OO-THA B747-400ERF TNT Airways Update

[MST-Aviation]

The system is now showing 16:00LT I it will arrive in the dark

[Atlantis]

Theodore Nationwide Transport.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That's the best I ever heared! Com'on man, Theodore??? Don't tell me you work for TNT...

The name of our founder is KEN THOMAS as in THOMAS Nationwide Transport!

Kind regards,
GR.

sorry, was indeed a mistake of me. It is Thomas. But making a mistake is human. And it seems that you have a huge ego of yourself or don't you made mistakes???????????????????????????

[grnkg]

Latest update received from TAY FlightOps @ 12:17 LT:

Please be advised that OOTHA is over Greenland at 43000 feet, everything OK and is still estimated LGG at about 1630Lt.

Kind regards,
GR.

[grnkg]

don't you made mistakes???????????????????????????

Should I do, it costs a lot of money, potentially even human lives. So, no, I don't!

Kind regards,
GR.

[sn26567]

The system is now showing 16:00LT I it will arrive in the dark

Not quite: sunset at 16:40 LT.

[website-info]

Can anyone cfm that the crew are able to land in less than 400m visability or is the No1 diversion coming into play ?

Current weather @1350lt
EBLG 211250Z 01004KT 320V040 0200 R23L/0350N FG OVC001 05/05 Q1041 BECMG 1000 BR SCT002 BKN030


T

[MST-Aviation]

MST-Aviation wrote:
The system is now showing 16:00LT I it will arrive in the dark

Not quite: sunset at 16:40 LT.

With this weather conditions its almost dark at 16:00

The N71JN G4 is diverting from Liege to Maastricht.

[grnkg]

Latest update from TAY FlightOps at 14:19 LT:

OO-THA is between Iceland and Scotland, it is estimated LGG at 1618lt.
According to the meteo office the weather should improve from now the reach the minimum required for the B747 landing.

Kind regards,
GR.

[Bruspotter]

Hello

According to the meteo office the weather should improve from now the reach the minimum required for the B747 landing.

Does this means as much as :

"If the weather on the way to LGG don't get better , the B747ERF will not reach LGG with it's range???"

Would wonder me since it's an 'empty' ferry flight and it's a B747-400ERF.



Best regards: Yannick

[TUB001]

1st planned diversion airport is EBBR.

Problem is that it is not CATIIIb certified yet (nor CATII) and visibility is now 300m (+ OVC001) at EBLG.

Fingers crossed...

[TBSC]

I think it much more means that the current visibility in LGG is 300m (RVR 23L/400N) which could be under the required minimum of the a/c or crew.

[Acid-drop]

About ILS, this article is nice :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_Landing_System

Which cat have LGG right now ?

[TBSC]

LGG rwy 23L is CatIIIB, which means visibility minimum is RVR/75 (no DH).

[TBSC]

According to the meteo office the weather should improve from now the reach the minimum required for the B747 landing.

It is indeed improving slowly:
LGG 211420Z 04007KT 0600 R23L/0650U FG BKN001 05/05 Q1041 BECMG 1000 BR BKN002 BKN030

[Skystef]

Latest report gives:
SPECI EBLG 211430Z 04006KT 1200 R23L/1400V0800U BR SCT001 BKN002 06/05 Q1041 TEMPO 1800

Translation via copy/paste this message is possible on http://www.skystef.be/metar-decoder.htm

EBLG has both CAT II and III on its rwy's.
RVR value for CAT II is <350 meter
RVR for CAT III is <125 meter.

So right now with visibilities between 800-1400m on the RVR CAT I is in progress, the 747 should be able to land with it.

[Mavke]

HES NOW INBOUND LGE Descending to FL230

time 16.23 local

Mavke

[Acid-drop]

who will post the first (foggy) pic ?

[corvix]

Here is the 1st pic ;
http://img15.imgspot.com/?u=/u/06/354/1 ... 722330.jpg

[website-info]

HES NOW INBOUND LGE Descending to FL230

time 16.23 local

Mavke

funny I thought it was arriving at Liege, but according this post arriving Lake Gregory, Australia.

Can we please only use codes if you know they are right or spell the airport in full

T

[Ernest_K_Gann]

grnkg,

Out of curiosity, what position do you hold at TNT? Crewscheduler?


Krgds,

Ernest.