Abnormalities in BRU-ANR-CRL-LGG-OST in 2013

[jan_olieslagers]

They have, or at least they used to have, several, in fact - but this one had an OO- reg, though it was just too high for the rest of the reg to be readable. Gendarmerie Cessna's are/were G-01, G-02, G-03, G-04 (and perhaps more?).

[[ off topic: one of these C172's was lost a couple of years ago after landing on EBBR 25R. ISTR it landed too short after a departing airliner, got caught in wake turbulence, and ended upside down ]]

[[ edit: apparently there never were more than three at any given time, two remaining today. Also, they are C182's, not C172's. http://belmilac.wetpaint.com/page/Cessn ... Skylane+II ]]

[Tomskii]

From time to time there are people that crazy that land their private (or rented) plane at BRU (guess they have enough money for the landing costs :p).

Might also have been a plane that had to wait to pass the CTR (not always allowed by BRU) or a plane that should have been landing at EBGB but apparantly wasn't :p no clue tbh

[Passenger]

On Saturday 27th April, an Aeroflot A320, reg VP-BKY performing flight SU-2618 from Moscow Sheremetyevo to Brussels with 107 passengers and 6 crew, rejected takeoff from Sheremetyevo's runway 07R due to an engine (CFM56) failure. The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron. Rosaviatsia reported the high pressure compressor (N2) suffered a mechanical failure. A replacement A320 reg VQ-BIW reached Brussels with a delay of 2.5 hours.

Source:
http://avherald.com/h?article=46182709

[Passenger]

New report on Aviation Herald: "Incident: Air France A330-200 and Brussels Airlines A330-300 above Mauretania on 21st April 2013: TCAS resolution enroute".

Details:
http://avherald.com/h?article=461ab03c&opt=0

(note : agree, it's not actually an abnormality "in" BRU)

[sn26567]

(note : agree, it's not actually an abnormality "in" BRU)

No worry: all flights with origin or destination in a Belgian airport are "welcome" in this topic. And we forgot KJK...

By the way, another demonstration of the fight between AF and SN in Africa?

[VEX802]

Perhaps not related to a Belgian airport (?), but Emirates Sky Cargo flight UAE9989 from Dubai to Amsterdam was flying on a very low altitude towards the southern part of Belgium around 20h00. Perhaps a diversion?

[Bottie]

Perhaps not related to a Belgian airport (?), but Emirates Sky Cargo flight UAE9989 from Dubai to Amsterdam was flying on a very low altitude towards the southern part of Belgium around 20h00. Perhaps a diversion?

Landed at LGG

[VEX802]

Perhaps not related to a Belgian airport (?), but Emirates Sky Cargo flight UAE9989 from Dubai to Amsterdam was flying on a very low altitude towards the southern part of Belgium around 20h00. Perhaps a diversion?

Landed at LGG

Thank you for the update. Do you know if this was a scheduled stop or a diversion?

[Passenger]

Online flight info AMS:

EK-9776 DXB-AMS, scheduled arr at 15h00, was cancelled.

EK-9990 AMS-DXB, scheduled dep at 14h00, took off at 14h30 (777-F reg A6-EFI)

Source : AMS cargo flight information:
http://www.schiphol.nl/Travellers/Fligh ... rivals.htm

(yes, arr 1500 and dep 1400)

[jan_olieslagers]

Sunday 05/may/2013, +/- 08hrs local: Accidentally I observed (on Flightradar24) an AirCanada B767 performing a go-around on a 25 (L?) approach, as an EasyJet Airbus took off from 20. Isn't it VERY unusual to use 20 for take-off, given the "delicacy" of the noise argument south-east of Brussels? The wind IS from 230 degrees according to METAR, but at only 4 knots and with a variation 180-270 degrees I should think the standard 25R departures just as feasible?

[Atco EBBR]

This is in fact standard working method. Saturday afternoon and sunday morning we use the night configuration (if the wind permits) of 25R for landing (25L used for landing ad hoc) and 20 for southeast bound departures, 25R for the other departures.

But a go around on 25L together with a departure on 20, that's tricky...

[EBAW_flyer]

Well, according to flightradar24 playback
1) The Air Canada did not perform a go-around
2) The Easyjet was well clear of the axis (2-3 nm at least) when AC was over the threshold of 25L.

[sn26567]

Incident: Brussels RJ1H at Toulouse on May 9th 2013, engine malfunction

A Brussels Airlines Avro RJ-100, registration OO-DWH performing flight SN-3668 from Toulouse (France) to Brussels (Belgium), was climbing out of Toulouse's runway 14L when the crew reported problems with one of the four engines (LF507), stopped the climb at 5000 feet and returned to Toulouse for a safe landing on runway 14L about 35 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto the next flight and reached Brussels with a delay of 5.5 hours.

Source: The Aviation Herald

[sn26567]

An old story comes back to the surface:

Incident: Brussels A319 and Iberia A320 at Barcelona on Feb 8th 2012, loss of separation on final approach

The conclusion has just been published:

The incident was caused by a miscalculation on the part of ATC when attempting to adjust flight paths.

The resolution of the conflict was not adequate. Once it was decided to have IBE0716 turn, this aircraft shouldn’t have been allowed to turn left without taking into account the altitudes of the aircraft or their possible converging flight paths. It would have been better handled by making IBE0716 turn right.

Also contributing to this incident were deficient ATC communications.

See full story on The Aviation Herald

Further problems with Spanish ATC...

[HighInTheSky]

Further problems with Spanish ATC...

They speak English very well, they learned it from a book!

Dixit Manuel from Fawlty Towers

[Passenger]

On 20th May, flight SN2066 Edinburgh-Brussels, operated by a Flybe Dash 8-400, had to divert to Birmingham for a technical issue (hydraulic failure).

More info:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4628e2bf&opt=0

[Passenger]

Not an "abnormality", although there could be "an abnormal quantity of soccer fans" at the departure hall, so after all it's on topic: on Thursday 23th May at 10h25, the Red Devils take SN 501 to JFK, for a week of training and matches.

They're flying C off course, and what's special : they will wear special glasses who are supposed to reduced the jetlag.

HLN.be: "De brillen verspreiden het licht over het netvlies. Zo wordt de biologische klok beïnvloed en wordt de volgen van de jetlag beperkt door het stimuleren van bepaalde hormonen," zegt Kris Van Crombrugge, de arts van de Rode Duivels. De spelers reizen in business class, en worden verder nog extra in de watten gelegd. Steunkousen, hydratatie met speciale zouten en aspirines moeten ieder risico op tromboses (bloedklonters) van de baan ruimen."

[sn26567]

Squawk 7600 (radio failure): BEL6AG (SN3815) from BRU to LIS (A320 OO-SNB).

Returned to BRU shortly after having reached Saint-Quentin.

[convair]

Currently turning above Westerlo.

[Passenger]

Today's TP602 Porto-Brussels, Fokker-100 operated by Portugalia had a bird strike during the takeoff run. Take off run was aborted, the damage to a pitot tube was repaired and the same aircraft took off again two hours later.

details:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4631d0f6&opt=0