Fog grounds flights in Essex again (From Echo)
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Planes yet to land at Southend Airport today
9:08am Tuesday 23rd October 2012 in News By David Trayner
FOG is cancelling and delaying flights across Essex again today.
Planes are yet to land at Southend Airport this morning, with the 8.50am flight from Waterford, Ireland, cancelled and flights from Amsterdam and Belfast diverted to Stansted.
The 6.45am flight to Dublin and 9.15am to Waterford have also been cancelled, although the 6.30am flight to Faro, Portugal, left on time.
Flights from Stansted are running up to two and a half hours late but most planes have been landing on schedule.
The A127 westbound is running slow between Kent Elms Corner and the Progress Road junction in Southend, between Rayleigh Weir and the A130 in Rayleigh and between Wickford and Fortune Of War, Laindon.
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mrttev63
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11:02am Tue 23 Oct 12
Ian P
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12:08pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Eric Whim
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1:10pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Ian P wrote:there would have been three or four jumbo jets crashing into the pier by now if there were
Good job there is not a major international hub airport in the Estuary.
Olivia2847
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2:13pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Olivia2847
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2:16pm Tue 23 Oct 12
mrttev63 wrote:They have and also as all the spotters reminded us yesterday have the 'planes! Now it seems that the runway has the wrong sort of layout, length, texture, consistency, lighting, icing, bird scaring equipment, etc to cope with it, so that the pilots can see out of the windows!
I thought it had all weather radar system at southend
Max Impact
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3:28pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Olivia2847 wrote:WTF are you on, not one person said anything about the runway being wrong, it was completely relaid this year and is one of the best in the country.
mrttev63 wrote: I thought it had all weather radar system at southendThey have and also as all the spotters reminded us yesterday have the 'planes! Now it seems that the runway has the wrong sort of layout, length, texture, consistency, lighting, icing, bird scaring equipment, etc to cope with it, so that the pilots can see out of the windows!
Some aircraft can auto-land but regulations state the pilot MUST be able to see the runway at set distances in relation to the approach speed of the aircraft.
Olivia2847
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6:41pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Max Impact wrote:Language Timothy! Somewhere it stated that the runway must have certain set distances in order to support the approach speed and Southend don't! Say sorry ....
Olivia2847 wrote:WTF are you on, not one person said anything about the runway being wrong, it was completely relaid this year and is one of the best in the country.
mrttev63 wrote: I thought it had all weather radar system at southendThey have and also as all the spotters reminded us yesterday have the 'planes! Now it seems that the runway has the wrong sort of layout, length, texture, consistency, lighting, icing, bird scaring equipment, etc to cope with it, so that the pilots can see out of the windows!
Some aircraft can auto-land but regulations state the pilot MUST be able to see the runway at set distances in relation to the approach speed of the aircraft.
Max Impact
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8:08pm Tue 23 Oct 12
NONE of that is an issue
Stansted's runway is twice as long as Southend and that had the same problem, visibility NONE of the stuff you said.
Prehaps YOU should say sorry, or at least take in the information you are being told and actually understand that it was not anything to do with the airport but regulation set down for safety.
Olivia2847
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8:15pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Max Impact wrote:NFIAM !
You said and I quote " layout, length, texture, consistency, lighting, icing, bird scaring equipment"
NONE of that is an issue
Stansted's runway is twice as long as Southend and that had the same problem, visibility NONE of the stuff you said.
Prehaps YOU should say sorry, or at least take in the information you are being told and actually understand that it was not anything to do with the airport but regulation set down for safety.
Olivia2847
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8:28pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Olivia2847 wrote:Poor lamb have a lie down and perhaps you will better when the fog lifts from your eyes! A simple blog about fog and you get out of your pram! Rofl!
Max Impact wrote:NFIAM !
You said and I quote " layout, length, texture, consistency, lighting, icing, bird scaring equipment"
NONE of that is an issue
Stansted's runway is twice as long as Southend and that had the same problem, visibility NONE of the stuff you said.
