Monday, November 21, 2011

Monday morning photo quiz


Here's a little something to start the week: Check out this B747 parked in the middle of Taxiway Bravo. Any guesses what it's doing there?

16 comments:

  1. Rejected take off causing over heated brakes and thus deflated main gear tires?

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  2. Looks like it has a couple of flat tires. Also must be nice to have taxiway S back, saw a AA 737 on the panorama picture at laxdevelopment.

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  3. That's the PAL that aborted it's takeoff. Yesterday it was parked over by the Asiana freight building, today it's gone.

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  4. Being stored away for it's evening flight? Looks like the taxiway ahead of it is not in use, making a nice temporary parking spot for the early arrival, late turn around flight?

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  5. I'd say it's there because it suddenly requires some new tyres!

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  6. It has five blown tires!

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  7. Emergency parking, looks like left rear main tires are blown

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  8. I saw it yesterday, heard that it made an emergency landing and tires blew out!

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  9. It rejected takeoff and the resulting overheated brakes caused the fuse plugs to deflate 5 tires so passengers had to deplane on the taxiway and be bussed back to the terminal. I cheated: http://avherald.com/h?article=44659d80&opt=0

    I see from the construction webcam that the new cross field taxiway is open. Is this a happy day for the ground position, or is there grumbling because it is not visible from the tower because of the TBIT construction? http://www.earthcam.com/clients/lax/?page=pano&project=cam1

    Love the photos and blog Capt Vector...please keep them coming!

    jmx53

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  10. Almost looks like a flat tire on it...

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  11. Looks like they are having tire issues.

    B

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  12. RTO. Notice the guy standing by the flat tires ...

    Totally dig the blog, Captain Vector.

    We put an LAX related quiz on our own blog today ..

    http://airplanelife.blogspot.com/

    Visitors welcome ... but we'll never match the View from the tower !

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  13. Looks like a flat tire?

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  14. The night before the aircraft rejected takeoff and blew its tires afterwards when taxing.

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