Man of Harveys
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I assumed "the man upstairs" referred to Gatwick tower...
I assumed "the man upstairs" referred to Gatwick tower...
Amazing skill - look at how he lines it up after it's touched down, having skewed it to one side initially. Amazing. No pressure, eh?
LOVE the way he basically asks the ATC "erm, are we on fire at all?". Cool as the proverbial cucumber.
Normal landing at Gatwick. There's nearly always a cross wind which requires a slide landing. He did well but believe me it was a landing he trained for. That's why they earn good money most of the time they are spending their time filling out their expense forms. However when required they earn their dosh.
He seemed to stop very quickly.
Is it still sat on the runway by the way?
Yes there's settings for auto braking. If I remember rightly 1 to 6 on B747's. Depending on the length of runway the number is set. For a standard length runway 3 or 4 is set thus reducing wear on tyres and brakes.
He would of set it to 1 so mad braking applied so less chance of the wing dipping. This would have increased the chance of brake fire but given the on hand fire services not a problem.
Hopefully answered that ok bruv.
All is now clear!
surprised they kept it there for so long, would have thought they could "shunt" it off on to the side field for inspection.
Everything in and out of Gatwick is being cancelled or diverted to Luton or Stansted at present. If Gatwick had a 2nd runway, it would still be open right now....
As many have already said, really pleased this has ended without major incident / injury.
Now, here's the dilemma, those 440 odd passengers were all expecting to be in Vegas tomorrow.
How many of them will have been put off flying and will now not travel when virgin call them up to board the replacement flight?