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Worlds newest airport at St Helena in South Atlantic can't open due to wind shear
An airport built with £250million from the ballooning foreign aid budget risks becoming a white elephant because it is too windy to land there safely, it was claimed yesterday. A royal opening at the airport on the remote island of St Helena has been postponed indefinitely after test flights raised safety concerns. The cliff-top landing strip was built with £250million from the Department for International Development to help boost the tiny island in the South Atlantic, which is Britain’s most… (www.dailymail.co.uk) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
How Can They say it took 3 attempts the video shows only 2 with gear down I'd call the other a Flyby
First one with gear down also looked like a practice run. Seems perfectly reasonable for a new airport.
Didn't look particularly alarming to me. Seen jets land in much worse conditions.
agree...didn't look all that bad... pilots will be ready for it...
If you noticed; they flew a pretty well established glidescope...It wasn't until they were in ground affect whenever the wings flexed...Depending on what the winds are doing they may not give the pilots time to make power adjustments resulting in the plane slamming into the wind...Piston planes are usually better in that scenerio because the offer direct and immediate power....turbines however need time to spool.
Just can't believe it !! In 2016, building a £250 million airport, and when it is finished, seeing the wind conditions are not good !! They didn't make studies, measures before ? Maybe they didn't have computers and just raised their fingers to see where the wind was blowing from… Incredible !
Follow the money!
I guess you're right. It's the only explanation. Or maybe, as Einstein said : "Two things are infinite : the Universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the Universe." :)