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Title: Not just trains that suffer due to infrastructure issues Post by: grahame on August 08, 2026, 09:29:44 From the BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1k1lyg94w9o) - 8 August 2026, 06:31 BST, updated "54 minutes ago"
Quote Airport disruption a 'shambles' as flights restart Disruption because of a runway defect at Bristol Airport continues, as flights start to depart. Hundreds of passengers were stranded on Friday evening after the decision was made to close the runway shortly after 18:00 BST. All flights were suspended until 08:00 on Saturday. Flights have since restarted amid delayed take offs and diversions. In a short statement on the airport website, a spokesperson said: "There will be some disruption to some flights today. We apologise for any inconvenience caused." Title: Re: Not just trains that suffer due to infrastructure issues Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 08, 2026, 11:44:11 See also https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=22894.msg377916#msg377916 which I posted almost simultaneously with grahame.
CfN. :) Title: Re: Not just trains that suffer due to infrastructure issues Post by: LiskeardRich on August 08, 2026, 16:48:00 A hard landing holed the runway.
I won’t assume which airline did it, but I know which airline offer a free rough landing with every flight. Title: Re: Not just trains that suffer due to infrastructure issues Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 08, 2026, 17:16:00 Hmmm. ::) I can only claim, in mitigation, that Coffee Shop member LiskeardRich provoked me into posting this here:
I have posted this before, here on the Coffee Shop forum, but it's a light-hearted spoof advert for Ryanair, from YouTube, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp4yczeiXwY Watch until the end of the 70 seconds clip: it rather seems to sum it all up quite neatly. ;D (With my apologies to any possibly younger readers here for the one sweary word). CfN. :P Title: Re: Not just trains that suffer due to infrastructure issues Post by: GBM on August 09, 2026, 08:56:23 Hmmm. ::) I can only claim, in mitigation, that Coffee Shop member LiskeardRich provoked me into posting this here: I have posted this before, here on the Coffee Shop forum, but it's a light-hearted spoof advert for Ryanair, from YouTube, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp4yczeiXwY Watch until the end of the 70 seconds clip: it rather seems to sum it all up quite neatly. ;D (With my apologies to any possibly younger readers here for the one sweary word). CfN. :P Forgotten I'd seen it before. Brilliant! Edite note: Quote marks fixed. CfN. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |