a while. All done by Bean Counters!
Apparently the taxiway lighting and signage were both 'improved' after the event, even though the inquiry deemed them adequate.
