NYC777 From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 5153 posts, RR: 49 Reply 1, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 11472 times:
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LTBEWR From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 12331 posts, RR: 12 Reply 5, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 11370 times:
Any pics? are we talking about a small hole or a big gash? Any idea how long this a/c will be out of service? I would assume that the repair could be done at LHR or could it be flown out (if possible) to an Airbus facility?
B742 From UK - England, joined Mar 2005, 3760 posts, RR: 21 Reply 7, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 11334 times:
Quoting LTBEWR (Reply 5): I would assume that the repair could be done at LHR or could it be flown out (if possible) to an Airbus facility?
I would think it could be repaired at LHR, depending on the size of the incident! I'm not sure who would do the repair work, but the Bmi facility can handle/do handle A330's
NYC777 From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 5153 posts, RR: 49 Reply 8, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 11304 times:
No mention of it on the BAA web site. It looks like a morning arrival flight so if it happened then it happened early Wednesday mornig (London time).
Leezyjet From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 4041 posts, RR: 55 Reply 11, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 11026 times:
My guess knowing those stand pretty well is that someone did not check that the jet bridges were parked correctly for the stand prior to selecting the guidance lights on.
Those stands can have 2 narrow bodied a/c, or 1 wide body on each stand. The parking positions for the jetbridges are different depending what stand config is in use so it is essential to ensure the bridges are parked correctly before the a/c pulls on.
Either that, or as is usual, one of the bridges was out of service and not parked in any of the parking boxes in which case it should have been marshalled onto stand anyway !!.
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StarGoldLHR From Heard and McDonald Islands, joined Feb 2004, 1529 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 10563 times:
I'm at the MX facility tomorrow on business, Maybe I can get a passing glance
So far in 2008 45 flights and Gold already. JFK, IAD, LGA, SIN, HKG, NRT, AKL, PPT, LAX still to book ! Home Airport LCY
Kaitak744 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 2208 posts, RR: 3 Reply 14, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 10424 times:
Quoting B742 (Reply 7): I would think it could be repaired at LHR, depending on the size of the incident! I'm not sure who would do the repair work, but the Bmi facility can handle/do handle A330's
The BMI hangar at London Heathrow doesn't handle A330s. BMI has no A330 routes from LHR. In fact, I personally have never seen a BMI aircraft in that huge hangar. Its always Cathay, South African, or some one else. Anyways, the only one in LHR who can fix Airbus widebodies is the Virgin Atlantic hangar. (by the way, the A340-300 and A330-200 wings are identical, so it should be no problem for Virgin).
Qantas744ER From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1252 posts, RR: 4 Reply 15, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 10348 times:
Quoting Kaitak744 (Reply 14): (by the way, the A340-300 and A330-200 wings are identical, so it should be no problem for Virgin).
I think VS only do minor checks in LHR at their hangar, all their 744's go to AMS for major checks and the 340's are going to ZRH now to SR technics.
BMI do have A330 departures in the morning from LHR. Can the UK spotters comfirm this ? When I was at LHR spotting , I saw their bird taking off few days in a row in the morning.
Piercey From Sweden, joined Nov 2005, 2233 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 10270 times:
Quoting Kaitak744 (Reply 14): BMI has no A330 routes from LHR. In fact, I personally have never seen a BMI aircraft in that huge hangar. Its always Cathay, South African,
Doesn't SA send 744s and A340s and CX something of equal size? I think an A330 can fit compared to those 2.
Well I believe it all is coming to an end. Oh well, I guess we are gonna pretend.
Panman From Trinidad and Tobago, joined Aug 1999, 789 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 10126 times:
BMI's A330 hangar maintenance (light and heavy) is carried out by Monarch in Manchester.
Kaitak744 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 2208 posts, RR: 3 Reply 20, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 9765 times:
Quoting Piercey (Reply 17): Doesn't SA send 744s and A340s and CX something of equal size? I think an A330 can fit compared to those 2.
No, I meant that BMI probably doesn't have the tools in the hangar to carry out A330 maintenance.
Quoting Planemanofnz (Reply 18): The fly to Mumbai definately with 330's from LHR.
Ohhhh, right, sorry. So, they do have A330 service from LHR. However, that A330 works its way over to Manchester.
Quoting Panman (Reply 19): BMI's A330 hangar maintenance (light and heavy) is carried out by Monarch in Manchester.
So, the EK A330 will likely be in the Virgin hangar.
As well as Mumbai mentioned above, BD has A330 service to Jeddah and Riyadh. The Doha services are operated by B767 on lease IIRC. Although the A330 maintenance may not be carried out there, they may well be able to service the EK bird as they handle the A340's of SA don't they?
HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58 Reply 24, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 5591 times:
Quoting Planemanofnz (Reply 18): The fly to Mumbai definately with 330's from LHR.
Thats true.
regds
MEL
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25 EKSkycargo370: The repair was carried out by EK engineers who were flown over on EK005/03Aug along with the AOG spare,the aircraft ferried back to DXB the early hour
26 Carledwards: what on earth? you obviously have quoted about bmi without knowing anything about them. The 330 has been based at Heathrow for nearly a year, and the
27 Leezyjet: I was going to say before EKSkycargo370 provided us with the details, that they might not even use a hanger to fix it. It is possible to do almost all
28 Kaitak744: With a total of 3 A330-200s, and 1 767, BMI's long haul routes, LAS, ORD, IAD, Barbados, and Antigua are flown by A330s and are from Manchester. (wit
29 Mhodgson: I'm not sure it is - I thought they did it all in LHR, as tere were often positioning flights between MAN and LHR before BD offered any services ex-L
30 Leezyjet: The only flights I'm aware that ever operated between LHR and MAN were when the A330's first came into service and they were using them on the LHR-MA
31 PurpleBox: So what happens in the 'BMI' hanger at Heathrow? PurpleBox.
32 Leezyjet: Most of the stuff they do is minor 3rd party work for CX and SA whilst the a/c are on day stops. They also just use the stands outside as extra parki
33 Cainanuk: Our long haul routes are as follows... MAN-ORD MAN-LAS MAN-BGI MAN-ANU All operated by A330 equipment. from Heathrow... LHR-BOM Operated by A330 equip
35 CXA330300: Has this type of incident happened at T3 before? BMI flies to MAN, RUH, JED, and BOM from LHR with the 330.
36 StarGoldLHR: A330 to MAN.. not carrying PAX though.. if it is I'd love to know what turn this is and be on it ! But considering MAN is all but a dead flight now f
37 Cainanuk: Sorry, forgot about RUH. As for A330 service to MAN, there is NOT a scheduled route that operates LHR-MAN using A330 equipment within the BD timetable
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