Originally posted by dranz:
> Taking off in foul weather? The Asian > airlines telling you, "Yeah, we get
> typhoons here all the time, and we take
> off in them since we're used to them,"
> got you jittery?
Did you forget to take your meds today?
The typhoon-weather was not at the Tapei
airport. The winds were indeed well within
the the published/approved/demonstrated
capability of the b747.
The controllers screwed up by turning on
the white/runway lights when they were using
the "closed" runway as a taxiway. (taxiway
lights are green). The SQ pilots screwed
up by not verifying that they were indeed
on the assigned runway.
-drr
pilot
Taxiway lights are green? Since when? Did you mean blue?