NewsWhore
04-19-2011, 08:50 PM
Tourists returning from Thomson vacation time in La Romana on their way to London, England, got an extra vacation night on Sunday, 17 April but this time they stayed in Bermuda. The pilot made the stopover after the Boeing 767-300 suffered mechanical malfunction as reported in Bermuda News. The crew reported a possible hydraulic leak and decided to divert to Bermuda.
As reported, on approach to Bermuda the crew advised they'd be landing overweight and would stop at the end of the runway and requested emergency service to check their brakes and for hydraulic fluid dripping onto the brakes.
Airport emergency response vehicles were on standby for the plane's arrival as a safety precaution, and the 256 passengers disembarked from the airplane and spent the night in Bermuda.
An airport spokesperson said, "At 9:26 pm, a Thomson Fly Airlines Boeing 767 en route from the Dominican Republic to London Gatwick, landed in Bermuda after the pilot informed Air Traffic Control of a mechanical malfunction. No emergency was declared, though airport emergency response vehicles were on standby as per normal procedure."
The airplane landed safely on Bermuda's runway 12 about 130 minutes later and stopped on the runway. Emergency services reported some smoke from the brakes on the outer main gear wheels however no leaks of hydraulic fluid were visible, later adding they could smell the hydraulic fluid. The aircraft taxied to the apron about 20 minutes after stopping.
http://avherald.com/h?article=43b29ec1
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As reported, on approach to Bermuda the crew advised they'd be landing overweight and would stop at the end of the runway and requested emergency service to check their brakes and for hydraulic fluid dripping onto the brakes.
Airport emergency response vehicles were on standby for the plane's arrival as a safety precaution, and the 256 passengers disembarked from the airplane and spent the night in Bermuda.
An airport spokesperson said, "At 9:26 pm, a Thomson Fly Airlines Boeing 767 en route from the Dominican Republic to London Gatwick, landed in Bermuda after the pilot informed Air Traffic Control of a mechanical malfunction. No emergency was declared, though airport emergency response vehicles were on standby as per normal procedure."
The airplane landed safely on Bermuda's runway 12 about 130 minutes later and stopped on the runway. Emergency services reported some smoke from the brakes on the outer main gear wheels however no leaks of hydraulic fluid were visible, later adding they could smell the hydraulic fluid. The aircraft taxied to the apron about 20 minutes after stopping.
http://avherald.com/h?article=43b29ec1
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)