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Airbus A340-600 - ORD
Sooner or later, but not for now. It would have been interesting if the
Iberia Airlines flight had enough passengers for the flight today - would they have of diverted it? http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/...s-plane18.html Controllers say O'Hare needs work before giant jet can land September 18, 2003 BY ROBERT C. HERGUTH Transportation Reporter Advertisement One of the world's largest commercial jetliners is expected to make its first voyage to O'Hare Airport within a couple weeks, but its size is presenting enough challenges that air traffic controllers want the flight postponed until airfield improvements can be made to better accommodate the model. "The airport right now is not set up to handle airplanes this big," said Craig Burzych, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association at O'Hare. "There are 31 intersections [involving runways and taxiways at O'Hare] where that airplane is banned" once it's landed. "My opinion is they shouldn't be allowed to fly into this airport until modifications are made so this airplane can taxi on any taxiway," he added. The Airbus A340-600 is more than 56 feet tall, with a wing span of 208 feet and seating for nearly 400. That's a bit smaller than Boeing's giant 747-400, which already lands at O'Hare. But the Airbus is roughly 15 feet longer -- the total length is almost 247 feet, making it the longest passenger plane in the world -- and the nose gear and main gear are so far apart "it needs a whole lot of pavement to make a 90-degree turn," Burzych said. Many intersections aren't broad enough to allow those turns, he said. Those that are will require "a near-perfect turn." If not executed properly, A340-600s could end up "in the mud," Burzych said. The planes are so big, once on the ground other aircraft will have to be kept out of their path, which "is going to cause some delay issues," he predicted. Monique Bond, a spokeswoman for the Chicago Department of Aviation, said the airport is equipped to handle the A340-600s. When an even larger cargo aircraft arrived at O'Hare some years back, "we had to take down light poles," she said. Not so with the Airbus. Besides, "it's not going to be every day we see them," she said. Spain's Iberia Airlines was expected to send an A340-600 to O'Hare today, but not enough passengers booked the flight, so the first arrival now is scheduled for Oct. 5, officials said. Burzych says just four gates at O'Hare can handle such aircraft. |
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Airbus A340-600 - ORD
Ozzy Kopec wrote: "My opinion is they shouldn't be allowed to fly into this airport until modifications are made so this airplane can taxi on any taxiway," he added. Could they get an opinion from the other side? A union president can hardly be the first choice for an unbiased opinion. It sounds like a CYA thing in case one of the "lessor skilled" ATC people cause an accident with one of these aircraft |
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Airbus A340-600 - ORD
Funny coincidence that Chicago is home of Boeing? Any other airports
reporting similar problems? "Ozzy Kopec" wrote in message et... Sooner or later, but not for now. It would have been interesting if the Iberia Airlines flight had enough passengers for the flight today - would they have of diverted it? http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/...s-plane18.html |
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Airbus A340-600 - ORD
Pan wrote:
Funny coincidence that Chicago is home of Boeing? Any other airports reporting similar problems? The ATC Union President said they couldn't handle it. The official airport spokesperson said ORD could handle it. Are you suggestion collusion between the ATC union and the Boeing unions? |
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Airbus A340-600 - ORD
Airbus A340-600 - ORD Group: rec.travel.air Date: Sat, Sep 20, 2003, 6:43pm (EDT+4) From: (mrtravel) Pan wrote: Funny coincidence that Chicago is home of Boeing? Any other airports reporting similar problems? The ATC Union President said they couldn't handle it. The official airport spokesperson said ORD could handle it. Are you suggestion collusion between the ATC union and the Boeing unions? Unions + Chicago = Collusion? Naaah not "there" ;-)))) Eric |
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Airbus A340-600 - ORD
Eric Toline wrote:
Airbus A340-600 - ORD Group: rec.travel.air Date: Sat, Sep 20, 2003, 6:43pm (EDT+4) From: (mrtravel) Pan wrote: Funny coincidence that Chicago is home of Boeing? Any other airports reporting similar problems? The ATC Union President said they couldn't handle it. The official airport spokesperson said ORD could handle it. Are you suggestion collusion between the ATC union and the Boeing unions? Unions + Chicago = Collusion? Naaah not "there" ;-)))) Remember when Daley was mayor....... Oh, wait, deju vu Vote early, vote often. |
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Airbus A340-600 - ORD Group: rec.travel.air Date: Sat, Sep 20, 2003, 7:52pm (EDT+4) From: (mrtravel) Eric Toline wrote: Unions + Chicago = Collusion? Naaah not "there" ;-)))) Remember when Daley was mayor....... Oh, wait, deju vu Vote early, vote often. Sure do. I lived there under Washington, Sawyer & King Richard The Manipulator. So glad not to be there any more. Eric |
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