A 737-300 of TNT made an emergency landing in BHX this morning.
The plane came from Liège/Bierset.
No injuries reported.
Any info about the registration?
I can understand small fire or hot metal....but no mention of either a fire or the landing gear not functional, so must identify the cause of the foam....
A/c was due for landing at MME. During CatIII approach, autopilot was disengaged on short final. A/c slammed into runway, thereby ripping off RH LDG. The gear then slammed into the inboard flaps and aft fuselage.
Go-around initiated and after being airborne again, crew requested emergency landing at BHX due to weather conditions.
Advisor wrote:Why did they foam the runway
Was there a spill
Advisor, when you shave dry, it burns, isn't it.
Now when an aircraft makes an emergency landing, and the landing gear collapses, that impact may produce sparks, and if the tanks burst or leak, that may burn too...
It is a precaution.
btw
METAR for MME does not show some particular...
Answered my own question. MME = Durham - Tees Valley (formerly Teeside).
Next question.Why would you then fly all the way to Birmingham when you could go to Manchester (80 miles closer) which has 2 runways so if a problem they could keep flying. Maybe the landing fee is cheaper at Birmingham?
Looks the flight crew will haves some explaining to do!!!
they diverted from stansted to east midlands (EMA) for a cat 3 landing ,this went wrong and part of a main gear was later found beside the runway there!
The aircraft diverted then to BHX where it made an emergency landing.
tire tracks where found in the grass beside the runway at EMA!