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Plane flies too low into airport [UK airport, Iranian plane]
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| February 23, 2006
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Posted on 02/23/2006 11:52:31 AM PST by aculeus
Inquiries have started after an aeroplane landing at Birmingham International Airport came in too low.
The passenger airliner is reported to have descended to 600ft (182m) six miles from the airport - experts said it should have been at 1,800ft (550m).
National Air Traffic Services has confirmed the incident near Kenilworth, Warwickshire, happened on Thursday.
The aircraft and its flight data recorder are being held by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
The Airbus A310, with an unknown number of passengers on board, was being operated by Iranian airline Mahan Air.
It was spotted flying low over Honiley, near Kenilworth, as it began its descent at about midday.
'Wheels too low'
A farmer in nearby Meer End rang the airport to say a plane had flown too low over his farm.
John Conneally said he could see the plane's wheels were down.
"It looked like it was only 200 to 300 feet up as it nearly hit the straw stack. It happened so quickly it was like a boom," he said.
The plane then started to climb again, he said.
"The pilot on the plane must have seen us. We were looking after the cattle in the shed and the cattle went mad," he added.
Reports say the pilot was alerted and told to climb, which he did before making a second attempt at landing.
Story from BBC NEWS:
Published: 2006/02/23 17:25:02 GMT
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posted on
02/23/2006 11:52:31 AM PST
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
2
posted on
02/23/2006 11:53:35 AM PST
by
RichInOC
(Iran War 2006: Better 25 Years Late Than Never.)
To: aculeus
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posted on
02/23/2006 11:53:51 AM PST
by
CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
(Toon Town, Iran...........where reality is the real fantasy.)
To: aculeus
Testing how the Brit's react? Practice run, perhaps?
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posted on
02/23/2006 11:54:39 AM PST
by
CrawDaddyCA
(There is no such thing as a fair fight. Thou shall win at all costs!!)
To: CrawDaddyCA
The Airbus A310, with an unknown number of passengers on board... This one might have had 300 passengers. The next one will likely have 1, maybe 2...
The "pilot", and if needed, a "co-pilot"
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posted on
02/23/2006 11:56:07 AM PST
by
C210N
(Bush SPYED, Terrorists DIED!)
To: aculeus
It looked like it was only 200 to 300 feet up as it nearly hit the straw stack.WOW! I've pitched high, but never into 200 - 300 ft stacks.
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posted on
02/23/2006 11:56:46 AM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know.)
To: aculeus
They obviously subscribe to "any landing you can walk away from is a good one" magazine...
7
posted on
02/23/2006 12:03:07 PM PST
by
stm
(It's possible to fix most things, but you can't fix stupid)
To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
Yes, indeedy....practice run.
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posted on
02/23/2006 12:03:39 PM PST
by
hershey
To: aculeus
It looked like it was only 200 to 300 feet up as it nearly hit the straw stack.
Whew, that was close!
To: aculeus
"Screech! Racism!"
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posted on
02/23/2006 12:06:11 PM PST
by
pabianice
(contact ebay??)
To: aculeus
As long as they didn't land too low. Maybe the pilot got confused between feet and meters...like NASA with the Mars landings.
To: aculeus
No problem, Iranian airline flights will probably start here in the states soon enough. The President won't know anything about it, the apologists will say it's just capitalism at work.....and our lives will continue.
Occasionally we might have to duck and cover, but hey that's the price we pay.
Right?
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posted on
02/23/2006 12:11:20 PM PST
by
Dazedcat
To: aculeus
They might want to check the ground path of the aircraft to see if there were any military or other sensitive assets in the area.
The Iranians might have been on a surveillance mission.
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posted on
02/23/2006 12:17:28 PM PST
by
FReepaholic
(If ignorance ain't bliss, I don't know what is.)
To: aculeus
We were looking after the cattle in the shed and the cattle went mad," The Iranian version of cow tipping?
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posted on
02/23/2006 12:18:59 PM PST
by
DejaJude
(Admiral Clark said, "Our mantra today is life, liberty and the pursuit of those who threaten it!")
To: RichInOC
Must have thought it was one of those "flying carpets".
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posted on
02/23/2006 12:19:05 PM PST
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: Verginius Rufus
Maybe the pilot got confused between feet and meters...like NASA with the Mars landings.I doubt it. Both the UK and Iran use the International System of Units.
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posted on
02/23/2006 12:21:14 PM PST
by
tarator
To: aculeus
The normal approach profile might be beyond the competence of the Iranian pilot. These guys are not the most proficient at
anything!
Well, explosives excluded...
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posted on
02/23/2006 12:22:47 PM PST
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: Darksheare
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posted on
02/23/2006 12:23:16 PM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: aculeus
Stryker!! You're too low!!!
To: aculeus
But, really. Just how low is "too" low?
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posted on
02/23/2006 12:29:37 PM PST
by
Hatteras
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