Flooded Runway Accident at Auckland
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2023 9:02 pm
With another tropical cyclone about to pound the North Island - the previous one has people only now beginning to get to grips with cleaning up the results - ALPA is calling for an enquiry as to whether commercial pressure kept the flooded airport open. That was after Air New Zealand flight NZ124 from Melbourne broke some runway lighting and burst a tyre. After the runway was clear again it should have been very obvious that the airport should have remained closed as the flood waters were rising so fast, but the airport management kept it open. Also, if the runway state had been correctly reported to NZ124, shouldn't it have diverted or been diverted?
ALPA claims that correct runway information was not passed to the incoming flight(s) and if so who should be taken to task by the CAA? Airport management or ATC for causing what may have turned out to be a more serious accident?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/131116 ... g-flooding
ALPA claims that correct runway information was not passed to the incoming flight(s) and if so who should be taken to task by the CAA? Airport management or ATC for causing what may have turned out to be a more serious accident?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/131116 ... g-flooding