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February 9, 2004 at 7:43 am

Stansted re-open

Stansted has reopened after a Falcon 900 made a wheels up landing yesturday, it was flying from Tanzaina to Luton when it had problems with it’s undercarriage.

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By: Moondance - 9th February 2004 at 10:51

Looking at pprune, it WAS a diversion, from LTN to STN with a gear problem. An over-run at LTN would be quite dramatic (and probably fatal) on either end (down the hill into Vauxhall off 26!), which is probably why they chose STN.
I’m not aware of any civil airfield with a foaming capability in the UK.

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By: mmitch - 9th February 2004 at 09:38

Is a belly landing at an International airport necessary these days? Remember the foam carpet facility at Manston years ago?
Blocking a busy runway (in the case of Stansted the only one) should be the last option. If the U/C collapses on landing then nothing can be done, but if it’s known in advance there could be a diversion?
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