Reply to: Another Boeing woopsie

[original PM]

Fitting ex-employees with odd habits into duffel bags being one of them?

allegedly


(or you will be next!)

[AtW]

Ten Mi-6 helicopters should just about lift it

MI-6 is too busy lifting other things just now ...

[greenlake]

Seems like it turned into a non-event.

BBC News - Jumbo jet safely takes off from tiny Kansas airport

[suityou01]

Reverse it into a giant catapult, then full thrust it out of there.

[northernladuk]

BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Plane lands at airbase by mistake

Conversation between pilots on that flight....

Pilot : (Irish accent) It's going to be a short land.
Co Pilot : (Irish accent) Full breaks, full flap and reverse engines upon touch down. Got it.

Plane comes in to land, hit tarmac, breaks screeching, burning rubber smell.

Pilot : B'jesus that is a short runway, only just managed to stop in time.
Co Pilot : To be sure but look at the bloody width of it!!!!

[Peoplesoft bloke]

BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Plane lands at airbase by mistake

[northernladuk]

This happened last year to a C17 as well. Landed at a small comercial airport instead of a military one not far off.

and it taking off

[doodab]

But can they find a pilot mad enough to try it?

When Suity said he was banking on Monday, he meant turning left.

[DaveB]

But can they find a pilot mad enough to try it?

[Paddy]

Ten Mi-6 helicopters should just about lift it

[Mich the Tester]

Not really. There's always rocket assisted take-off if all else fails.

I think by the time 'all else fails' it'll be a job for the garbage disposal companies.

[doodab]

If they remove all the cargo - and drain out most of the fuel - leaving just enough to get to a bigger airport - and tow/push it to the very edge of the runway apron, they could probably do a take-off on a 1,860m runway.

No doubt that's what Boeing are number crunching right now. If not, they're f*****

Then hire an Airbus to go and pick the cargo up

[NotAllThere]

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No doubt that's what Boeing are number crunching right now. If not, they're f*****

Not really. There's always rocket (jet) assisted take-off if all else fails.

[Mich the Tester]

If they remove all the cargo - and drain out most of the fuel - leaving just enough to get to a bigger airport - and tow/push it to the very edge of the runway apron, they could probably do a take-off on a 1,860m runway.

No doubt that's what Boeing are number crunching right now. If not, they're f*****

But can they find a pilot mad enough to try it?

[centurian]

The cargo plane normally requires a runway of 2,780m (9,119ft) to take off at maximum weight

If they remove all the cargo - and drain out most of the fuel - leaving just enough to get to a bigger airport - and tow/push it to the very edge of the runway apron, they could probably do a take-off on a 1,860m runway.

No doubt that's what Boeing are number crunching right now. If not, they're f*****