747 skids off Durbans Runway

[Kimosabe]

First report just in.

A Boeing 747 just skidded off the Runway at Durbans Airport. According to a source at the scene, the airports runway had flooded, or had a layer of water on it, causing it to skid off the runway on landing. I will keep you informed as soon as I hear more

 

[Kimosabe]

Thanks SAPA


Durban International Airport has been closed after an aircraft went off the runway while landing on Wednesday, the Airports Company of South Africa (Acsa) said.

British Airways Flight 6203, operated by Comair, was arriving from Johannesburg with 87 passengers and six crew on board when the incident occurred.

Acsa spokesman Colin Naidoo said: “On landing, the aircraft went off the runway. We managed to move the passengers off the aircraft and to a safe location.”
Glenda Zvenyika, communications manager for Comair Limited, said the flight had encountered extremely bad weather upon landing in Durban.

“The aircraft hit a wet patch on the runway and skidded, resulting in one of the wheels ending up off the runway as the plane was brought to a stop,” she said.

Lifeline trauma counsellors were at the scene and provided trauma counselling to the passengers and crew.

No major injuries had been reported, Zvenyika said.

Netcare 911 spokesman Chris Botha said a woman passenger was taken to Kingsway Hospital. “She had pain in her ears but I think it was just a bit of shock. She’s in a stable condition,” he said.

“The airport is officially closed due to where the aircraft is on the runway. Once it has been moved and [the area] declared safe, the airport will be re-opened,” Naidoo said.

Zvenyika, in a statement, said initial assessments showed there was minor damage to the aircraft.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is investigating further.

Other flights headed for Durban International have been told to turn back.

Susan Potgieter, head of the Commercial Crime office of the SA Banking Risk Information Centre, was aboard an SAA flight to Durban when it was told to turn back on Wednesday morning.

Potgieter was meant to speak about ATM bombings at a media briefing at Durban’s Piatto Hotel at 1pm on Wednesday.

Instead, she spent most of her day in an aeroplane and an airport.

“I was on the 8:25am flight from Johannesburg to Durban. It boarded on time. Just as we were almost at the Durban Airport, we were told the weather was bad and that we could not land,” she said.

“The pilot was very kind and kept us informed. We had to return to Johannesburg.”

 

[Syndyre]

Is this another one, not the BA plane that was reported earlier?

Edit: Ok seems like its the same one.

 

[rpm]

Thanks for the report. Not good at all

 

[ToxicBunny]

Not to be a stickler for detail...

But it was a 737... not a 747.

 

[Syndyre]

Thanks for the report. Not good at all

At least nobody was injured. The flooding seems to bad there and along the South Coast.

 

[medicnick83]

If I was the pilot, I would've tried to land anyways.
Come on! Live a little! haha.

 

[Kimosabe]

Not to be a stickler for detail...

But it was a 737... not a 747.

Hey thanks. I'm just working on the information that I was told

 

[Devill]

At least nobody was injured. The flooding seems to bad there and along the South Coast.

Yeap one thing to be very greatful for

 

[dlk001]

Thank God everyone is safe and the incident will not land into "Seconds from disaster"!

 

[ToxicBunny]

Kimosabe : I know, and its much appreciated

 

[Fudzy]

Lol, Durban hasn't seen a 747 in a number of years

 

[MidnightWizard]

The Red Red ROO -- or come a Waltzing QUANTAS with me

Lol, Durban hasn't seen a 747 in a number of years

NOT exactly true -- there was a QUANTAS 747 there just the other day. Ran short of fuel on non-stop to JHBG because of bad weather ( strong upper atmosphere air currents )


the AVIATED one

 

[Fudzy]

NOT exactly true -- there was a QUANTAS 747 there just the other day. Ran short of fuel on non-stop to JHBG because of bad weather ( strong upper atmosphere air currents )


the AVIATED one

Well a 747 in Durban on purpose then

 

[nels]

Thanks SAPA


Durban International Airport has been closed after an aircraft went off the runway while landing on Wednesday, the Airports Company of South Africa (Acsa) said.

