Aircraft off the runway at Leeds Bradford

[edwin_m]

Leeds Bradford Airport closed after plane skids off runway in storm

TUI says it is "fully assisting" air crash investigators after a Boeing 737 came off the runway.

www.bbc.co.uk

A holiday jet skidded off a runway as it came in to land amid wet and windy conditions as Storm Babet swept the UK.
The TUI flight from Corfu "moved off the runway whilst landing" at Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) on Friday afternoon, the firm said.
LBA said all passengers had been safely taken off the plane and the airport had closed, with travellers urged to check with airlines before setting off.
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said there were no injuries or fires.

737-8, G-TAWD. Presumably related to the storm conditions. There are more pictures on the onwards links, indicating landing gear extended but partially buried in the earth and possibly damaged, so the engines are nearly or actually scraping on the ground.

 

[thejuggler]

Lunchtime is busy at LBA, many of the early departures arriving back within half an hour. Lots of holds this lunchtime due to weather.

It appears this aircraft was routed to fit in to the circuit to allow a Ryanair arrival which had been holding. The TUI flew over the airport from the south at about 10,000 ft, turned east then south then to the west and north before making the standard approach over the Chevin (which IIRC has a steeper approach angle than standard).

Aircraft appeared to veer left on runway before exiting the tarmac at about 50mph. This may be down to weather, but it may also be down to which exit was planned for. Taxiway D1 is an option (as the Jet2 from Barcelona had taken about half an hour before) rather than going to the end of 14 and tracking back as there was a Ruanair from Palma following within minutes.

Thankfully all off safely and no doubt the incident report will reveal all in a few months time.

 

[pug1]

Lunchtime is busy at LBA, many of the early departures arriving back within half an hour. Lots of holds this lunchtime due to weather.

It appears this aircraft was routed to fit in to the circuit to allow a Ryanair arrival which had been holding. The TUI flew over the airport from the south at about 10,000 ft, turned east then south then to the west and north before making the standard approach over the Chevin (which IIRC has a steeper approach angle than standard).

Aircraft appeared to veer left on runway before exiting the tarmac at about 50mph. This may be down to weather, but it may also be down to which exit was planned for. Taxiway D1 is an option (as the Jet2 from Barcelona had taken about half an hour before) rather than going to the end of 14 and tracking back as there was a Ruanair from Palma following within minutes.

Thankfully all off safely and no doubt the incident report will reveal all in a few months time.

In situations like this it really is best not to speculate, but you do raise an interesting point. If the aircraft was keen to vacate at D1, any speed faster than normal turning speed (about 10K kts I think) would put pressure on the tyre walls. In weather such as todays, it is certainly possible that the aircraft aqua planed. It’s also possible that the gusty conditions caused a microburst-like effect just prior to touchdown which can make the landing hard and, if there is bank on it could cause damage to the main wheels.

Of course all of this is conjecture and it’s always best to wait til the authorities have completed their investigations. So with the happy news that there were no injuries, my thoughts are with the flight deck crew who I know will be going through a very tough time at the moment.

 

[gabrielhj07]

Images from WhatsApp.

Will certainly be a long day trying to move that out.

 

[westcoaster]

Images from WhatsApp.

Will certainly be a long day trying to move that out.

Reported as removed already, airport reopen.

 

[gabrielhj07]

LBA open again at 1130.

 

[cav1975]

How do they recover a plane from a situation like that?

 

[Lost property]

How do they recover a plane from a situation like that?

There are quite a few options.

A couple of strops / cranes, co-ordinate lift and plonk on solid ground. At least they will have a good idea of the A.U.W

You can dig a "road " behind the main u/c, lay some PSP, connect the u/c to a couple of tractors with strops and pull...this worked quite well at Wellesbourne last year when the Vulcan decided it wanted to go sight seeing in Stratford upon Avon.

You can also use air bags to break the " stiction"... before lifting / pulling.

Some use of a shovel may be required.

For many years, the RAF had it's own crash recovery kits on their airfields, which worked quite well, including a bit of kit called a "trac jack ", basically a flat top with tank tracks underneath. A "work of engineering " worthy of a place in the Science Museum.

Now the real " fun " starts with the detailed inspections

 

[cav1975]

Thanks, any of those methods sound challenging.

 

[Lost property]

Thanks, any of those methods sound challenging.

Every recovery can be "challenging " in that there may be similarities to others, but, all are unique. The problems usually begin with humans such as the Eng.O on a Sqdn in Germany who saw such an incident as a "career opportunity "....TEN months after his interference / incompetence, the aircraft was finally repaired albeit he only initiated the delay other idiots happily compounded it .

In this case, it appears a track was laid, in front of the aircraft and three heavy duty road recovery trucks pulled it of the grass, onto the runway and it was towed away thereafter. This should make for an interesting episode of "Trucking Hell ", assuming the commentary is kept to the dire minimum..which it probably won't be.

In the meantime, no doubt a "top spotter" who will have already solved the incident with his mates, will duly post on Y T " Amazing / Awesome take off of crashed jet at Leeds ! "....when it eventually flies out.