Mesa Emergency Landing in CHO
12-22-2008, 04:28 AM
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Here are the deets on the ROA-CHO flight: Flight departed ROA for IAD, the gear would not retract and a significant fuel burn was added. On approach into IAD the non existant visability would not allow for landing, so the flight diverted and due to the gear extended burn factor, CHO was left as the only suitable alternate. IAD ATC declared the emergancy for the flight and had crash and rescue waiting at CHO.
The captain was very shaken up by the entire gear issue and bad weather conditions at IAD.
The captain was very shaken up by the entire gear issue and bad weather conditions at IAD.
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12-22-2008, 04:33 AM
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Well they probably didn't know they had a gear problem until they took off and tried to retract it, but on a 25 minute flight like that, I too would rather continue to destination (back to a hub) where there are better crash, fire and rescue options and a maintenance base with of course longer runways that aren't on the side of a mountain.
Then again, you have the weather issue. I wasn't there so I can't say "Oh I'd do this, and then this..." blah blah blah.
I know our ORD-SBN flight that had the gear problem returned to ORD since it's such a short flight and they had to burn the gas off.
Does that help?
12-22-2008, 04:46 AM
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Well they probably didn't know they had a gear problem until they took off and tried to retract it, but on a 25 minute flight like that, I too would rather continue to destination (back to a hub) where there are better crash, fire and rescue options and a maintenance base with of course longer runways that aren't on the side of a mountain.
Then again, you have the weather issue. I wasn't there so I can't say "Oh I'd do this, and then this..." blah blah blah.
I know our ORD-SBN flight that had the gear problem returned to ORD since it's such a short flight and they had to burn the gas off.
Does that help?
Then again, you have the weather issue. I wasn't there so I can't say "Oh I'd do this, and then this..." blah blah blah.
I know our ORD-SBN flight that had the gear problem returned to ORD since it's such a short flight and they had to burn the gas off.
Does that help?
Thanks.
USMCFLYR
12-22-2008, 04:50 AM
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So what happened? They flew to ROA, couldn't get in, and then went straight to CHO? [B
So what happened? They flew to ROA, couldn't get in, and then went straight to CHO? [B
Or did they try more approaches into ROA[/B]? At least they all got on the ground safely!
Go arounds are not an option in Roanoke.
12-22-2008, 07:31 AM
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Little defensive there? If you didn't want to be questioned on it, then why'd you say it on here? I don't think anyone is here to be argumentative (at least not in this thread).
, just ask captain "tail dragger."
12-22-2008, 08:18 AM
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