British Airways Flight 6203, operated by Comair, was arriving from Johannesburg with 87 passengers and six crew on board when the incident occurred.

Acsa spokesman Colin Naidoo said: “On landing, the aircraft went off the runway. We managed to move the passengers off the aircraft and to a safe location.”
Glenda Zvenyika, communications manager for Comair Limited, said the flight had encountered extremely bad weather upon landing in Durban.

“The aircraft hit a wet patch on the runway and skidded, resulting in one of the wheels ending up off the runway as the plane was brought to a stop,” she said.

Lifeline trauma counsellors were at the scene and provided trauma counselling to the passengers and crew.

No major injuries had been reported, Zvenyika said.

Netcare 911 spokesman Chris Botha said a woman passenger was taken to Kingsway Hospital. “She had pain in her ears but I think it was just a bit of shock. She’s in a stable condition,” he said.

“The airport is officially closed due to where the aircraft is on the runway. Once it has been moved and [the area] declared safe, the airport will be re-opened,” Naidoo said.

Zvenyika, in a statement, said initial assessments showed there was minor damage to the aircraft.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is investigating further.

Other flights headed for Durban International have been told to turn back.

Susan Potgieter, head of the Commercial Crime office of the SA Banking Risk Information Centre, was aboard an SAA flight to Durban when it was told to turn back on Wednesday morning.

Potgieter was meant to speak about ATM bombings at a media briefing at Durban’s Piatto Hotel at 1pm on Wednesday.

Instead, she spent most of her day in an aeroplane and an airport.

“I was on the 8:25am flight from Johannesburg to Durban. It boarded on time. Just as we were almost at the Durban Airport, we were told the weather was bad and that we could not land,” she said.

“The pilot was very kind and kept us informed. We had to return to Johannesburg.”

Counselling? Crew I can maybe understand some of the passengers being nervous and all boohoo after something small like this causing their fragile lives to flash past them. But if the crew need counselling after this then they shouldn't be in the air, in fact pilots and crew should be hardcore and ready to go to space. I can't believe they put wussies in the air

 

[kiepie]

Counselling? Crew I can maybe understand some of the passengers being nervous and all boohoo after something small like this causing their fragile lives to flash past them. But if the crew need counselling after this then they shouldn't be in the air, in fact pilots and crew should be hardcore and ready to go to space. I can't believe they put wussies in the air

Calm down! Calm down!

It looks better on the report, doubt if they used it. And if they did, why not, things like this don't happen every day?

Back on topic:

“The aircraft hit a wet patch on the runway and skidded, resulting in one of the wheels ending up off the runway as the plane was brought to a stop,” she said.

Wet patch? Shouldn't there be a good drainage system? If it was like Joburg roads like I've seen them the past year, I'm not surprised!

 

[lilGr]

Lol, Durban hasn't seen a 747 in a number of years

LOL

 

[Pilgrim]

You got to love sensationalism.

an aircraft went off the runway while landing

meaning:

resulting in one of the wheels ending up off the runway as the plane was brought to a stop

The first one make me think death and destruction.

 

[Ou grote]

Those Comair pilots have got plenty of experience in using brakes, their MD82's find the Cape Town rwy a bit on the short side.

 

[Chica]

A Passenger's thought......

Counselling? Crew I can maybe understand some of the passengers being nervous and all boohoo after something small like this causing their fragile lives to flash past them. But if the crew need counselling after this then they shouldn't be in the air, in fact pilots and crew should be hardcore and ready to go to space. I can't believe they put wussies in the air

Something small?! I bet you know a thing or two about SMALL!!

Thankfully we all got off with little or no injury and the damage to the plane was minor. This doesn't reflect what it was like to be on the plane before it came to a stop. Despite all your bravado, I bet the runway wouldn't have been the only thing wet if you were on the plane. Perhaps you need to have a life to realise it's worth and you do when you're sitting in a metal tube, aquaplaning and spinning around out of control at great speed (which is what happened before the one wheel etc dug into the ground bringing us to a stop).

Counselling is something you could progress to if the MRI reveals you actually have a brain, T0$$ER!