Virgin Atlantic gets flat tire

[foss]

at Crown Point International...

they currently have the runway lock down to get plane off...

source? NO

[story added]

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, Friday August 12, 2011

The ANR Robinson International Airport in Tobago was closed last night and an investigation launched after a Virgin Atlantic aircraft entered a closed section of the taxiway and blew a tyre.

None of the 452 passengers and 16 crew members on board the flight, VS 52, was hurt in the mishap.

The accident occurred around 7:25 pm when the Boeing 747-400, which was about to depart for Gatwick, London, entered a section of the airport that was undergoing repairs and closed for construction. The plane was immobilized as a result.

“The Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (AATT) immediately activated its emergency plan. The Fire Service responded and all relevant stakeholders were alerted,” a statement from the government said.

“There are no reported injuries. AATT organized the shuttling of passengers from the aircraft to the terminal.”

The area of the runway had been closed to facilitate paving and rehabilitation works and the statement said the closed taxiway was appropriately marked and lit.

A team from the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority is conducting investigations to determine the cause of the incident and efforts last night to remove the aircraft were being coordinated with Virgin Atlantic and AATT engineers.

Four Caribbean Airlines flights were cancelled as a result of the closure of the airport.

The Ministry of Transport said contingency plans were in place to accommodate passengers who were displaced as a result of the incident.

"For the travelling public between Trinidad and Tobago, contingency plans are being put in place by the relevant authorities to ensure that travel between the two islands continues to be facilitated," it added in a release.

The ministry said the Inter Island Ferry was also committed to filling any void.

Last night's incident was the second aviation mishap in the Caribbean in two weeks, following the Caribbean Airlines plane crash at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana on July 30.

There were no fatalities but some injuries, a few of them serious, when the plane carrying 163 passengers and crew overshot the runway, broke through the airport perimeter fence and split in two.

[hustla_ambition101]

soss??

[K74T]

IBMISHI

[foss]

NO sauce...

happened while taking off apparently..

foss news reporting.

[zoom rader]

I sure is them Penal people pelting bottle on the runway

[Mark!]

is jus me or tuner pages on the fritz???

[r3iXmann]

the plane canna crass it?

[Sky]

Lmin in the store bay area right now. Saw it land earlier. Then heard the loud pop. And for the last 30 mins or so a plane park up at the beginning of the runway waiting to take off I'm guessing.

[zcarz]

rubber buss.. plane not a virgin again

[foss]

rubber buss.. plane not a virgin again

tee hee

[Sky]

Plane still on the runway makin ole noise. Common sense now hit me and i think that could be the virgin plane self.

[foss]

Plane still on the runway makin ole noise. Common sense now hit me and i think that could be the virgin plane self.

thats what i said...

[r3iXmann]

ok so the rubbers buss and the virgin plane laying on the runway making noise

[K74T]

lolll

[sharkman121]

[ronsin1]

the plane canna crass it?

if the plane canna crass it it, the bus canna crass it what will we do

[DFC]

aeroplanes dont need tires.

ent it is supposed to just fly?

[Sky]

Still parked up idling.

[ronsin1]

well it look like somebody spray the plane with Baygon cuz them thing dropping like fly

[zcarz]

this is why i've lobbied on many a international forum for VTOL to become a part of civil aviation...

[Bizzare]

rubber buss.. plane not a virgin again

tee hee

[Sky]

Only update is that the plane still idling, and no plane landed since. Imagine if they were going to fast to stop when it happened. Take off idmc. Ans imagine how bummy those passengers are right now. Like they waiting on a tire from t'dad yes. Will post again when they leave, or atleast turn off the engines.

[DFC]

Rambort in Debe have tires for them plane.

they should check him...he will give ah bess deal.

[Zim]

[stev]

red jet wukkin obeah again on d other airlines...

[Zim]

nt 2 long hear it on radio, daz somn else yes....

[Rallyfignis]

this is why i've lobbied on many a international forum for VTOL to become a part of civil aviation...

You so smart...tell me moar...

[Sky]

if dey turn off de engine know how hot in there gonna get

In there gonna get hot anyway, because they hadda take off the ac belt from the engine to reach the landing gear and change the tire.

[foss]

this is why i've lobbied on many a international forum for VTOL to become a part of civil aviation...

not sure if srs or lulz worthy.

[r3iXmann]

if dey turn off de engine know how hot in there gonna get

In there gonna get hot anyway, because they hadda take off the ac belt from the engine to reach the landing gear and change the tire.

That's only if the gumshum valve is stuck open. Otherwise, they can just disable the vertical lift generation bypass and access the tyre from the footwell