"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
03/04/2019 at 15:00 • Filed to: wingspan, Planelopnik
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
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Video has surfaced of a very close call on the single runway of Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU/SGAS) in Paraguay. In the incident, which occurred four or five years ago, workers are patching the runway when the pilot of a Gulfstream business jet decides to land despite the presence of the workers.
It’s difficult to know exactly what is going on here. The truck is flying an airfield safety flag, but does not appear to have its warning lights turned on. Did the biz jet pilots simply not see the truck and the brightly-clad workers? Did the pilot ignore instructions from the tower? Was the runway marked closed but he landed anyway? The workers seem pretty nonchalant about getting out of the way, almost like this is a normal occurrence.
Paraguay’s aviation governing body, Dirección Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil (DINAC), has confirmed the incident, and that it happened some years ago. At this time, there is no official statement about how it happened.
Ash78, voting early and often
> ttyymmnn
03/04/2019 at 15:08 |
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5 guys in orange, a truck, and a bunch of cones. I wonder if the Gulfstream was flying with a single pilot (not allowed, but it’s done) who was too focused on airspeed and glideslope, then looked up and was like “Oh, shit.” He might have been throttling up to avoid disaster, it’s hard to tell from the video.
Either way, the nonchalant disbelief of the ground crew is almost
hilarious. They’re like rodeo clowns.
vicali
> ttyymmnn
03/04/2019 at 15:09 |
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ave the hilux! Dude almost Oppo’d his head off.
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ttyymmnn
> Ash78, voting early and often
03/04/2019 at 15:12 |
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They’re almost like, “Fuck it, here comes another clown who didn’t read the NOTAM.” Looks to me like the GS would have hit the truck if they hadn’t moved it, though the jet does land beyond the cones. My money is on the pilot(s) knowing what he was doing, or trying to do.
Mercedes Streeter
> ttyymmnn
03/04/2019 at 15:15 |
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Wonder if the controllers had anything to do with it like this infamous Tu-154 crash? Something smells like someone is negligent here..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_3352