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KLM 747’s jet blast damages 17 vehicles
A KLM Boeing 747 damaged at least 17 vehicles upon making a left turn instead of a right turn after landing at Saint Martin's Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM). (www.thedailyherald.com) Ещё...
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...of course, the weird thing is - why was the 747 turning around in the middle of the runway?
Here's the Google Maps link, zoomed in to the turnaround... https://goo.gl/maps/SxY60
Here's the Google Maps link, zoomed in to the turnaround... https://goo.gl/maps/SxY60
It's called "back taxi", not unusually for aircraft not exiting on taxiway or wanting to expidite return to the terminal via the runway. Of course, only with permission from the ground controller.
It's actually required at TNCM since there are no taxiways past mid field. So they have to back taxi to the nearest taxiway. This is the case at other airports as well. The real question is why are park vehicles that close to the runway.
It's a small island. They have to squeeze things in wherever they can, including squeezing in a full commercial airport and runway.
The reason for only allowing large plane to turn in one direction is so that they don't direct the thrust from the plane's powerful engines toward nearby facilities.
That's why it was do obnoxious of the pilots to do what they did.
1. They did not properly consider the impact of their engine's thrust on the surrounding environment. And
2. They didn't follie clearly marked directions for proper turns (both on the pavement and noted inntheir charts).
The pilots' action was extremely inconsiderate. I would even take the liberty of using the term narcissistic to describe their actions.
The reason for only allowing large plane to turn in one direction is so that they don't direct the thrust from the plane's powerful engines toward nearby facilities.
That's why it was do obnoxious of the pilots to do what they did.
1. They did not properly consider the impact of their engine's thrust on the surrounding environment. And
2. They didn't follie clearly marked directions for proper turns (both on the pavement and noted inntheir charts).
The pilots' action was extremely inconsiderate. I would even take the liberty of using the term narcissistic to describe their actions.
It's called "back taxi" and is not unusually...pilots ask permission from ground
controller in order to expedite movement to terminal via runway without the various turns and stoppages along the taxi route.
controller in order to expedite movement to terminal via runway without the various turns and stoppages along the taxi route.
It seems possible that they did two things wrong. They not only turned the wrong way, but they may have used the mid-runway turnaround instead of traveling all the way to the end of the runway.
According to the info published on airnav.com, in the additional remarks for Princess Juliana International Airport : ALL B767 JET ACFT AND HEAVIER LNDG RY 10 SHALL ROLL OUT TO EOR, USE THE TURNING BAY AND MAKE TURNS TO THE RGT.
(All Boeing 767 jet aircraft and heavier, landing on Runway 10, shall roll out to the end of the runway, use the turning bay, and make turns to the right)
According to the info published on airnav.com, in the additional remarks for Princess Juliana International Airport : ALL B767 JET ACFT AND HEAVIER LNDG RY 10 SHALL ROLL OUT TO EOR, USE THE TURNING BAY AND MAKE TURNS TO THE RGT.
(All Boeing 767 jet aircraft and heavier, landing on Runway 10, shall roll out to the end of the runway, use the turning bay, and make turns to the right)
If you Google Earth those, they are located by the turnaround in the MIDDLE of the runway by Simpson Bay, not at either end. There are no taxi markings there, which explains a lot...