Qantas take off at Perth - rips up runway.

[flying dog]

Saw it on the news.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/16/qantas-flight-qf71-perth-airport-damage-repairs

 

And on youtube

Ooops!

 

I think someone will need to explain why this happened.

 

Edited September 16 by flying dog

[Bosi72]

The quality of roads built by councils tells a lot..

 

I am more concerned that Adelaide is the nearest alternate and A330 isn't the biggest aeroplane flying...

[Deano747]

41 minutes ago, Bosi72 said:

 

 

I am more concerned that Adelaide is the nearest alternate and A330 isn't the biggest aeroplane flying...

Learmonth is the designated alternate for Perth.

Perth is a designated remote airfield requiring certain operational considerations.

[Jerry_Atrick]

Although not in the same league, here is one runway that was council laid

 

Edited September 16 by Jerry_Atrick

[flying dog]

So I wonder where it (The vampire) landed?

[Marty_d]

1 hour ago, flying dog said:

So I wonder where it (The vampire) landed?

On ze neck of a young voman.

[Marty_d]

2 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

Although not in the same league, here is one runway that was council laid

 

As someone who just spent $25k getting our driveway resurfaced, I can sympathise with the owners of that airfield.

 

[440032]

1 hour ago, Marty_d said:

On ze neck of a young voman.

Gee, that really sucks.

[Thruster88]

Would have made a better headline if a Boeing had done it.

[onetrack]

Have the Irish gang, cheap asphalt paving merchants, been around again?? A bloke I know with a truck yard, got taken to the cleaners by them, when they "repaved" his yard. Of course, it was cheap cash job, so he got what he deserved.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarmac_scam

 

[Student Pilot]

2 hours ago, onetrack said:

Have the Irish gang, cheap asphalt paving merchants, been around again?? A bloke I know with a truck yard, got taken to the cleaners by them, when they "repaved" his yard. Of course, it was cheap cash job, so he got what he deserved.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarmac_scam

 

They were probably the ones who resurfaced the runway, cheapest quote always wins. That really works out well, look at the state of the roads, new road laid and the first potholes appear within a week.

[spacesailor]

Our road became ' crazy paving 'only a few months after a new surfaces was relaid . The gang came back & poured liquid tar into those cracks, and years later it is holding . But the adjacent road joints are full of potholes for me & others to trip on .

spacesailor

 

[F10]

That Vamp was "Goblin up the runway".