cowoman Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Hello,I have just been sent these pictures.I dont know if they are real...Was this a real incident???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowoman Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 sorry...pictureshttp://www.francoflyers.org/2008/03/limoges-airport.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridgeman Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 What pictures?NO pic's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridgeman Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Pic's ok nowI believe this did happen see the ryanair web site it closed the airport for a day or two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEO Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 [quote user="cowoman"]sorry...pictureshttp://www.francoflyers.org/2008/03/limoges-airport.html[/quote]A new meaning of, "one for the ditch" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowoman Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 Just realised its April 1st.It must be an April fools day joke......................................I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Not a joke, it happened a couple of weeks back, well before April 1st, when a Ryanair 737 went off the end of the Runway at Limoges and closed the airport for a while ( The airport closure was the subject of another very brief thread). The good news was it was a low speed overrun, the passengers were evacuated, no-one was seriously injured and the aircraft damage was minor.http://limousin-poitou-charentes.france3.fr/info/41325619-fr.phpAnd this is a good example of why people should pay attention to the safety briefing - on every flight[:@]. Stefan (09) (edited to add: I'm not suprised you weren't sure if it really happened - it barely registered on the radar here in France, and only seemed to make the specialist aviation websites elsewhere. If they had gone off the end at Liverpool or elsewhere in the UK I'm sure Sky's helicopter would have been hovering over the site for days..welll perhaps not.. and we would still be being bored rigid with passengers telling of neardeath experiences[:)] ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 And lets not forget the pilot who undoubtedly would have been feted as a "hero", ignoring the very real probability that he screwed it up in the fist place......[:D]Ryanair press release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 ErnieY..I have yet to see any findings of any inquiry but you seem quite keen to apportion blame. Yes it could have been an handling error by the crew. It also have been ATC passing an incorrect surface wind or runway state, or a problem with the braking action on a recently resurfaced runway or a whole host of other things such as brake failure...lets wait and see. Oh and by the way, it's pilots plural, on most airliners, not pilot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chezstevens Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Stefan,Hear Hear. The industry spends millions promoting CRM (Crew Resource Management) plus lessons learnt. The incident could have been caused by any number of variables (including language barriers).regardsVern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 You might be interested in this.http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=319188 Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 HoddyAh I wondered how long it would be before there was a link to that forum ........ despite the forum's full name (Professional Pilots Rumour Network) many of the posters have got no further in their flying careers than MS Flight Sim, so don't rely on it as a source of definitive info on the Limoge Incident...VernHi, Thanks for your support, I shall wear etc, etc. Regards & Happy Landings Stefan (09) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 At least the link provided a laugh......The post that refers to Ryan Air charging £5 a head to use the escape slide and the first passengers having to come up with £80...£5 plus £75 for taxes and charges and the last ones charged £600 to escape Then the additional charges for the walk to the terminal building as the aircraft had ended up closer than normal was funny .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Chris Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 You may laugh, but it's only a matter of time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Lighten up guys, it was just a sarcastic adjunct to your scarcastic edit about Sky coverage [8-|]I most certainly hope that "language barriers" were NOT a contributory factor....[:-))]Maybe someone who's French reading skills are better than my own can glean some further info from THIS site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 ErnieYDespite your hope's the "language barrier" certainly has led to fatalities in French Airspace in the past. One of the contributory causes to the accident I've linked to below (at CDG) was the use of two languages. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20000525-1 Thanks for the other site but it doesn't add anything - we already know from Met reports that the weather was wet and windy, aircraft off the end, slides etc. The eyewitness opinions, and guesses, such as the aircraft landing unusually fast, will either be proved or not by the Flight Data Recorder...which will have been examined.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Chris Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 ErnieY, you may have misinterpreted my "only a matter of time" comment - it was meant as a tongue-in-cheek reference to Ryanair possibly charging for their "additional" services...Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoverfrog Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 my (ex) OH was on the plane, and I was there to meet him.It did come in a bit quick, then effectively aquaplaned off the end of the runway. It ended up the furthest from the terminal building that it could be and they all had to walk back in torrential rain!There were TV crews there, dozens of pompiers, and absolute chaos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Anyway....do you think we've answered cowoman's original question..?.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Not really, I've always thought of Ryanscare as 'the airline that can't afford to crash'(rapidly ducks from the next salvo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 [quote user="Stefan"]Not a joke, it happened a couple of weeks back, well before April 1st, when a Ryanair 737 went off the end of the Runway at Limoges and closed the airport for a while ( The airport closure was the subject of another very brief thread). The good news was it was a low speed overrun, the passengers were evacuated, no-one was seriously injured and the aircraft damage was minor.http://limousin-poitou-charentes.france3.fr/info/41325619-fr.phpAnd this is a good example of why people should pay attention to the safety briefing - on every flight[:@]. Stefan (09) (edited to add: I'm not suprised you weren't sure if it really happened - it barely registered on the radar here in France, and only seemed to make the specialist aviation websites elsewhere. If they had gone off the end at Liverpool or elsewhere in the UK I'm sure Sky's helicopter would have been hovering over the site for days..welll perhaps not.. and we would still be being bored rigid with passengers telling of neardeath experiences[:)] )[/quote]Stefan, it did make the headlines, I read about it in Sud-Ouest newspaper and it was mentioned on French radio news bulletins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 CendrillonThanks for setting me straight - didn't make a splash (!) down here (09), but then not much does [:)] .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 StefanI heard and read about it when I was in the Charente-Maritime (17) so closer to the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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