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Originally Posted by cooper barrett
Why are the no pictures, You should post them as there is nothing I can find. Nothing.
I heard people were out scubaing when it was in the water  Bullshit?
I heard it overran the airport due to equipment failure, Reverse thrusters did not or could not engage? |
Rerun, not trying to high jack your wonderful thread...
Coop....How do you know all this? Impressed. You mentioned Saudi? Are you or were in the aviation industry?
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Cayman operated under CAA rules. In the Turks, one of the TR failed. Under CAA rules, if one of the TR fails, the aircraft can proceed to operate as long as the other TR is disabled also until the aircraft returns to repair facilities. (The FAA rules did not allow this exception.)
Thus, when CCW approached GCM Georgetown, the pilot miscalculated where to touch and landed long. The rest is simple physics. GCM runway is only 7K long. (I remember the first time I flew into GCM and watch the markers go buy 5-4-3....and the plane was not slowing down...sucks...when we did stop and turned....the sound was right there.)
Anyway, no scuba divers, no sharks.
Hell. I saw so much stupid stuff at Cayman. In Miami, a food truck hit a 737-400. My predecessor approved the use of duck tape to tape up the small hole in the tail and fly it back to GCM. What the hell? A Caymanian crew was cleaning and painting collapsible maintenance scaffolding and the supervisor was clowning around and pull the pin...with another team member inside....severe head injuries...we had to fly to mainland for surgery...I tried to fire him....the Caymanian Pres overrode my decision and let him keep his job.