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MichalRehacek Says:

Oct 28, 2009 - 1:53: AC: Approach good morning Thomson 263H, maintaining altitude 3.500ft inbound towards Wallasey APP: Thomson 263H Manchester Approach roger Mayday, squawk 7700 AC: Squawking 7700. To reiterate our intentions we are heading towards the hold at Wallasey. We would like to take the hold[?] 03L to prepare for returning to Manchester 06R APP: Thomson 263H roger, just continue own navigation as required, maintain 3500 feet, QNH is 1023mb AC: Understood QNH is 1023 Mayday Thomson 263H

MichalRehacek Says:

Oct 28, 2009 - The piece with Fire bridage at 6:32: Man Fire 4: Man Fire 4 TWR: Man Fire 4, Tower Man Fire 4: [?] where the aircraft holds, where he is now, gonna have a quick look before he proceeds, over TWR: Thomson 263H, just confirm you have your brakes on A/C: Affirm, Thomson 263H

MichalRehacek Says:

Oct 28, 2009 - 2:58: APP: Thomson 263 Hotel, Roger, and the Liverpool airport is still available to you. The landing distance available there is 2225 meters and [???] if you wish. (I wasn't able to decode the few seconds from 3:06 due to the interference, sorry... )

TheDonBearo Says:

Oct 28, 2009 - The fire truck 154 was just saying to 263H to stay in position 'hold', until they cheak it over before they proceed to the stand.

AndysMagic1959 Says:

Oct 30, 2009 - At 1.52. "Approach. Good morning, Mayday thomson 263hotel...." GOOD MORNING! How Cool are they!

ciaphus123 Says:

Nov 1, 2009 - "Q H on the 1023 millibars" Ive no idea what that means, any ideas please?

Thx40 Says:

Nov 1, 2009 - QNH, is one of the 'Q' codes. This one is Nautical Height: pressure setting above sea level. This is the datum all aircraft set their altimeters to so as to be synchronised to one another. ATC advise them when it changes.

ciaphus123 Says:

Nov 2, 2009 - Thankyou for the helpful explanation thx 40

kemalmstf Says:

Nov 3, 2009 - I was wondering,cant they put some kind of a thin screen in front of the engines to prevent any Bird from being sucked in?

MichalRehacek Says:

Nov 4, 2009 - The screen would only create more problems than it would solve. The screen would have to be strong (and heavy) enough to withstand the forces created by the airflow and the forces of possible impact. The screen would have to be small enough not to disrupt airflow significantly. If the screen broke during impact, you would not have both a bird and the screen (made from much stiffer matrial than bird) damaging the engine.

MichalRehacek Says:

Nov 4, 2009 - Actually, current-day turbo fan engines do have one level of protection similar to the proposed screen. A foreign object hits the front-most fan and will cause some damage to the blades. But then the centrifugal forces acting on the foreign object will make it move close to the outer casing of the engine, making most of the debris (especially the large and heavy pieces) bypass the sensitive high pressure compressor in the center of the engine, thus minimizing the damage.

MickeyCBR1100XX Says:

Nov 6, 2009 - cool and polite as hell. Awesome :-)

RideTheLiightning Says:

Nov 9, 2009 - A screen that would block airflow? Air that is needed to take off?

ciaphus123 Says:

Nov 10, 2009 - Forgive me, another stupid question, So when the initial mayday is sent by the pilot, the TFC replies saying all runways available and the wind is 5 knots, What is happening in the tower, does he (the ATC)hit a big red button with Panic on it, what happens to all the other planes due to land, where can they go? On the radar does his image change colour, or is that only on the movies? Apologies if this seems simple but i really have no idea, thanks

BigCockvanHugenDong Says:

Nov 10, 2009 - I think ATC tells the planes on runways to exit, as they still have sometime before this 757 can turn around to land

MichalRehacek Says:

Nov 11, 2009 - When an aircraft declares emergency, ATC switches to distress operation. Aircraft in emergency has the right of way over any other aircraft. This means that ATC will get everything out of their way; this is why the captain keeps informing ATC about their intentions all the time. This includes asking other airplanes to hold (flying in circles over a specific spot). All planes must carry extra fuel to allow them to hold and reach an alternate airport.

MichalRehacek Says:

Nov 11, 2009 - If possible, normal traffic can continue on independent runways not required for the emergency. You can see another airplane taking off from 06L close to the end of the clip. When the Turkish Airlines plane crashed on approach to 18R in Amsterdam a few months ago, the airport became closed even though they have six runways. The airspace was needed to map the situation and to allow emergency helicopters to reach the crash site. Other airplanes had to divert, mostly to Rotterdam.

MichalRehacek Says:

Nov 11, 2009 - Emergency workers on the ground are notified. This may include ambulances and fire brigade from outside the airport and even hospitals the vicinity of the airport may be asked to be on standby. The workers will start preparing for the emergency, e.g. get to position close to the runway that the aircraft would be landing on.

MichalRehacek Says:

Nov 11, 2009 - The aircraft's representation on the ATC radar changes when the airplane changes their transponder code to 7700 (or a few other codes). This is why the approach controller asks them to squawk 7700.

MichalRehacek Says:

Nov 11, 2009 - And the only stupid question is a question not asked. So feel free to ask more! I'll do my best to respond, as will other people.

ciaphus123 Says:

Nov 12, 2009 - Thankyou Michal, very interesting how it all works out.

x9ppqctr Says:

Nov 13, 2009 - my god

aznboiiix3 Says:

Nov 13, 2009 - wow...gud job 2 the pilots. :) the plane looks awesome :) its so shiny lol i luv the 757. its so cool. :) cool vid dude. nice job :]

101anderman Says:

Nov 16, 2009 - Great European Pilot love em, eh?

AstroChickenII Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - poor bird