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9th February 2010, 01:28 PM
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34L pavement failure!
Just saw this on ATIS:
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9th February 2010, 01:49 PM
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After the rain we've had, and now the sun hitting it, the pavement weak spots get exposed and voila, we have a failure! The public roads will be no different, but you probably won't really notice them as they blend into the other failures. Pot holes or delamination can form and jetblast scatters the debris. Obviously the loose stone (or chunks of it) and resulting hole aren't exactly ideal for aircraft operations.
I'm actually amazed the closure of 34L we did on Sunday for a pavement failure didn't get reported here... There's also been at least a dozen small failures in the past 3 or 4 days which have either required closure or restrictions to facilitate temporary repairs. The curfew period gives the opportunity to put more permanent repairs in place.
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9th February 2010, 01:53 PM
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Thanks for the info, Nigel - where is the 34L pavement failure today?
Possibly on Sunday we were all out spotting and no-one was watching ATIS until after the runway was re-opened? By the way, do you guys have ATIS gear in your ground vehicles?
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9th February 2010, 02:09 PM
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No idea...back on shift tonight.
We have VHF radio for ground/tower ATC and company UHF (digitally encrypted I think). I presume that's what you meant?
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9th February 2010, 02:55 PM
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Looks like the bluetack is working again:
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9th February 2010, 07:12 PM
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I thought the runways were made from some pretty hardcore type concrete and were extremely thick. How does a pothole form in solid concrete? And how does one repair a pothole in cement? You can't just fill it with ashphalt right?
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