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rikur_ wrote:
CherokeePete wrote:Probably time we stopped them flying into Manchester, same as they aren't allowed into London.

Must be at least 20 years ago, so not necessarily relevant now ... but in my time at Manchester we had at least one occasion where the PIA 747 was 'declined' a 06 take-off.
The previous few days' flights had limped into the air from 24 around (the then) link echo. That day we were using 06 with a marginal headwind. 06 is uphill, and climb out over the city. What started as a bit of banter 'where do you think he'll get airborne by' turned in genuine concern. Confidence was not helped with some issues with departure clearance and push back instructions. The final straw was airfield ops spotting that the 747 was venting fuel during taxi out, which just got a blase response from the crew when ATC notified them. A bit of delaying tactics, a runway inspection, a slot problem, and swap round to using 24.


I remember seeing them use rwy 06 and it got airborne close to the end of the runway with the engine thrust damaging some of the lead in lights for rwy 24
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