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Old 12-23-2006 | 01:39 PM
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Anyone know what happened to the DC8 this morning at IAD? The weather was very foggy (RVR 1400v2000). We were taxiing out on Z and he was getting towed on taxiway Y. Looked like he may have tried to turn early, but stopped just in time. Maybe too tight to taxi out of the jam. I hope everyone's OK.
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Old 12-23-2006 | 02:14 PM
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that dc8 (flt 1212) was due to land in bwi..declared an emergency and landed in iad..not sure what the emergency was...bwi was 300 over this morning, I think iad was a bit better...

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Old 12-23-2006 | 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by KnightFlyer
Anyone know what happened to the DC8 this morning at IAD? The weather was very foggy (RVR 1400v2000). We were taxiing out on Z and he was getting towed on taxiway Y. Looked like he may have tried to turn early, but stopped just in time. Maybe too tight to taxi out of the jam. I hope everyone's OK.
Two nights ago, in OAK, I had to hold on a taxiway for a short while as FedEx maintenance finished yanking a UPS DC8 out of the mud on B between the UPS and FedEx ramps.
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Old 12-23-2006 | 10:06 PM
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I'm glad that fedex did that for ups...they must be very good at that by now..lol

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Old 12-24-2006 | 07:45 AM
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And the peanut gallery chimes in!!!!!!!!!............

oh yeah: lol and a <BG> ...................

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Old 12-24-2006 | 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Pilot7576
I'm glad that fedex did that for ups...they must be very good at that by now..lol

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Old 12-24-2006 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by MD11Fr8Dog
Two nights ago, in OAK, I had to hold on a taxiway for a short while as FedEx maintenance finished yanking a UPS DC8 out of the mud on B between the UPS and FedEx ramps.
Where'd FedEx get a DC8 tow bar??
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Old 12-24-2006 | 05:56 PM
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It seems that the ground guys get along much better between companies than we do. That's too bad as I always try to remember that flying is a "cooperate and graduate" environment. FedEx probably had an old DC-8 tow bar hanging around from the days of the Tiger
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