Three Aircraft Landed On Birmingham Runway While Occupied By A Ladder

[AviatorsWorldwide]

In shocking news, three aircraft landed at Birmingham Airport, UK, while there was a ladder on the runway in September. Crews from all three planes reported a possible object on the runway after near-misses ion landing. An investigation from the UK’s AAIB details how the ladder fell on the runway and why it remained there for so long.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://simpleflying.com/birmingham-ladder-on-runway/

[Ondrej]

This is indeed very interesting. A ladder is something you definitely don’t find often on a runway.

[Maverick]

Yeah, definitely. It is indeed very interesting

[Ondrej]

Not something I would expect if I was landing.

[Maverick]

I was surprised to see they touch down safely as well. I would have gotten scare if that’s what happen to us.

[Maverick]

I wonder why would there be one at the runway tbh

[Ondrej]

@AviatorsWorldwide

The investigation found that the ladder fell out because the bungee cord in the back of the pickup truck was not adequate.

This is how

[Maverick]

Interesting, then my next question is how was the cord not adequate?

[Daniel_747]

@AviatorsWorldwide

ATC contacted the third aircraft and informed it of the possible object and asked if it wanted to proceed with landing. The third aircraft (a TUI 757-200, registration: G-OOBA) opted to land and did so safely.

Why didn’t they inspect and deny Tui?

[LadyPeach]

The ladder did the ultimate

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