Pegasus flight refused permission to land

roisin


Joined: 19/03/2009
Posts: 358

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 05:15

Just heard that the Pegasus flight due in about 5 am(delayed about 8 hours in London)was refused permission to land as it approached Ercan.Air traffic control refused to switch runway lights on and plane has had to return to Antalya.Thank goodness they had enough fuel to go back.If this is true,what evil people.Hope they all get the sack.Anyone know if this is a continuation of yesterdays strike or something else?

roisin


Joined: 19/03/2009
Posts: 358

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 05:25

More planes now arrived in Antalya after being refused permission to land in Ercan.Anyone know what is going on?

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 07:12

Might be nobody would accept the credit risk of lending a kuros for the meter for the lights ;-)

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 07:28

On a brighter note at 7:23 a plane has just flown out to Turkey blue tail fin too cloudy to make out who's it was

Everything was working well at midnight and up to 2am at Ercan last night

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 07:34

The situation is getting very ugly. People involved should be punished very severely and set an example to others. Such behaviour is not acceptable. They are confusing the right to strike with irresponsible behaviour. If you want to strike you stay away from work but you cannot pick and choose.

ismet

mikea11


Joined: 15/06/2008
Posts: 254

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 07:39

Quite agree elko.These people are endangering life. If it is found to be industrial action they should be dismissed instantly.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 07:47

elko2:



Who is going to 'punish' his third cousin, twice removed?



This is Cyprus!

NCMan



Joined: 19/09/2009
Posts: 670

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 07:49

Ref Msg 4 ,



Who is flying now with a blue tail fin. ?

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 07:59

msg. 7,

The short answer is "Erdogan" who has no cousins in TRNC

ismet

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 08:22

Close Ercan and see what they think of that. The FAA should make Ercan off-limits until they realise they can't use their right to strike to endanger life.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 08:22

elko2:



Then it's a pity that Erdogan didn't do something about the CTA situation long ago - and not only that.......

roisin


Joined: 19/03/2009
Posts: 358

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 08:46

Just heard my friends plane has begun boarding so fingers crossed!Hope they make it all the way this time

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 09:32

North Cyprus needs to get its a*** into gear.Tourism is a precious commodity,these people will not return after the way they are been treat.Dont these strikers realise that they people that come to the North pay their wages.Such a sad,sad state of affairs.The Gcs will be rolling about in the isles,

Paul.

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 09:45

This time of year Ercan has problems with ground fog and lots of planes are sent back to Antalya/Izmir.



Aren't we jumping the gun on this with the runway lights etc?

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 09:52

Yes Newscoop, sounds a bit hard to believe

ianwfs


Joined: 08/01/2008
Posts: 563

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 09:53

Msg 1

[quote]Thank goodness they had enough fuel to go back[/quote]

No aircraft will leave it's point of origin without enough fuel to hold over its destination and then divert to an alternate if it needs to do so.

Whatever the reason for the refusal to land, lives were not in danger.

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 09:59

Im sure they'd have carried a can anyway

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 10:04

Newscoop I agree it was very misty on the girni side of the mountains at 6:30this morning and Ercan do not have the ability to land planes in fog so I go with you in view of planes going over to Turkey since 7:15

Smity



Joined: 14/09/2009
Posts: 826

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 10:32

THis whole flight thing is getting out of hand, firts CTA, now Strikes, what the heck are poeple supposed to do paid to have a holiday to be ruined once then possibly again by morons

And turning planes back they shouild be sacked, strike my ar-- its sheer blooody mindlessness morelike.

Really starting to get brassed off with the whole thing as I'm sure mant people are

JohhnyLee


Joined: 25/04/2009
Posts: 2495

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 10:43

The night that little Ismail lost is arm in that dreadful accident, there was a military guy at Lefkosa Hospital.



When he found out how serious it was, he organised a military flight from Turkey, it arrived within the hour or so .



Unfortunatley it could not land due to fog at Ercan. He had to go on a charter flight the next day.

NCMan



Joined: 19/09/2009
Posts: 670

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 12:04

Ref my question in msg 8.



Who is now flying with a Blue Tail Fin ????

DONTY


Joined: 07/06/2007
Posts: 534

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 12:10

Msg 19: 30+ different Unions are striking because their members face unemployment. They are not overly concerned that you get to have a nice holiday in your second home! Put it into perspective.



Too many knee jerk reactions on this landing issue.

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
06/07/2010 12:27

nc man

I would have posted if I had seen identification it was very cloudy/misty at the time

Pegusus have a jet branded Beko which is blue other than that I have not got a clue

Flights listed in Cyprus Today were

5:05 turkish A

7:00 Atlas

7:10 pegasus

7:15 pegasus

Take your pick as which one it was sorry can't help more

NCMan



Joined: 19/09/2009
Posts: 670

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 09:17

Wanderer



Thanks for that saw it myself @ 0710 this morning.

Jefferson


Joined: 17/05/2010
Posts: 360

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 09:25

M22. Thought the idea of the strike was to safeguard jobs. Can't see this working if nobody wants to fly with them.Not all passengers are second homeowners you know.

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 09:29

NC saw a poster in a travel agent and anju jet plane was featured in the poster with a blue fin they are tied in with Turkish Airlines I believe

This is really sad

NCMan



Joined: 19/09/2009
Posts: 670

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 09:37

Lets kill this one , peope will be talking about us,



You know what some of these board members are like.

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 11:24

i can hear all the baboo laughter from the other end of the island



come on tc gov get a hold on this before its too late

ianwfs


Joined: 08/01/2008
Posts: 563

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 12:15

In today's CT. Ercan was closed because of fog.

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 12:29

passanger safety should come before anything else



Its not nice as well to know your are not going to be paid or your job is on the line so try and keep balanced approach if we were working for cta how different would our views be

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 12:48

The synopsis of most that I have read about KTHY is that it was the intransigence of the unions that primarily caused the collapse. On the fatal day the staff pi**ed off to protest in Lefkosia whilst leaving passemgers stranded at Ercan with no information or support. This is the staff who 2 weeks before had begged for public support and understanding when they marched, yet again, to protest at possible cuts when the government was still trying to save the airline. They got that support - but did not see fit to support the passengers that counted on them.

Sorry, no, I don't feel much sympathy for them.

girne 29


Joined: 06/12/2007
Posts: 1488

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 14:59

tenakoutou

'Who is going to 'punish' his third cousin, twice removed? '



Same problem with the banks and builders in the mortgage frauds, Wish Turkey would get involved and get tough on all the nepotism and the corruption that encourages. Do their taxpayers know where their hard earned taxes end up? How many Mercs ,BMW'S ,Humvees in an average Turkish town of 250,00.