Another Close Call at LAX

[DenverCrashpad]

Careful out there everyone.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20326066/

LOS ANGELES - Two commercial jets — one traveling at 150 mph — nearly collided on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday, officials said.
The close call at about 1 p.m. appeared to have been caused by mistakes made by both the arriving pilot and a ground traffic controller, said Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
A WestJet Boeing 737 landing from Calgary, Canada, which seats up to 132 passengers, came as close as 50 feet (15 meters) from striking a 150-seat Northwest Airbus A320 that was taking off. The Northwest jet was traveling about 150 mph when the WestJet craft nearly taxied across its runway. The WestJet plane managed to stop just in time to avoid a crash.
No one was hurt, authorities said. An investigation was under way.

Gregor said the arriving pilot was on the wrong radio frequency and unable to receive directions from the air traffic controller. When the pilot then notified the ground traffic controller that the plane was approaching the gate, the ground controller cleared him without checking first with the air traffic controller.
The "runway incursion" was the seventh such incident at LAX this year, matching the total for all of 2006.

 

[CoAlpha]

any day now....

 

[A-V-8]

one traveling at 150 mph — nearly collided on the tarmac

Unbelievable. What’s the fastest you have ever traveled on the tarmac?

 

[nwa_contrails]

Whats a tarmac?

 

[Mesabi Miner]

Whats a tarmac?

Silly boys... They meant the apron.

 

[Long Time Gone]

I have one of those. It says, "Big Grillin' Mack Daddy" on it.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Whats a tarmac?

It's a type of pavement surface, but that's not important right now.

(100 points for Airplane reference)

 

[Mesabi Miner]

In your Endo...

 

[SXMp2c]

In your Endo...

Ill give you 25 points for the scrubs reference. www.toddtime.com

 

[Stifler's Mom]

The Todd

Ill give you 25 points for the scrubs reference. www.toddtime.com

Flightinfo Five!!!!!!!!!!! imp:

"They call me The Pig because I say sexist and derogatory things to women" -- The Todd

 

[pgcfii2002]

The tarmac....what is it???

 

[temcgrew]

Tarmac is short for Tarmacadam. The word is a Portmanteau for Tar-Penetration Macadam, which is a type of highway surface.
Tarmac refers to a material patented by E. Purnell Hooley in 1901.

Macadamized roads were adequate for use by horses and carriages or coaches, but they were very dusty, subject to erosion with heavy rain and did not hold up to higher speed motor vehicle use. Methods to stabilize macadam roads with tar date back to at least 1834, when Henry Cassell patented "Pitch Macadam". This method involved spreading tar on the subgrade, then placing a typical macadam layer and then sealing the macadam with a mixture of tar and sand. Tar-grouted macadam was also in use well before 1900, and involved scarifying the surface of an existing macadam pavement, spreading tar and re-compacting. Hooley's patent for Tarmac involved mechanically mixing tar and aggregate prior to lay-down, and then compacting the mixture with a steam roller. The tar was modified with the addition of small amounts of Portland cement, resin and pitch.
As petroleum production increased, the byproduct asphalt became available in huge quantities and largely supplanted tar due to its reduced temperature sensitivity. The Macadam construction process also became quickly obsolete due to its high manual labour requirement; however, the somewhat similar tar and chip method, also known as bituminous surface treatment(BST), remains popular.
While the specific Tarmac pavement is not common in some countries today, many people use the word to refer to generic paved areas at airports, especially the airport ramp or "apron", near the terminals despite the fact that many of these areas are in fact made of concrete. This term seems to have been popularized when it became part of the news lexicon following live coverage of the Entebbe hijacking in 1976, where "Tarmac" was frequently used by the on-scene BBC reporter in describing the hijack scene. The term 'hardstanding' is also used for concrete aprons. The Wick Airport at Wick in Caithness, Scotland is one of the few airports that still has a real Tarmac runway

 

[Mesabi Miner]

( snip )Hooley's patent for Tarmac involved mechanically mixing tar and aggregate prior to lay-down...

I'll tell you what I'd like to lay down... What's up!!? Asphault Five!

 

[labbats]

Asphault? As if!