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Post by vgp on Aug 8, 2008 9:30:59 GMT 12
and this dude didn't bother to check(not that I can talk-look how many times I have double posted items on here) if the survellance camera video or rather gate camera was already posted on YT or ripped it off?: Boeing 737-800 gate 22 mishap. WLG Added: August 01, 2008 (Less info) Wellington Airport gt 22. Up to 50kt plus wind gusts. No park brake set? Virgin pacific. nz.youtube.com/watch?v=B_ivBUd9yuUSlackies post a month prior: Breezy Day at Wellington Airport Added: July 06, 2008 (Less info) Watch the nosewheel of this Boeing 737, and you tell me how windy it was! nz.youtube.com/watch?v=0vdc9Ll8OfM |
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Post by vgp on Aug 8, 2008 12:03:10 GMT 12
the video was just on the midday onenews - although they claim it only 'Just' showed up on the internet - yeah right.
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Post by vgp on Aug 8, 2008 12:09:51 GMT 12
and TV3 midday news with a more accurate description.
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Post by stu on Aug 8, 2008 12:29:27 GMT 12
and TV3 midday news with a more accurate description.
Wellington Airport security footage has turned up on YouTube proving just how strong the capital's winds can blow.
As passengers disembarked from a Pacific Blue flight winds gusting at around 80 kilometres per hour blew the aircraft clear away from the airbridge.
No one was injured and the incident is being investigated by the civil aviation authority.and from TVNZ .... Air bridge mishap being investigatedAug 8, 2008 12:11 PM The Civil Aviation Authority is investigating why a Boeing 737 was blown away from an airbridge at Wellington airport.
It happened in June, but a video of the incident has just surfaced on YouTube.
It's been reported passengers were disembarking the Pacific Blue plane at the time strong winds blew it away, but no-one was hurt.
The video shows ground staff quickly moving away as the 40 tonne aircraft blows away, leaving a large gap between the aircraft and the airbridge, with a three-metre drop to the ground.
CAA spokesman Bill Sommer says if they are satisfied Pacific Blue has identified the cause of the accident and taken steps to ensure it doesn't happen again, it will not go any further.
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Post by stu on Aug 8, 2008 12:40:40 GMT 12
Just goes to show how out of date our news can be .... now everybody's getting in on this " current" story.  www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10525948CAA launches investigation into 'blown away' plane (+video)10:36AM Friday August 08, 2008 By Edward Gay A Civil Aviation Authority investigation has launched a "desktop investigation" after a Pacific Blue Boeing 737 was blown away from a boarding gate at Wellington Airport.
The incident happened in June, shortly after passengers disembarked the plane, and was caught by an airport CCTV camera.
The footage was then posted on the website liveleak.com (see below).
CAA spokesman Bill Sommer said the incident was reported to the authority by the airline shortly after it happened.
He said the cause of the accident was likely to be a gust of wind.
"When you get an aircraft with a large tail, especially a 737, and you get it side on to the wind, you get a lot of force. It tends to rotate around its main wheels so the nose goes one way and the tail goes the other," Mr Sommer said.
"There is an investigation underway. It's not something we race out and start taking measurements for. We get a full report from the airline which is quite normal and the airline does their own investigation as part of their normal procedures," Mr Sommer said.
He said the authority will then review the airline's report.
Mr Sommer said under CAA rules, airlines and individuals had to report accidents and this is what happened in the Pacific Blue case.
Wellington International Airport was contacted for comment but forwarded nzherald.co.nz to Pacific Blue. Pacific Blue has so far not responded.
I'm going to suggest to several people in our newsroom that they bookmark this forum !!! |
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Post by phil82 on Aug 8, 2008 13:46:55 GMT 12
You tell 'em Bill [Sommer], [another ex-RNZAF Nav], they know a thing or two about wind those fellas!
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Post by phil82 on Aug 8, 2008 13:56:19 GMT 12
Flyjoe is correct; there are places far windier than Wellington, Palmerston North being one of them! Don't quote me, but I understand the word Ohakea has something to do with "windy place", and in fact the whole of the 'Hub off the Manawatu" is windy.
Wellington, IMHO, is much maligned for being windy. It does blow a bit at the airport, but isn't that why they build airfields where they are? I reckon, and I've lived in Wellington off and on for 40 years or so, that we don't get anything like the winds we used to get. I can recall safety ropes being strung around various street corners for pedestrians to hold on to, and you don't see that any more. To back up my totally unscientific theory, I also reckon Wellington is not only warmer than 40 years ago, but the best weather has shifted from around December/January, to Jan/March.
There's no better place to be than Wellington on a really good day...no bloody Jaffas for starters!
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