Non-motoring > TCX1638 circling Miscellaneous
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 Fri 31 Oct 14 11:11 
 TCX1638 circling - zippy
This 757 has been doing the rounds over East Sussex at 6k feet half a dozen times now.

Any problems?
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 Fri 31 Oct 14 11:14 
 TCX1638 circling - zippy
Update. It was off to the Middle East but looks like it's going back to base now?
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 Fri 31 Oct 14 17:34 
 TCX1638 circling - Old Navy
The DM is reporting that an escape slide "fell off" over Tonbridge wells.
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 Fri 31 Oct 14 17:37 
 TCX1638 circling - Zero
>> The DM is reporting that an escape slide "fell off" over Tonbridge wells.

Surely that means one of the doors was open?
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 Fri 31 Oct 14 17:42 
 TCX1638 circling - Zero
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2816032/Plane-forced-return-Gatwick-escape-slide-fell-off.html
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 Fri 31 Oct 14 18:17 
 TCX1638 circling - rtj70
I thought the slides could only be deployed when the doors were open.... Presumably not.
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 Fri 31 Oct 14 18:25 
 TCX1638 circling - Old Navy

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>> Surely that means one of the doors was open?
>>

I think on some aircraft the slide is fitted in a compartment under the door cill.
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 Fri 31 Oct 14 18:29 
 TCX1638 circling - WillDeBeest
The Mirror site has it too if you'd prefer to avoid the Mail. It's helpfully illustrated the story with a picture of an A321, which has 'Airbus A321' painted on the side.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/holiday-flight-makes-emergency-landing-4542473
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 Fri 31 Oct 14 18:37 
 TCX1638 circling - Zero

>> I think on some aircraft the slide is fitted in a compartment under the door
>> cill.

Thats a bad idea, it means you could loose the slide in flight...................
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 Fri 31 Oct 14 21:43 
 TCX1638 circling - rtj70
>> Thats a bad idea, it means you could loose the slide in flight...................

They did
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 Fri 31 Oct 14 18:37 
 TCX1638 circling - wokingham
An overwing slide deployment does not involve a door SFAIK. If the aircraft is pressurised a door cannot be opened as it comes inboard and this cannot be done against the internal pressure. The overwing slides are stowed in the top, inboard surface of each wing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIFCPUGBNWM
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 Fri 31 Oct 14 18:40 
 TCX1638 circling - Zero
>> The DM is reporting that an escape slide "fell off" over Tonbridge wells.

Not being picky or anything, but there is Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells. But no Tonbridge Wells.
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 Fri 31 Oct 14 18:42 
 TCX1638 circling - WillDeBeest
And you might lose a slide if it was loose.
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 Fri 31 Oct 14 18:43 
 TCX1638 circling - CGNorwich
There might be some wells in Tonbridge.
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 Fri 31 Oct 14 18:51 
 TCX1638 circling - Zero
>> There might be some wells in Tonbridge.

There is nothing well about Tonbridge
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 Fri 31 Oct 14 19:46 
 TCX1638 circling - zippy
Right, back from work now....


It was really noisy this morning as it was quite low. It drowned out the radio.

At first I thought it was one of the big helicopters that we get down this way sometimes (a flight of Merlins went past a couple of months back) or a rescue helicopter dropping of at the local A&E which is just up the road from me.

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 Fri 31 Oct 14 19:46 
 TCX1638 circling - MD
Kent.
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 Sun 2 Nov 14 22:00 
 TCX1638 circling - smokie
Probably related

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29870907
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