Hey everyone,
Whilst on holiday on Malta last week, I wrangled a few hours at the airport on 2 of the days… and one evening for 15 mins and caught the following… plus the Otter in Grand Harbour – Lighting was quite testing at times, but i managed, just. Enjoy!
24th Oct
27th Oct
27th Oct (Evening)
28th Oct – Passing by the Museum.
By: Newforest - 2nd November 2008 at 22:42
Great photos, that Otter looks superb for being two years short of a half century!:)
By: Manston Airport - 2nd November 2008 at 22:32
Brilliant shots there Andrew 😎 like the shot of the KM A320 infront of the churches like Bobleeds say its really captures Malta. Oh & the two nightshots.
James
By: bobleeds - 2nd November 2008 at 21:16
Great photos there.
Really love the taxiing air malta A320 with the churches behind it. That really captures Malta for me!
Bobleeds
By: Si Jones - 1st November 2008 at 07:34
Andrew,
First night shot…….outstanding!
Si
By: PMN - 31st October 2008 at 09:37
Paul… it came back due to a suspected fire in the forward cargo hold. It closed the airport to all traffic for around 40 mins. They later opened the other runway to smaller aircraft – nothing bigger than a 737 could use. A TCX A321 was stuck on the ground for over 2 hours because of the runway closure.
It was later reported that there was no fire, just a faulty light in the cockpit – the flight departed later in the day around half 6 – over 4 hours late.
Ah, I see. It has to be said, I’m not easily scared and never get nervous flying (or haven’t yet at least), but that’s a scenario that genuinely would scare me. Incidentally, I’ve flown on D-AIAH as well!
I forgot to mention earlier, that beautiful old DC-3 is looking somewhat worse for wear. What an undignified state for her to be in!
Paul
By: A330Crazy - 30th October 2008 at 22:25
Ta for the comments guys. 🙂
Paul… it came back due to a suspected fire in the forward cargo hold. It closed the airport to all traffic for around 40 mins. They later opened the other runway to smaller aircraft – nothing bigger than a 737 could use. A TCX A321 was stuck on the ground for over 2 hours because of the runway closure.
It was later reported that there was no fire, just a faulty light in the cockpit – the flight departed later in the day around half 6 – over 4 hours late.
By: T5 - 30th October 2008 at 22:05
Absolutely brilliant selection of snaps. The night-time shots are particularly good.
Looks like the traffic was a little more exciting than our visit back in April… Air Malta, Air Malta, Lufthansa A319, Air Malta, Air Malta, Lufthansa A319! 😀
By: PMN - 30th October 2008 at 22:01
Very nice indeed, Andrew! It sure looks a nice place.
So what happened to the Lufty A300?
Paul
By: A330Crazy - 30th October 2008 at 21:58
28th Oct and back at the airport. Today a Lufthansa A300 took off and 20 minutes later radioed up and declared an emergency due to a suspected fire in the cargo hold – 20 mins later it was back on the ground. Fair to say it attracted a lot of attenetion, even from local media – some of which approached me for use of photos!
Off she goes…
Back again…
And the local Channel One News team…
Hope you liked!
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