Prehaps YOU should say sorry, or at least take in the information you are being told and actually understand that it was not anything to do with the airport but regulation set down for safety.
APR
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10:17pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Olivia2847 wrote:Nah, the Echo likes to have duplicate threads running.
Crickey - has this thread reappeared? I thought this thread had satisfied all of us trolls yesterday. Amazing how in this day and age fog can cause such apparent turmoil!
I'm sure there's a logical reason ?
Max Impact
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10:56pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Olivia2847 wrote:Ignore facts if you want, but you only end up making yourself look stupid.
Olivia2847 wrote:Poor lamb have a lie down and perhaps you will better when the fog lifts from your eyes! A simple blog about fog and you get out of your pram! Rofl!
Max Impact wrote:NFIAM !
You said and I quote " layout, length, texture, consistency, lighting, icing, bird scaring equipment"
NONE of that is an issue
Stansted's runway is twice as long as Southend and that had the same problem, visibility NONE of the stuff you said.
Prehaps YOU should say sorry, or at least take in the information you are being told and actually understand that it was not anything to do with the airport but regulation set down for safety.
You were making some sence on the other fog story
http://www.echo-news
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ws/southend/9999241.
Fog_delays_flights_a
cross_Essex/
But your post at 5:05pm on Monday 22nd October 2012 that you were off to "Brize to catch a Timmie"...
Brize is home to Hercs, C17, VC10's and Tristars... none as far as I can remember have the nickname Timmie, you did not mean TIFFY as in Typhoon did you?
Ian P
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7:19am Wed 24 Oct 12
APR wrote:This is not a duplicated thread it is a new report about a new day. The clue is in the very first sentance, which reads: "FOG is cancelling and delaying flights across Essex again today".
Olivia2847 wrote: Crickey - has this thread reappeared? I thought this thread had satisfied all of us trolls yesterday. Amazing how in this day and age fog can cause such apparent turmoil!Nah, the Echo likes to have duplicate threads running. I'm sure there's a logical reason ?
Eric Whim
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11:47am Wed 24 Oct 12
Joe Wildman
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1:34pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Hype it up would be the words biggest understatement!
Max Impact
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2:35pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Joe Wildman wrote:Was a bit over dramatic reporting, we have probably all had the odd rough flight or two, if she thinks that flight was bad try taking a flight on a Tu154 in a storm! or any of the cheap domestic flights in countrys that dont have such right rules as we do! very little ground lighting, runways that would suit rally cross...
Anyone see the sensationalist pap on the front of todays Echo... Hype it up would be the words biggest understatement!
Just as anoying is you buy the Southend Echo thats the SOUTHEND Echo, page three is nothing but lift gets stuck in Basildon Tower Block... Yes it had council officals in it going to speak to people about the lift problems but still Basildon news in the Southend edition.
I am launching an appeal looks like Jayman/Jollyboy has got lost in the fog so if you see him direct him away from Southend!
j-w
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3:00pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Just sayin'
Max Impact
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3:29pm Wed 24 Oct 12
j-w wrote:I don't spot so don't know all the nicknames only knew Tiffy as when they were at Southend that is what the crews were calling them!
Max, in the RAF the Tristar was known as a Timmie.
Just sayin'
Knew what was at Brise through Sister Skids (she will kill me for that) living less than a mile from the base.
So anyone seen Jayman/Jollyboy.
j-w
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3:37pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Max Impact
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4:09pm Wed 24 Oct 12
j-w wrote:Good point
hiding in plain sight! olivia person is one of them possibly.
Prehaps Jaywoman & Jollygirl would have been too obvious!
Eric Whim
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5:38pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Just as anoying is you buy the Southend Echo thats the SOUTHEND Echo, page three is nothing but lift gets stuck in Basildon Tower Block... Yes it had council officals in it going to speak to people about the lift problems but still Basildon news in the Southend edition.
probably overloaded the lift - it allegedly says 'capacity 10 perons or one fat gravy stained and pie crumb festooned councilor' - there was more than one so it therefore overloaded
Nebs says...
9:40am Tue 23 Oct 12