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February 7th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Thomas Cook flight
TCX 8126 to Tenerife took off at 9.40am - Pilot realised there was technical problem almost immediately
- Circled for an hour-and-a-half to dump fuel before descent
- Came down safely at 11.30am with no reports of injuries
By
Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 2:37 PM on 7th February 2012
A holiday jet carrying 175 people has made an emergency landing at Belfast International Airport.
The Thomas Cook Airbus A320, which
had been bound for Tenerife, came down just before 11.30am after
developing a problem with its undercarriage.
It had been circling nearby Lough Neagh to burn fuel for an hour-and-a-half before making a final descent.
Touchdown: The Thomas Cook plane makes an emergency landing at Belfast International Airport today after experiencing technical problems shortly after takeoff
Standby: Nine fire engines, paramedics and police waited near the runway as the plane came down
Airport staff evacuated the runway and nine fire engines and ambulance crew were on standby.
However, the captain was able to bring it down safely before taxiing to a stand at the terminal.There are no reported injuries.
The
airport says the plane will be inspected by fire officials before
passengers are allowed to disembark. Thomas Cook, one of Britain’s
biggest tour operators expects them to fly on to Tenerife at 3pm.
A
spokesman for tour operator confirmed the emergency had been caused by a
‘minor technical difficulty with the landing gear shortly after
takeoff.
‘We’re pleased to confirm that flight
TCX 8126, which turned back after developing technical problems, has
now landed safely at Belfast International Airport,’ she said.
‘A replacement
aircraft is on its way and we expect to get everyone off on their
holidays to Tenerife this afternoon.’
Investigation: The plane was being checked over by fire service staff and Thomas Cook technical teams
Arrivals: There were delays at Belfast International as a result of the emergency
The
flight took off from Belfast International at 9.40am today. It is
understood that the pilot realised there were technical problems almost
immediately.
A spokesman for the airport said: ‘An emergency
stand-by was declared on board by the pilot shortly after take-off.
‘The
plane has landed safely and has been taxied on to its stand. We have no
idea what was wrong with the plane.’
She told the Belfast Telegraph there had been ‘huge relief’ when the aircraft touched down.
‘Thankfully we have had a safe landing and everyone is okay,’ she said. I am sure there will be a few passengers on board who will have found this
experience a bit daunting however, thankfully everyone is safe and well.’
The Police Service of Northern Ireland was one of the emergency services that responded to the alert.
A
PSNI spokeswoman said: ‘At approximately 10.13am this morning police
responded to reports from Belfast International Airport that an aircraft
had reported difficulties shortly after taking off.
‘Emergency services were put on stand-by. However, the plane was able to land safely at the airport at approximately 11.30am.
‘There have been no reports of any injuries.’
Emergency: The control tower and terminal buildings at Belfast International Airport County where the Thomas Cook landed safely this morning
Flight path: The plane circled over Lough Neagh before making is final descent
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LOL – well done DM. “The control tower and terminal buildings at Belfast International Airport ” – sorry that’s not the control tower…. it’s on the other side of the airfield!
Also, I’m disappointed in you DM. I didn’t see the words ‘TERROR’ or ‘HORROR’ anywhere…
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BREAKING NEWS- arthur bloggs today hit his thumb with a hammer.he was heard to blaspheme loudly, a worried neighbour reported him to the police and he was arrested for outraging public decency. in other news a prolific rapist was let off with a caution.
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The Airbus a320 series, has no fuel dumping system installed …so no need to worry about any type of mess.
Doing holding patterns like shown on the map at low altitude is a way of burning off fuel , so the aircraft is light enough to land. The time also gives the flight deck time to prepare their plan of action, and troubleshoot the issue. This also gives the cabin crew time to prepare the cabin.
When an aircraft equipped with fuel dumping facilities dumps fuel, this is done over certain areas, and at a higher altitude, so evaporates a longtime before reaching the ground !
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Dumping fuel? Where? Into Lough Neagh? I’d expect the airline to take responsiblity and clean up any mess. – Greg, Belfast Norn Iron, 7/2/2012 12:41…. OK, 2002, but UK Manual of Air Traffic Services Part 1 stated then, with regard to fuel dumping that a) over the sea if at all possible: or b) above 10000ft agl. Exceptionally, if a) or b) is impracticable or inconsistent with safety, fuel may be jettisoned above 7000ft agl in winter and 4000ft agl in summer. For fuel to be jettisoned below these levels the situation must be unavoidable. This bloke stoodged around Belfast @ 3400ft for 90min, so unlikely was ‘dumping’ fuel. Anyway, A320/321/330 can all be landed up to MTOW. Probably a duff sub-heading
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BREAKING NEWS, my cats just thrown up behind the sofa.
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Can’t you people read TOCs, or do you just not care and print anything you can get your mitts on, or gets sent to you, without proper source checking? ‘Screenshots taken from Flightradar24 may be used for free by media, if information is shown that map is “Courtesy of Flightradar24 dot com”. Web pages publicating screenshots must link to Flightradar24 dot com’ As amended to bypass the mod filtering. Ethical media, my a*se
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Dumping fuel? Where? Into Lough Neagh? I’d expect the airline to take responsiblity and clean up any mess.
– Greg, Belfast Norn Iron, 07/2/2012 12:41
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What mess?
The fuel is jettisoned at high altitude and due to the height and the speed that the fuel leaves the aircraft, it effectively becomes an aerosol. Most if not all the fuel evaporates and is dissipated over a large area. The worst you’ll usually find is the distinctive fuel smell unless the plane is in dire straits and dumping has to occur at low level – not what happened in this case.
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Caught on camera a plane landing on a runway! Wow never seen that before!
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One time it is probably socially acceptable to clap the landing of a package holiday flight, LOL. Glad everybody is ok, now off to the sun with yee!!
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“Minor technical difficulty?” The wheels fail to detract? What is a major difficulty? One engine fell off? or we ran out of coffee?
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