Incident: Cargolux B744 at Luxemburg on Jan 21st 2010, touched van on runway during landing
Jan 21st 2010 21:24Z
A Cargolux Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration LX-OCV performing flight CV-7933 from Barcelona,SP (Spain) to Luxemburg (Luxemburg), was cleared to land on Luxemburg’s runway 24 in low visibility due to fog (RVR 350 meters), when one of the tyres went through the roof of a van parked on the runway at 12:53L (11:53Z). The airplane landed safely, the driver of the van escaped with just a shock, the van received substantial damage, the airplane suffered damage to the tyre.
Luxemburg’s Ministry of Transport reported, that the van had entered the runway to perform maintenance work at the runway ground lighting. Three investigations have been initiated. The Ministry did not tell, whether the van had been cleared to enter the runway.
By: PMN - 23rd January 2010 at 14:57
Maybe the van driver wanted it to be a convertible and decided the landing gear of a 747 would do the job cheaper and quicker than a garage?
By: tenthije - 23rd January 2010 at 14:29
So the 747 wasn’t in transit by on Transit?
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd January 2010 at 14:17
I get it now, the crew were told to look out for a white van near the TDZ. They only saw a yellow van, so they continued with the landing. :dev2:
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd January 2010 at 14:12
Some of Air France’s planes almost look yellow… 😀
You are the man! :diablo:
By: PMN - 23rd January 2010 at 12:18
It was a yellow van.
Some of Air France’s planes almost look yellow… 😀
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd January 2010 at 11:16
Air France have white vans?
It was a yellow van.
By: PMN - 22nd January 2010 at 19:56
The white van was probably too dirty for the pilots to see it
Air France have white vans?
By: Cking - 22nd January 2010 at 16:18
Ahem… as the resident white van driver in here… i think you will all find the 747 had no place being there…since the white van was there first…simple common rules of the road!!!:dev2::dev2:
Who had his two fingers up first????;)
Rgds Cking
By: richellis - 22nd January 2010 at 16:07
Think of the call to the insurance company
“can I have the details of the other vehicle involved”
well……..
By: Tartan Pics - 22nd January 2010 at 15:37
Ahem… as the resident white van driver in here… i think you will all find the 747 had no place being there…since the white van was there first…simple common rules of the road!!!:dev2::dev2:
By: Cking - 22nd January 2010 at 13:00
The white van was proberbly driving realy close to the 747’s back bumper trying to get past him.
Rgds Cking
By: symon - 22nd January 2010 at 12:56
The white van was probably too dirty for the pilots to see it and the van driver was probably too busy having a bacon butty and reading the local rag to notice the aircraft!
By: Bmused55 - 22nd January 2010 at 12:37
Maybe the van driver thought he owned the runway and thought he could annoy the pilot by slowing down?
By: Cking - 22nd January 2010 at 11:10
It mentioned the type and registration of the aircraft.
What about the type and registration of the van?
Surely that is discrimination against vans!
That information is over on knackeredoldvans.com 😉
Rgds Cking
By: Gooney Bird - 22nd January 2010 at 10:43
It mentioned the type and registration of the aircraft.
What about the type and registration of the van?
Surely that is discrimination against vans!
By: Bmused55 - 22nd January 2010 at 10:38
You think he’ll loose his no claims bonus?
By: PMN - 22nd January 2010 at 10:30
Just when you think your day can’t get any worse, someone tries to land a jumbo jet on your van. Not good!
Paul
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