Well, no. The B757 are considered “heavy” (the ones creating wake turbulences). I don´t know the reason. Probably due to the lengh and size of the wings.

The B752 isn’t usually classed as “heavy”, except aircraft that have exemption to exceed max gross weights of above 136 tons.

The FAA did some studies into the 757/767 wake turbulence and these were roughly the results; 757 290fps, 767 190fps.

The 757 is classed as a ‘heavy’ for spacing because of the nature of its wake turbulence…

Heavy – Heavy 4 miles (Such as a 777)
Heavy – Medium 5 miles (Such as a 737)
Heavy – Light 8 miles

Sam

Do you have any idea about the timetable

I’d say in the next month or so, but that’s just an ‘educated’ guess. :rolleyes:

It’s fine to listen to ATC from around the world in the UK.

How quickly good news can turn into bad news. Very tragic, RIP to those lost.

Does seem a bit odd that it didn’t make the runway in supposedly decent weather conditions. You do have to ask whether they ran out of fuel, which is a realistic possibility given the lack of fire & sudden nature of crash.

I highly doubt that is the case. Even if it was a system fault (giving an inaccurate fuel reading – i.e no fuel emergency) there are no reports that the aircraft had to hold for vast amounts of time.

Look at the BA 772, there was no fire there but it had sufficient fuel.

I’m not here to make judgments on what could or couldn’t of happened, I just look forward to reading the investigation with interest.

Sorry to tag onto this thread, but anything interesting due in tomorrow worth a trip over for?

Make sure to get plenty of pics of the QR A333 if you do! 😎