Little bit of excitement at work yesterday

Motormouse · Post by **Motormouse** » 30 Dec 2006, 09:36

link--> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6217797.stm

ttfn

Pete

Tweek · Post by **Tweek** » 31 Dec 2006, 00:29

http://www.ukar.co.uk/cgi-bin/ukarboard ... =1;t=25772

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 31 Dec 2006, 10:27

Fascinating pictures. Just a case of being in the right place at the right time to capture them. More importantly, I'm glad everyone was ok.

Motormouse · Post by **Motormouse** » 05 Jan 2007, 13:19

Thanks for the picture link tweek.

ttfn

Pete

Post by **Garry Russell** » 05 Jan 2007, 13:22

Nothing really

Just went on to the grass

http://www.thisisguernsey.com/code/show ... eID=001599

Media overhype again

Garry

AndyG · Post by **AndyG** » 05 Jan 2007, 13:44

Garry Russell wrote:Nothing really

Just went on to the grass

http://www.thisisguernsey.com/code/show ... eID=001599

Media overhype again

Garry

Possibly Garry, but easyJet are helping the situation any!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6233487.stm

AndyG

Motormouse · Post by **Motormouse** » 05 Jan 2007, 14:01

Garry Russell wrote:Nothing really

Just went on to the grass

http://www.thisisguernsey.com/code/show ... eID=001599

Media overhype again

Garry

Ah yes indeed some media overhype Garry, but what doesn't show in the pics, @ another 25 yds further forwards and on the grass is a rather large 'hole' at present where new runway lights cables are being installed.
Could've been very mesy indeed.

ttfn

Pete

Post by **Garry Russell** » 05 Jan 2007, 14:03

The modern way

Make a fuss about something with negative publicity to get your own way

That Aurigny was a minor incident simple.

OK there is a potential...but you don't go reporting ever near miss in a car or if you slid onto the pavement without damage.

OK things need to be looked into to avoid this happening but the media always present it in a near disaster vein.

Even get reports of landings with a faulty warning light saying no one was injured....as if they would be

As soon as it's an aeroplane it's a big incident

This kind of thing happens now and then, but a lot more in the past and even damaged the aircraft but not reported in the media like this.

Garry

AndyG · Post by **AndyG** » 05 Jan 2007, 14:50

Bear in mind Garry that it's only about a week since the "Blair's Jet Overshot Runway" shocker (i.e. missed the taxiway due to poor visibility) so it's nice and fresh in media minds; my particular favourite with that earlier story was the Daily Mail banging on about 'Blair getting another freebie' - let's face it, blagging a freebie is not anything a journalist would ever do, is it? :think:

Post by **Garry Russell** » 05 Jan 2007, 14:57

Indeed not....such an honourable band of gentlemen.

My favourite was years ago in the paper with a huge headline saying "Queens Jet in Collision Threat Drama". Thinking someone had come close to HM I looked at the story which was about a light aircraft that strolled into restricted purple corridor airspace the day before the Queen was due to fly the route in an Andover

OK there were security concerns and steps needed to be taken to avoid it happening but the impression was almost that of an Air miss.

But a headline like that is more likely to sell the paper.

Still irritation though :huf:

Garry