Pavement Failure : 16R

[JamesW]

Just looking at the Sydney ATIS and 16R has been closed due pavement failure.

ATIS ATIS YSSY T 150640
APCH: EXP ILS APCH
+ RWY: 07 FOR ARRS, RWYS 16L FOR DEPS
SFC COND: WET
OPR INFO: HIGH INTENSITY LIGHTING ON.
RUNWAY 16R CLOSED DUE PAVEMENT FAILURE
WIND: 100/6
VIS: 8 KM, REDUCED TO 4000M IN PASSING SHOWERS
+ CLD: SCT008, SCT015
TMP: 19
QNH: 1011
+ SIGWX:

BAW10 will be on its way to 16L shortly for departure..would be interesting. Some heavies are requesting 07 for deps.

[Mario Facchini]

I'm at Shep's at the moment, crews have been rushed out to fix the runway, a jetstar flight had to undertake a missed approach after the damage was found.

Sq 249 (i think) landed on 07 and it looks as though speedbird 10 will be taking off from 07

qf31 is about to take off from 07

[JamesW]

BA10 just departed of 16L with a HDG of 125 after departure. SQ241 landed on 07, QF31 departed 07.

[Anthony T]

I can just see the headlines in the papers tomorrow.
"Qantas jet takes off on short runway" :p

[Mario Facchini]

Thanks for the correction James and Anthony, i would not be surprised.

[Grahame Hutchison]

Or another headline,

"Qantas jet lands hard on Runway 16R and damages the pavement"

[Mario Facchini]

"Qantas Rolls Royce engine melts runway"

[Rob R]

Well everyone knows 16R is the Qantas runway, so I guess we can blame them for the damage.