b.air flight to Kinshasa delayed till tomorrow

oosfp · Post by **oosfp** » 07 Aug 2007, 15:49

According Le soir b.air flight s to kinshasa is delayed by 24 hrs due to technical problem on A/C in Douala

FlyA330 · Post by **FlyA330** » 07 Aug 2007, 15:59

The Kin flight is a wet lease for Hewa Bora. Due to the bussy summer, they can't find another aircraft to do the flight. 240 pax are blocked at the airport.

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 07 Aug 2007, 16:08

Hope the problem will be solved rapidly.

Out of curiosity, wish one of the 4 A330's is the one being stuck ?

Greetz
Chris

firrech · Post by **firrech** » 07 Aug 2007, 17:57

Sorry, I don't understand about the flight..
Is it a HEWA BORA flight or SN?
On Biac website, we can read ALX104 from KIN = cancelled. and SN1??? from Douala and KIN = scheduled.
Thanks for getting more informations.

Airbus330lover · Post by **Airbus330lover** » 07 Aug 2007, 18:20

firrech wrote:Sorry, I don't understand about the flight..
Is it a HEWA BORA flight or SN?
On Biac website, we can read ALX104 from KIN = cancelled. and SN1??? from Douala and KIN = scheduled.
Thanks for getting more informations.

HEWA BORA operated by Bru air

apu-on · Post by **apu-on** » 07 Aug 2007, 20:39

I think it's SFN. At least according to ACARS datas.
I've heard about heavy gear problems.

Stranded pax in DLA not FIH. ALX flight BRU-Kin delayed by 24h.
Without that SFW as back up (when it worked) the summer might have been an image disaster for bru-air.

L-1011 · Post by **L-1011** » 08 Aug 2007, 15:18

Without that SFW as back up (when it worked) the summer might have been an image disaster for bru-air.

Yes but I heard thet SFW was not completely refurbished inside, so maybe it's not that positive for the image

On a lighter note: Airbus should build a reinforced A333EDA for extermely demanding airfields

:D

Stij · Post by **Stij** » 08 Aug 2007, 15:56

L-1011 wrote:Yes but I heard thet SFW was not completely refurbished inside, so maybe it's not that positive for the image

It wasn't refurbished at all, it still has its LTU / Air Madrid seating. Lots of platic from the seats not fixed properly etc. However, i't wasn't a complete disaster either.

Cheers,

Stij

rut-her · Post by **rut-her** » 08 Aug 2007, 17:57

apu-on wrote:I think it's SFN. At least according to ACARS datas.

Confirm. OO-SFM, SFO and SFW were present at the gate today. No sign of SFN.

Greetz,
Rutger

apu-on · Post by **apu-on** » 08 Aug 2007, 20:58

Airplane badly damaged and won't be in service before middle of next wek.
strange story.

744rules · Post by **744rules** » 10 Aug 2007, 15:06

landing gear needs replacement.
An airforce c130 will take spares to Doula, where the a/c will be jacked to get a new landing gear.

rut-her · Post by **rut-her** » 10 Aug 2007, 17:57

744rules wrote:landing gear needs replacement.
An airforce c130 will take spares to Doula, where the a/c will be jacked to get a new landing gear.

That looks like very heavy damage

I hope (for BruAir) that it is back in service soon.

Greetz,
Rutger

Post by **sn26567** » 11 Aug 2007, 09:42

744rules wrote:An airforce c130 will take spares to Doula

Can the Belgian Air Force be hired for such civilian jobs? Should be expensive...

Seems to me that a private plane (e.g. Abelag) might come out cheaper.

744rules · Post by **744rules** » 11 Aug 2007, 10:35

That's what I heard from a mechanic. I suppose André (Flahaut) will disguise this an air component training

FlyA330 · Post by **FlyA330** » 11 Aug 2007, 10:42

Seems to me that a private plane (e.g. Abelag) might come out cheaper.

A landing gear of an Airbus A330 (or even pieces of it) is almost as big as an airplane of Abelag

I would love to see it on a roof rack on a Learjet...

Airbus330lover · Post by **Airbus330lover** » 11 Aug 2007, 11:36

FlyA330 wrote:A landing gear of an Airbus A330 (or even pieces of it) is almost as big as an airplane of Abelag
I would love to see it on a roof rack on a Learjet...

And Air Force pilots needs to have flight hours too.
Probably cheaper by BAF than by airbus

Post by **sn26567** » 13 Aug 2007, 10:07

Strange things happening this morning: the flight SN207 to Freetown and Abidjan is cancelled, but the flight SN3695 to Barcelona is upgraded to an L1011 (and delayed by 3 hrs)! Is BCN more important than Africa?

LX-LGX · Post by **LX-LGX** » 13 Aug 2007, 21:19

sn26567 wrote:Strange things happening this morning: the flight SN207 to Freetown and Abidjan is cancelled, but the flight SN3695 to Barcelona is upgraded to an L1011 (and delayed by 3 hrs)! Is BCN more important than Africa?

Monday 13/08: SN3696 BCN-BRU has landed at 16h05 (scheduled for 11h55), again the L1011.

Tuesday 14/08: the L1011 is doing Dakar / Conakry (SN205 ETD 11h10).

JAFflyer · Post by **JAFflyer** » 13 Aug 2007, 23:02

As a general question, who is operating the Tristar? Luzair?

LX-LGX · Post by **LX-LGX** » 13 Aug 2007, 23:36

JAFflyer wrote:As a general question, who is operating the Tristar? Luzair?

it's Luzair's CS-TMP indeed - as on 14th and 15th August.

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