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Incident at Shannon

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    vulcan57
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    Thankfully no one hurt.


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    Fabio
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    Could have been a difficult one to land considering the cross-wind and it only being a Cessna. Thankfully the pilot and no one else is hurt.


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    highlydebased
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    Ei-bpl


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    ScabbyLeg
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    Oh yeah, it's a C172 with a diesel engine. Painted red and white like a barbershop pole! What's the damage like?


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    cp251
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    I was out and about around that time yesterday. The wind was virtually calm just inland of Shannon. Was there a sea breeze or something?


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    ronnie3585
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    Fabio wrote: »
    Could have been a difficult one to land considering the cross-wind and it only being a Cessna.

    Please elaborate?


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    Fabio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭Fabio


    I'm no expert, just an interested person and from what, possibly erraneous but possibly correct knowledge I possess I thought that in a bad cross wind it may be difficult to land a light aircraft...elaborate enough for you?


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    RedorDead
    Registered Users Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭RedorDead


    When i read the thread title i thought you were referring to this:

    http://www.indymedia.ie/article/86982


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    pclancy
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    Interesting story but note the part about the flameout :)

    "Apparently, the aircraft suffered a flameout, in one of its four engines, described by callers as a streak of flame trailing from the plane"

    Flames coming out of an engine that has flamed out (ie stopped) seems a bit mad.


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    yhwh
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    Xwind limitations for a C172 are 15kts


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