What are the odds?

"Morgans" wrote in message Snip (good story)

The first plane was a Fed-Ex A-300 out of Newark. They stopped in less than
4000' of runway. All 8 main tires were blown. Jacks had to be trucked in to
raise it up to change the tires. Once it was raised, the brakes wouldn't
disassemble. It was on the runway about 12 hours. Interestingly, it isn't in
the FAA's incident listings.

The second plane was a DC-3 based at nearby airport. Flat tires on
taildraggers can be tricky. Fortunately they didn't ground-loop it.

The local newspaper reported that no flights had to divert. You know I sent
a sarcastic e-mail to that editor.

D.

"Capt.Doug" wrote in message ...
"Morgans" wrote in message Snip (good story)

The first plane was a Fed-Ex A-300 out of Newark. They stopped in less than
4000' of runway. All 8 main tires were blown. Jacks had to be trucked in to
raise it up to change the tires. Once it was raised, the brakes wouldn't
disassemble. It was on the runway about 12 hours. Interestingly, it isn't in
the FAA's incident listings.

The second plane was a DC-3 based at nearby airport. Flat tires on
taildraggers can be tricky. Fortunately they didn't ground-loop it.

The local newspaper reported that no flights had to divert. You know I sent
a sarcastic e-mail to that editor.

D.

This is what happens when a rookie presses the "MAX" autobrake button
on approach to a dry runway. This is a no-no. Do not pass "GO", do
not collect $200.00 Earn-as-you-learn maintenance can produce this
result also. Don't ask how I know.

pacplyer

"Capt.Doug" wrote:

The local newspaper reported that no flights had to divert. You know I sent
a sarcastic e-mail to that editor.

It may have been simply a case of the layman editor not understanding the jargon
(what are the odds? :-)
I believe that the layman thinks "divert" means "abort landing".

Russell Kent