Patrick Cox Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Devestating news has come through that Bathurst (YBTH) airport has been closed for major repairs. CASA has stated that in the early hours of Sunday morning Some crazed pilot flying a QANTAS B737-800 made several touch and go circuits at the airport causing considerable damage to the main runway (17/35). The main damage is the deep wheel marks gouged out of the runway. Contractors are working around the clock to carry out repairs and estimate it will be at least a week before repairs are complete. Apparently this "pilot" thought that by doing these circuits in the early hours of the morning nobody would see him. However a security guard doing his rounds just happened to be at the airport when this incident took place and provided authorities with a good description of the aircraft. This "pilot" was not a very smart cookie as he decided to brag about his exploits and post some photos on the ORBX Forums. However he made several errors in his posting which has allowed CASA to take the appropriate action. They were able to get the name of the airline as well as the registration. After contacting QANTAS they have handed all the information to the Australian Federal Police who hope to make an early arrest. It is unclear whether QANTAS will be charged but they have offered to pay all the costs involved in repairing the main runway at Bathurst. : : : : : : : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumley Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 You must be bored - or think we are. A complete waste of bold font and rolling of eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Cox Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Andy, it was a very tongue in cheek comment on a set of screenies posted in the Screenshot Forum. It was actually posted in fun and I hope that is how it is taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 You had me there with the title! Cheers Mallard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Bloody cowboy, and I was just about to purchase that strip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Cox Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Buy it Graeme, it is a great airport and it is only a fun post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 lol, Pat, you got me with the title, and what with the rain and wind here atm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Wow, now I am stuck at Bathurst, can't fly out until it is reopened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miloguy Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 pics please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerribleT Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 LOL - one of the pitfalls of retirement is the ingestion of humour inducing fluids - good one Pat, had me sucked right in until the third para LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanDuck Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Good one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 OK, Pat I've edited your posts now for the .... time, could you please be so kind and just use the default letter size, no need to blurt in our faces with those bigger text, we can read the normal text just as good, many thankx in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briansommers Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 well crap! that's a fine how do you do.. I was just getting ready to purchase this.. now I'll have to wait until they get the mess cleaned up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Hamilton Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 If you'd left out the part about pictures on the forum... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 You had me there with the title! Cheers Mallard Bloody cowboy, and I was just about to purchase that strip! Haha, great story here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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