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Airplane Melted Into The Tarmac At Moscow's Airport

 
jpop

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07/29/2014 02:13 PM
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Wasn't there something about Tarmac melting in Yellowstone?
 Quoting: NODOOM


Yes, there was. The asphalt melted.
 Quoting: Southern Lighthouse


The road melted from geothermal heating (a giant volcano)not a runway from air temperatures.
 Quoting: jpop


Hey nobody said Yellowstone was a runway.

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 Quoting: NODOOM


But they were comparing it to the subject, which is the Russian runway, which is why I pointed out the difference.

Wow!
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07/29/2014 02:15 PM
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High temperatures, like 80 degrees Farenheit? lol. Asphalt typically doesn't melt unless it's over 110 degrees, but I guess the weight of the plane, and maybe the depth of the tar, changes that.

My puter crashed after that link and I don't see a zoom photo of the asphalt problem.
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Re: Airplane Melted Into The Tarmac At Moscow's Airport
Asphalt vs Concrete:

Concrete is better for certain large airports. Asphalt never completely hardens, and will always behave like an extremely viscous liquid. So when you heat it up (on a hot summer's day), it becomes less viscous. When you put a heavy weight on it (like an airliner), it will tend to flow away from and surround that airliner.

Planes pull up to a gate, sit for an hour or so, and suddenly their wheels have sank into the ramp six inches and they can't move. Same with runways, the constant shock of landing aircraft cause the asphalt to buckle and warp eventually.

Concrete has issues in the cold, however, especially if it is not laid well. It can buckle and crumble when it expands and contracts. However, it only gets stronger as it ages and it can easily be made to withstand the hardest of landing impacts.

The type of material does not make any noticeable difference to takeoff/landing performance.
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 Quoting: nutmeg


Thanks nutmeg, That explains why our runways are concrete and don't melt, but up north I guess they are made of asphalt as concrete cracks in the cold.
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07/29/2014 02:42 PM

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There has been a flight delay in Moscow's Domodedovo. The problem causing it is highly unusual. The plane, which is owned by S7 Siberian Airlines had its wheel embedded 10-15 centimeters into the melted airport tarmac! Officials say it all melted due to the high temperatures currently in Moscow. We are currently experience a long and dry heat wave. The delay on that single flight was around six hours.

What do you all think about it? I'd like to hear your thoughts! Badly constructed tarmac plane parking spaces, abnormal heat, or perhaps a diversion to search this plane by the FSB for some reason? Here is the article about it in Russian.

[link to lenta.ru]
 Quoting: Snuffielover


I was a flight attendant for a major US airline. I remember having a full DC10 (around 350 passengers) and a ground delay because of bad weather (torrential storms) at our destination (ORD). We were sitting on the tarmac for over an hour in our departure city. I can't remember the airport; it might have been Denver. It wasn't Phoenix, Texas, or the West Coast.

After a few hours, the captain announced that the runway was too hot for any planes to take off, so the delay was extended for several more hours. Passengers were rebelling. I remember them, in unison, pounding their armrests and yelling, "Take off! Take off! Take off!"

As if we had something to do with the weather.

OMG...that had to be the worse flight I ever had....all because of the weather.

We eventually took off after the weather cooled, but had to fly into Milwaukee. Chicago was closed. Charter busses were on hand to transport passengers from Milwaukee to Chicago. The crew, of course stayed with the plane, as did some passengers. We eventually arrived at O'Hare around midnight. Our scheduled arrival time was 4pm.
 Quoting: nutmeg


You are to be commeneded.

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Awww..thanks. All in a day's work.

Once we landed in Milwaukee around 10:30-11pm, a young girl...I think she was 9 or 10 years old, looked at me and said, "Should I take the bus?"

I said, "Who are you with?"

She said, "I'm alone. I was supposed to get another flight out of Chicago to my grandma's in Minneapolis."

Can you believe it? The parents put her on a flight...by herself from the West Coast to Denver, to Chicago, then on to Minneapolis! They did not pay extra for someone to help her. In those days, it was an extra $25.00.

I told her to stay with me. Once we got to Chicago after midnight, all flights were gone for the night. The terminal was deserted. I got a hotel voucher from the crew desk, I paid for phone calls to her grandparents and parents (no cell phone at the time), and told them the situation. I asked if I had their permission to take her to a hotel with me. The parents said okay, and the grandmother screamed at me over the phone. Told me that I ruined her birthday, which was the next day, and her granddaughter should have been there already.

"You better have her on the earliest flight in the morning!" she said.

The little girl and I took a cab to the hotel, and were hungry, so we went out to get something to eat at an all night diner. Now it's 3am, and we had to awake at 5 so I could get her to that earliest flight in the morning!

That little girl was so excited to be with me. Told me it was her first ride in a taxi cab and couldn't wait to get home to tell her friends! She made it all worth it!

Last Edited by nutmeg on 07/29/2014 02:59 PM
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Re: Airplane Melted Into The Tarmac At Moscow's Airport
neutrinos are mutating.....the tarmac...





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