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[rollo]

On Channel five tonight at 9::00pm

April 10th 1990 Birmingham - Malaga British Airways 1-11 BA 5390. This is the flight that suffered a windscreen failure with the captain partly sucked out of the cockpit The first officer managed to return and land the aircraft safely to BHX.

Worth a view a tale of skill ,bravery and luck all because of a simple maintenance error.

 

[Ianbutty]

On Channel five tonight at 9::00pm

April 10th 1990 Birmingham - Malaga British Airways 1-11 BA 5390. This is the flight that suffered a windscreen failure with the captain partly sucked out of the cockpit The first officer managed to return and land the aircraft safely to BHX.

Worth a view a tale of skill ,bravery and luck all because of a simple maintenance error.

Remember it well. A shocker and astonishing that he survived. It is worth a watch.

 

[Seasider]

According to my TV mag it's the BM Kegworth disaster.

 

[elmdon74]

According to my TV mag it's the BM Kegworth disaster.

Channel 5 guide lists it for tonight, should have been on last week but was delayed, regards Simon.

 

[HPsauce]

According to my TV mag it's the BM Kegworth disaster.

It was shown last week. They are running a week out, as it was cancelled a few weeks back due to the air disaster in Brazil. TV mags are printed 2 weeks in advance, so often are subject to changes after printing.

 

[Matt995]

On Channel five tonight at 9::00pm

April 10th 1990 Birmingham - Malaga British Airways 1-11 BA 5390. This is the flight that suffered a windscreen failure with the captain partly sucked out of the cockpit The first officer managed to return and land the aircraft safely to BHX.

Worth a view a tale of skill ,bravery and luck all because of a simple maintenance error.

flight actually landed at Southampton, not back at Birmingham, BA then flew a 737-200 into Southampton to take the passengers onwards to Malaga.

 

[Ianbutty]

flight actually landed at Southampton, not back at Birmingham, BA then flew a 737-200 into Southampton to take the passengers onwards to Malaga.

Spoiler alert....I nearly posted the same. At the time it was underplayed. Nowadays it would have been overrated as a national scandal or national hero for days! Either way a man hung outside the aircraft for what, 30 mins hanging on by sheer luck whilst his First Officer kept his cool and plopped the plan down at Eastleigh. So cool.

 

[Ray Finkle]

The new drive through coffee shop on the A45 is to be a Starbucks, saw the signage today.

Mrs F is gutted as she collects points from Costa.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

The new drive through coffee shop on the A45 is to be a Starbucks, saw the signage today.

Mrs F is gutted as she collects points from Costa.

Is that the ongoing construction opposite the airport

 

[Ray Finkle]

Is that the ongoing construction opposite the airport

Yes mate, behind the new petrol station.

 

[A330]

While it's not a massive change, good to see BHX arrivals now displays the parking stand and luggage carousel where applicable.

 

[Matt995]

While it's not a massive change, good to see BHX arrivals now displays the parking stand and luggage carousel where applicable.

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actually it's not the stand number, i think "42" in this case is the airport gate number, Emirates always use stand 54C

 

[BhxJack]

That's correct

 

[Ray Finkle]

I'm sure that someone on here must have made a connection through Frankfurt at some point. Would 2 hrs leave enough time?

 

[Karl C]

I'm sure that someone on here must have made a connection through Frankfurt at some point. Would 2 hrs leave enough time?

More than enough time...I've transferred over FRA many many times. Go for it!!!

 

[Nibbles]

I just saw this, apologies.

I transferred through Frankfurt about 5 years ago (BHX-FRA-MIA), 2hrs was fine but 1) it was a fairly lengthy walk and 2) there was a separate security queue at Frankfurt that took a long time, around 45 minutes. Im not sure of that second security - which was airside - was due to the flight going off to the US or for some other reason.

When i left security i had about 15 minutes before the gate closed - i was getting close to asking to jump the queue. Ultimately i made it fine. The return journey was fine.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Just applied for a role at the airport Dnata

 

[Karl C]

Just applied for a role at the airportnata

Good luck.....foot in the door

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Good luck.....foot in the door

Thank you.There was a Airport Analysis job going and I was gonna give it a try but the employer would probably burn my cv instantly and realistically haven’t got any qualifications for that role.

 

[Karl C]

Thank you.There was a Airport Analysis job going and I was gonna give it a try but the employer would probably burn my cv instantly and realistically haven’t got any qualifications for that role.

Slowly catch monkey Ant. Either start at the bottom or....go back to school and get the qualifications you need. If you desire a certain job, then work hard to get it.