Tristar in emergency landing

[John]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-e ... e-14789042

John

[DaveB]

Ooo.. more, more.. I want to know more!

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DaveB

[DarrenL]

http://www.pprune.org/spectators-balcon ... burgh.html

Flaps not working according to that.

A Tristar for transporting 1 person though? Surely there would have been more on board, or stores or something.

[DaveB]

Cheers Darren Flapless/slatless landings are regularly practised so I doubt there was any real emergency. The ground troops would be on standby just in case Yes.. a TriStar for one bod does seem a bit excessive but the aircraft may have been on another sortie and diverted to pick him up. I remember getting up early one Wed to watch Tonks landing at Brize only to find he'd landed some hours before.. d'oh! Reason was compassionate/medevac.. something of that nature and they were in the right place at the right time to bring the chap back

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DaveB

[Hot_Charlie]

A Tristar for transporting 1 person though? Surely there would have been more on board, or stores or something.

Dave's entirely correct. It's not unusual to see a C17, TriStar or VC10 carrying a single passenger. Compassionate cases are something the MoD and RAF are very good at.

[Tomliner]

Dave,I've sent a PM that might be of interest to you. EricT

[FlyTexas]

A Tristar for transporting 1 person though?

A nonrev no doubt. I was on a Southwest flight once that had more nonrevs aboard than revs.

Brian

[DaveB]

Tks for the PM Eric

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DaveB