Forced Airport Closure
17 August 2018
MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal said the plane attempted to land twice. On the second try, the plane lost contact with the NAIA airport tower.
Runway to open at 4am Saturday after retrieval of aircraft on runway. Runway 13-31 remained open but affected all widebody flights that uses the main runway.
17 August 2018
@11:30 MNL runway 06/24 is now open
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| @10am. Runway, lights, and markings is currently being repaired and will be done before 12nn |
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| @5pm Saturday. |
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| @4am Saturday. Closure extended until 1pm. |
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| tv footage@8:00pm NAIA main runway will remain closed until 5 a.m. on Saturday as MIAA struggles to remove the 737 plane that skidded off the runway. Two retrieval plans with the assistance of LTP failed. So they are bringing two cranes to lift the plane off the ground. |
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| @4:00pm |
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| Sometime around 3:30pm and the aircraft is still there |
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| @1:30PM, the aircraft is still sitting at the side of the runway. Delay retrievals associated with weather conditions. |
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| Right engine some 200 meters away |
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| Left landing gear some 300 meters from fuselage |
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| Perspective of the crash site |
Xiamen Airlines B737-800 (B-5498) crashed landed in Manila International Airport after landing in heavy downpour last night and rolled longer than usual on runway 24 six minutes before midnight. There is no ILS on runway 24 and landing is purely visual at minimum. Flight #MF8667 with 165 passengers and crew came from Xiamen. No injuries reported. Plane is declared write-off.
MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal said the plane attempted to land twice. On the second try, the plane lost contact with the NAIA airport tower.
Runway to open at 4am Saturday after retrieval of aircraft on runway. Runway 13-31 remained open but affected all widebody flights that uses the main runway.
🇵🇭 Un Boeing 737-800 de la compagnie chinoise Xiamen Airlines se pose en urgence et fait une violente sortie de piste à l'aéroport de Manille.— air plus news (@airplusnews) August 16, 2018
Le Boeing a perdu un réacteur lors de sa sortie de piste.
Plus d’infos à venir. #MF8667 pic.twitter.com/uAItTpAVaz
Insights.
ReplyDeleteLoss of cabin lights means that there is an electrical problem in the aircraft. Loose of electricity means the pilots also loose power on their glass cockpit display which shows the plane's data like the altitude and the ground speed and also, they loose their cockpit and landing lights which hindered their field of vision even more. As the surroundings suddenly darkened, the pilots may have panicked and desperate in stopping the plane as soon as possible. By doing so, the sudden application of the brakes may cause the plane to hydroplane and loose control as the condition at the time of the accident is heavy rains with thunderstorms. The runway may also be a factor because it maybe not well lit. I wonder how well lighted NAIA runway is. The lack of ILS is also a factor.
Insight #2.
ReplyDeleteThe left landing gear may have collapsed (maybe due to the hard landing) dragging and tearing off the left hand engine in the process. The plane loose control of the aircraft because it is dragging it's fusalage at the runway before coming into a stop.