Plane Lands on 36th Street

[Mccree]

Will they have to dismantle the plane to move it off the road?

[wwkayaker]

Originally Posted by Mccree

Will they have to dismantle the plane to move it off the road?

No, it doesn’t sound like it. I read they are bringing a crane from the airport and will lift it onto a flatbed truck.

[Mccree]

Originally Posted by wwkayaker

No, it doesn’t sound like it. I read they are bringing a crane from the airport and will lift it onto a flatbed truck.

Cool. I was wondering if the wing span was too big for some of the roads they will have to take back to the airport.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by wwkayaker

No, it doesn’t sound like it. I read they are bringing a crane from the airport and will lift it onto a flatbed truck.

Well, that has to happen anyway as you can't exactly drive it down the road.

But the wingspan is beyond three lanes wide. I can't see how they move it without detaching the wings.

[Fuzz]

They could just fix the fuel pump, put some duct tape on that wingtip and fly it out of there.

But I understand their isn't much room for creative thinking in the aviation space, what with all their "rules" and all, so they will probably just put it on a truck.

[Bigtime]

TSB is on site and say they will keep the plane there for about two more hours before moving it. They have confirmed some sort of engine failure.

https://twitter.com/meyer_lucas/stat...97130194604033

[Acey]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Well, that has to happen anyway as you can't exactly drive it down the road.

But the wingspan is beyond three lanes wide. I can't see how they move it without detaching the wings.

Length is about 3 m shorter than the wingspan, if I remember right. Turn her sideways on the flat bed and it buys you a bit of room.

[Cube Inmate]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

If it was a fuel pump that went out, I give full credit to the pilot for doing an amazing job of getting that plane on the ground as quickly and safely as possible.

More accurately, she got the plane on the ground as *slowly* as possible. When lacking engines, that's an even more amazing job!

[81MC]

Putting the plane down on that specific part of the road is incredible. Causing less damage than an inattentive truck driver might is even more so. Always nice to see the result of a skilled person performing impressively well.

[kermitology]

It's not that difficult to remove the wings. From my previous experience working in aviation they're usually held on with a couple of big ass bolts, and are pretty easy to remove with the right tool.

[CaptainCrunch]

[automaton 3]

There are both mechanical and electric fuel pumps, and a cross-feed mechanism on that machine. More than one thing must have went wrong here if a fuel pump is to blame.

They could have simply run out of fuel, which would be a head-scratcher.

Nice job by the flight crew to get the machine down and no injuries.

[Dion]

[Northendzone]

Does yyc still collect a landing fee for this one?

[Dion]

The passengers should get extra frequent flier points that flight.

[Snuffleupagus]

They actually towed this Piper from 36 st on it's own wheels with a tow rope and about 15 cop cars to shut the streets down. they got it back to it's intended destination from somewhere on aero drive. couldn't tell for sure but probably used Purolator's access

[Northendzone]

how long to the title of this thread is modified to something along the lines of "Ongoing Planes Landing on City Streets"

[MRCboicgy]

Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus

They actually towed this Piper from 36 st on it's own wheels with a tow rope and about 15 cop cars to shut the streets down. they got it back to it's intended destination from somewhere on aero drive. couldn't tell for sure but probably used Purolator's access

I hope someone said "special delivery!"

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by MRCboicgy

I hope someone said "special delivery!"

And then left a delivery attempted slip even though they were home.

[SebC]

TSB report is out

Plane had fuel but crew didn't switch tanks.