Re: Another Airbus down ....

Yeti wrote:
> Walt Davidson wrote:
>> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:20:55 +0100, Yeti <yeti@ayrshore.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Jim GM4DHJ ...at home wrote:
>>>> ANOTHER airbus down in the Indian Ocean 150 lost .... how many more
must die
>>>> before they are all grounded ? ......
>>>>
>>>>
>>> A Yemeni A310, landing in bad weather.
>> Are you saying the weather has to be good for Airbuses to land safely?
>>
>> I remember a few years ago landing at Heraklion in an Airbus 310 in a
>> strong crosswind.  The aircraft did a 50 ft (estimated) one-wheeled
>> bounce, which put my back out, before stopping near the end of the
>> runway with full braking and reverse thrust applied.
>>
>> 73 de Wlat
>>
>
> I'm saying that:
>
> a) Yemeni Airlines will probably have a worse maintenance record than
> we're used to.

And in fact the aircraft concerned has been inspected and a lot of
faults found, the airline concerned is on the point of being banned from
flying into European airspace apparently.

>
> b) The strength of the winds there, as reported, are worse than the
> strongest wind than is even available to land in in a simulator.
>
> and I'm adding:
>
> c) I'm sure there was another crash at this airport in bad weather
> previously as well.
>
> You'd struggle to land any large airliner safely in a 38 knot crosswind.

A quick look at PPRUNE this morning revealed that the landing in the
Comoros is very tricky and the local terrain can cause very odd
conditions such as a tailwind from both ends of the runway
simultaneously. Some airlines such as South African Airways only allow
landings there in daylight, this flight crashed in darkness. Some
comments about the airport describe it as a "black hole" approach, with
very few lights on the ground that provide the flight crew with a
positional reference when flying manually, and lots of potential for
disorientation.

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Brian
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