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Pac Blue E190 RTO in NZ
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 3:36 pm
by Phantom
Thought that many of you may like to view this ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esrrsrvfuEk
Was of a E190 that was touring around NZ - as you may (or may not) be able to pick out - a bird was ingested down the RH engine - prior to V1 - and the pilots elected to reject the Take-off - dont know the size of bird.
PS - Was not a Kiwi
Re: Pac Blue E190 RTO in NZ
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:46 pm
by Stretch
Nice instincts by the pilots.
Split-second reactions.
Any later and it would've been too late to cancel the take-off.
Re: Pac Blue E190 RTO in NZ
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:48 pm
by rochedalescan
Must have been a kiwi pilot
Re: Pac Blue E190 RTO in NZ
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:51 pm
by Stretch
Rochedalescan wrote:Must have been a kiwi pilot
Ummmm Shane, did he end up off the runway??...No...couldn't have been a kiwi
Re: Pac Blue E190 RTO in NZ
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:55 pm
by rochedalescan
Stretch wrote:Rochedalescan wrote:Must have been a kiwi pilot
Ummmm Shane, did he end up off the runway??...No...couldn't have been a kiwi
Oh thought you said something about split second reactions, cant have been an aussie
haha
Re: Pac Blue E190 RTO in NZ
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 6:01 pm
by Stretch
Oh snap
Re: Pac Blue E190 RTO in NZ
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 2:28 pm
by BobM
Not a kiwi! LOL. It would have to be one of your home grown Australian Spur-winged Plovers.They are also hanging around the air fields over here (Blenheim NZ). Every few weeks or so, (in the summer months) a local airfield takes a fire tender vehicle complete with a 'shot gun and blanks' and do an hour or so off 'discouragement therapy! ! Seems to work OK. Perhaps your guys over there should try it!