MAN/EGCC closed

[lee182]

apparently because one runway was closed for maintenence, and the other runway was blocked by a landing American Airlines aircraft with hydraulic problems.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7260747.stm

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3933168

BBC show a 757 when its reported to be a 767... :razz:

[AJ]

http://www.airteamimages.com/65127.html

The photo shows the classic symptoms of a centre hydraulic system failure. Flap 20, gear doors hanging down....been there, done that!

[RingwaySam]

Good job by the crew to get everyone down! I saw it on the SBS, final GS was around 157kts - The winds were around 10-18kts I think.

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[AirbusA310]

Was handled brilliantly by both crew & ground staff. I was there filming at the aviation park all day yesterday. The plane had been trying to get away all morning. It aborted a take off earlier in the day and went back to the stand before leaving for chicago and returning before this incident :)