Officials denied that repair work on the
taxiways due to damage caused by recent heavy rain played a part in the incident.
The incident occurred around 12.30 am (local time) when the Mumbai-bound flight 9W-523, carrying 141 passengers and seven crew members attempted to take-off from the
taxiway. ( ANI )
The next phase of the end-around
taxiways is already under construction on DFW's northeast quadrant, with completion anticipated by 2021.
Within the first two years, he said the consortium would begin work on adding Naia's
taxiways and rapid-exit
taxiways, used by aircraft to travel between the terminals and the main runways.
Initial reports indicated that the nose wheel of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft also collapsed shortly after the flight went off the
taxiway.
Looking for a safe but more efficient solution, the airport put out a tender for a barrier system which would enable vehicles to cross the
taxiway safely and detect any items of baggage or freight that might fall from the vehicles.
The
taxiway would help save PKR 120 million in merely two to three months factoring in the fuel cost savings only, a press release of CAA said here.
The project promises to cut the
taxiway time taken both during take- off and landing and also reduce fuel consumption by almost 30 per cent in both these operations.
For those of you not familiar with the Mayport airfield layout,
taxiway B connects the runway to the parallel
taxiway and
taxiway C connects the parallel
taxiway to the line area.
As two KC-10s taxied down the primary parallel
taxiway leading to the EOR, the increased engine thrust caused rocks and debris from the shoulders of the
taxiway to spray across the active
taxiway.
Tucker says the US$28-million expansion of the west runway and its
taxiway system began because of Panalpina, which operates a hub in Huntsville and flies to Europe, Mexico and Asia.
KABUL (PAN): Construction work on a Japan-funded international-standard
taxiway at the Kabul airport, a $27 million (1350 million afs) project, was launched on Tuesday, officials said.
