FXramper From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 7023 posts, RR: 93 Reply 1, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 12798 times:
ImperialEagle From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 1230 posts, RR: 14 Reply 2, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 12767 times:
I have also heard news reports of a cargo aircraft behing struck by lightning during last nights "thundersnow" at ORD.
Anyone got any info. on that? Photo's?
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Airfinair From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 650 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 12610 times:
The last two FDX arrivals were A300's.
I'm not sure if this was the flight in question, but from the looks of the flight path, it seems they attempted to land on 14R and went around:
Falstaff From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 5671 posts, RR: 29 Reply 4, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 12325 times:
Quoting *HighFlyah* (Thread starter): Local FOX news says that a FedEx aircraft has slid off the runway and is stuck in mud at O'Hare during the height of the snowstorm
ChicagoFlyer From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 247 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 12135 times:
Chicago Tribune said plane was on Runway 9R/27L (which one?).
Quote: 9:02 AM: A Fed Ex Cargo plane arriving to O'Hare around 6:30 a.m. slid off one of the airport's runway, leaving its left tire and nose gear stuck in the mud, Chicago Department of Aviation spokeswoman Wendy Abrams said.
The runway, 9 Right 27 Left, was closed while crews worked to remove the plane — expected to take at least an hour, she said.
No injuries were reported but Abrams said the National Transportation Safety Board has been notified of the incident.
"It won't have a major effect on air traffic, since the majority of flights in and out of O'Hare are closed today," she said.
Not a good day to fly today (nore was it yesterday).
KarlB737 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 2925 posts, RR: 9 Reply 7, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 11990 times:
Manta From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 57 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 11861 times:
Well I was on uniTED 1588 from LAS to ORD last night during the height of the storm. Channel 9 was full of interesting chatter. Moderate chop at all altitudes west of the Mississippi. Loved the roller coaster ride. Pilots did an awesome job getting that A320 to come to a safe stop. We came in on 9R and with full reversers we used up most of the runway. I think he blew all the snow off the runway as well.
BA787 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 2596 posts, RR: 8 Reply 9, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 11813 times:
Quoting Manta (Reply 8): Well I was on uniTED 1588 from LAS to ORD last night during the height of the storm. Channel 9 was full of interesting chatter. Moderate chop at all altitudes west of the Mississippi. Loved the roller coaster ride. Pilots did an awesome job getting that A320 to come to a safe stop. We came in on 9R and with full reversers we used up most of the runway. I think he blew all the snow off the runway as well
Nice.
Theres a lot of these minor accidents at the moment
Mirrodie From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 7419 posts, RR: 65 Reply 10, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 11188 times:
With this first storm of the season, how many total incidents have there been?
I'm glad to hear no one is hurt.
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Scaledesigns From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 211 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 10688 times:
None at ORD.This is the first this season.
They pulled it out around 1600 HRS
USAirways737 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 1026 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 10274 times:
Chicago was not a fun place to be this morning. I took a bus from Madison to Downtown Chicago earlier today and all the people going to Ohare and Midway were all obviously dissapointed. Even our bus got stuck in the snow and had to be pulled out. Then about an hour later we had to swerve out of the way of a car tailspinning out of control. Within 5 min six other cars did the exact same thing. Why are people so stupid that they can't slow down when there's almost a foot of snow on the ground?
Steeler83 From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 8804 posts, RR: 19 Reply 13, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 9742 times:
Quoting USAirways737 (Reply 12): Why are people so stupid that they can't slow down when there's almost a foot of snow on the ground?
These idiots can't even drive in fair weather! Yet, they do anyway, and people still wonder why there are so many accidents on the roads. Like I always say, "if you can't drive, DONT! Stay home or take a bus, or carpool..." And by "can't drive," I am not referring to carrying a license!
Now coming back to the topic of the FedEX plane landing at ORD and messing things up even more, why wasn't the plane diverted to a different location? Or is this just another dumb question providing there was nowhere else to land?
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OPNLguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 9419 times:
Quoting Steeler83 (Reply 13): Now coming back to the topic of the FedEX plane landing at ORD and messing things up even more, why wasn't the plane diverted to a different location? Or is this just another dumb question providing there was nowhere else to land?
Probably because they had legal landing minimums and crosswind components, and planned a normal landing. The fact that they ended up with the nosegear and one maingear in the mud doesn't necessarily backdrive the conclusion that the landing never should have been attempted.
I didn't see it mentioned in the media report linked above, but many assume that an aircraft in the mud automatically means they slid there when it could have just as easily occurred during an otherwise normal taxi-in when a turn was misjudged or some other reason than an out-of-control slide.
Tsaord From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 15, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 9044 times:
I came in to work even though they were accepting cancellation calls for overtime. It was like a ghost town. Then I ate breakfeast and I have never seen the gates so empty before. T5 had no planes untill the 24 hour airline(MX) showed up with 2 planes.
I have to go in early again, this time im dreading it! ORD will be swapped with people!
Dispatcher From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 247 posts, RR: 6 Reply 16, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 8738 times:
Quoting OPNLguy (Reply 14): I didn't see it mentioned in the media report linked above, but many assume that an aircraft in the mud automatically means they slid there when it could have just as easily occurred during an otherwise normal taxi-in when a turn was misjudged or some other reason than an out-of-control slide.
Charliejag1 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 238 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 8383 times:
you can call Joe Patroni, I think I'll call Gwen Meighen . . .
On a more serious note, I work in the USAirways (west) SOC and it was a hell of a day today, especially for the Airbus guys. I was luckily on the Boeing side today, and we only sent one 757 to ORD today (no 733's scheduled to ORD).
SW733 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 6072 posts, RR: 10 Reply 20, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 7594 times:
Yikes. Glad all ended up ok. I was booked on a 7:37am UA flight from ICT-ORD tomorrow (Dec 2), but they already cancelled it (My guess is because of loads, because I got onto the 6:07am flight and every other flight ICT-ORD is fine so far, none cancelled).
Some crazy stuff in Chicago today, so I heard. Glad I didn't leave tonight like I wanted to originally!
Amwest2United From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 378 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 7345 times:
Quoting SW733 (Reply 20): Yikes. Glad all ended up ok. I was booked on a 7:37am UA flight from ICT-ORD tomorrow (Dec 2), but they already cancelled it (My guess is because of loads, because I got onto the 6:07am flight and every other flight ICT-ORD is fine so far, none cancelled).
Chances are due to crews and aircraft being out of rotation, you will see many cancelled or delayed flights through out the weekend.
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N685FE From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 450 posts, RR: 13 Reply 24, posted (6 years 5 months 2 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 4073 times:
Quoting FXramper (Reply 22): two more a/c, md10, dc10, both got hit with de-icing trucks tonight at MEM.
I didn't hear of the second a/c strike, what was the tail #? Just so you get the story straight, the a/c stuck the two deice trucks not the other way around. They are lucky no one was killed Friday morning. FX flight crews are just unblievable, all the equipment that they tear up (don't get me started).
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25 Steeler83: Fair enough, as you went on to explain, it could have been a miscalculation or some other form of pilot error I suppose. Hey, wasn't it earlier this
26 OPNLguy: I'm sure it will be investigated and the causes made known... A year ago this month. Final report will be out in 2007, and as the investigation is st
27 Steeler83: Yeah, that topic was all over A.net for months on end; then it dipped below the radar and I just didn't recall hearing if any conclusion was reached.
28 Tsaord: O thats the plane! DUHHHHHHHH lol. I saw that plane Friday while I was eating my lunch at gate L10 the faces the back of T5. I was wondering why it wa
29 OPNLguy: It's usually about 12-18 months after an accident before NTSB has their final report out. Sometimes earlier, sometimes later...
30 Lucky42: I really don't understand this ...I mean they just got a big raise and all.
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