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Did it melt or did it buckle because of expansion? Title says "melt" but the only quoted source in the article says "defect".
by colechristensen 4y ago
Did it melt or did it buckle because of expansion?
Title says "melt" but the only quoted source in the article says "defect".
- lelandfe 4y agoYeah, The Sun isn't a great source. Reuters' title on this is "Flights briefly disrupted at UK's Luton airport as heat damages runway"
- colordrops 4y agoMy adblocker is blocking the link got some reason.
- dragonwriter 4y agoReuters headline yesterday had the “melted” language.
- mgdlbp 4y agoHuh? The Sun is clearly a great source of radiant heat.
- capableweb 4y agoThey found a defect, it has not melted. Another source: > The RAF didn’t specify why it suspended flights, but a spokesperson said “the runway has not melted” as early media reports indicated. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/18/london-flights-suspended-after-runway-damaged-during-heat-wave.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/18/london-flights-suspended-aft...
- debacle 4y ago@dang could we have the link updated to a better source?
- rndgermandude 4y agoYeah, the "melted" might be incorrect, however the quote from the Royal Air Force is about another (military) airport.
- drawfloat 4y agoThat quote is about Brize Norton Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire, not Luton.
- throwaway0a5e 4y agoBased on my experience with how airport operations work I suspect they noticed a defect on lesser pavement or a service vehicle with higher ground pressure than an aircraft left a dent somewhere on the runway and they then concluded that they should stop bouncing object that weigh tens of thousands of pounds off of the runway until it hardens back up lest ruts form there.