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L1011 Incident @ LBA In 1980s?

GKirk From UK - Scotland, joined Jun 2000, 24627 posts, RR: 58
Posted (12 years 2 months 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 956 times:

I have read in other forums that sometime in the 1980s an L1011 TriStar ran off the runway at LBA? Is this true? Can anyone tell me how it happened and does anyone have pics or know where i can get info on the incident.

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GKirk From UK - Scotland, joined Jun 2000, 24627 posts, RR: 58
Reply 1, posted (12 years 2 months 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 898 times:

Anyone know? LBA? Servisair? Billy? I thought some of you might have replied by now, so i will keep on waiting.

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PhilB From Ireland, joined May 1999, 2915 posts, RR: 14
Reply 2, posted (12 years 2 months 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 894 times:

G-BBAI ran off the runway on landing at LBA in 1985 or 1986 - I can't access my incident records at present.

From memory, the aircraft landed hot and long in wet and gusty conditions and ran off the runway.

The major damage caused made it impossible to fly the aircraft out, but the damage was not of write off proportions.

It was towed to the South East side of the terminal wher the damage was repaired in the open with a temporary wind/rain break being erected around the damaged areas.

Repairs ran into months and the cost of the work made the aircraft the most expensive airline TriStar in service.

G-BEAK From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2000, 168 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (12 years 2 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 876 times:

"On 27th May 1985, British Airtours TriStar G-BBAI overran the runway on landing at Leeds/Bradford Airport after a flight from Majorca. All the 416 passengers were rapidly evacuated, the TriStar suffering serious undercarriage damage, and the 160-tonne aircraft was recovered for repair within 48hr of the incident. The major recommendations to be made following the investigation of this incident was to improve the drainage of wet runways and to investigate landing performance on runways with a significant initial downslope."

(Modern Civil Aircraft:8 Lockheed TriStar, Philip J Birtles)

G-BBAI rules. Best TriStar ever.

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