Stuck on Plane

[Tonycam*]

just saw on the news that the Geelong team were stuck on the plane landed in Darwin for two hours, The storm up there was so bad they couldnt let them off the plane

 

[CF]

sounds pretty fishy to me. Darwin Airport have those terminals where you exit straight into the airport, not get off on the tarmac.

 

[*PAF]

sounds pretty fishy to me. Darwin Airport have those terminals where you exit straight into the airport, not get off on the tarmac.

True.
The Airport was closed due to strong winds, heavy rain and lightning and apparently it got a bit rough up there.

 

[RememberMe]

Unfortunately, I don't have FOX yet. Gonna have to see if I can head into work on Saturday night and watch it on the plasmas... I might just turn up regardless.

 

[Lightning_Rod]

havea look at this thread and you may realise why they couldnt get off.

HERE

 

[CF]

TORRID storms above the Top End left Geelong stranded on the tarmac at Darwin Airport ahead of Saturday night’s NAB Cup pre-season quarter-final against AFL rival Port Adelaide.

The Cats were expected to land at 12.45pm local time (2.15pm AEDT) on Friday but torrential rain forced the plane to circle the runway for almost two hours.

After finally managing to land, furious lightning strikes meant ground staff at the airport have been unable to access the runway, according to nationwide airport protocol.

Geelong had hoped for a quick departure and a rushed training session but were unable to leave the tarmac due to the wild storm.

A weather bureau spokesperson in Darwin said there had been 2000 lightning strikes above the airport since 9am.

There were reports there had been up to 250 lightning hits per minute.

Port Adelaide arrived earlier in the day and was able to train ahead of the NAB Cup quarter-final.

“In association with the low at the moment, there is a very strong band of thunderstorms over most of the Top End,” the bureau spokesperson said.

The spokesperson wasn’t able to confirm reports a second storm cell was on the way.

The bad weather in Darwin this week has already prompted Geelong to rest big men Brad Ottens and Steven King for the quarter-final.

The star pair were missing from the Cats’ 28-man squad, with the club perhaps mindful of the havoc the similarly wet conditions played with the Brisbane Lions-St Kilda game last weekend in Cairns.

Port forward Daniel Motlop is also missing, suspended for one match for skipping a training session last weekend.

That's pretty wild weather....sorry for doubting you Tonycam

 

[jess_555]

I totally FREAKED when I saw the breaking news update on the 6pm news! The way they said it at the start made me think they were gonna crash or something. Thank goodness they are ok. I hope they will be right to play tommorrow night. eeeeeeekkkkk scary!

 

[catman2006]

Game may not go ahead yet, we will know more tomorrow.

 

[Barrabus]

Nice one AFL.

I know the pre-season is a great chance to have a few matches in places that don't normally see any action. But maybe next year avoid the far north in the wet season.

Wonder if the team packed flippers?

 

[Rosella]

Another point is that is going to be very low scoring - your goal tally counts towards home ground advantage if you make the grand final.

 

[Tonycam*]

That's pretty wild weather....sorry for doubting you Tonycam

no worries Catman

 

[*PAF]

Nice one AFL.

I know the pre-season is a great chance to have a few matches in places that don't normally see any action. But maybe next year avoid the far north in the wet season.

Wonder if the team packed flippers?

Relax everyone, the weather is not so bad up here. It there was no AFL game tomorrow no-one would have heard anything about it.
Sure today we had a bit of a storm but you get them everywhere from time to time. I cannot remember Darwin Airport being shut down too often, today was just one of them times and if your team had been on time they would have been fine.

Not sure if you heard but apparently they got held up on the way to Melbourne by an overturned truck on the highway, then the plane got delayed. It got delayed again in Alice Springs and then the Darwin thingamagig where they had to do circle work in rough weather for a while and then got stuck on the tarmac for a couple of hours once they landed.
Anyway it's piii-ss-ing down at the moment but with a bit of luck it'll dry out by tomorrow night.
All we need is a couple of hours of no rain for the oval to be as good as gold up here, such is the drainage.

 

[CF]

Relax everyone, the weather is not so bad up here. It there was no AFL game tomorrow no-one would have heard anything about it.
Sure today we had a bit of a storm but you get them everywhere from time to time. I cannot remember Darwin Airport being shut down too often, today was just one of them times and if your team had been on time they would have been fine.

Not sure if you heard but apparently they got held up on the way to Melbourne by an overturned truck on the highway, then the plane got delayed. It got delayed again in Alice Springs and then the Darwin thingamagig where they had to do circle work in rough weather for a while and then got stuck on the tarmac for a couple of hours once they landed.
Anyway it's piii-ss-ing down at the moment but with a bit of luck it'll dry out by tomorrow night.
All we need is a couple of hours of no rain for the oval to be as good as gold up here, such is the drainage.

have to agree there. Marrara is a great oval, as good as any in the country.

 

[grantyc77]

From what ive heard Darwin has another big storm coming tomorrow arvo so hopefully the boys will be prepared for thr 90% humidity.

 

[Copernicus]

have to agree there. Marrara is a great oval, as good as any in the country.

Frankly Darwin needs a ground with fantastic drainage, some of those tropical downpours are phenomenal.

Be interesting to see the game because I've never actually seen a match played at the oval. Curious to see how it looks!

 

[CF]

From what ive heard Darwin has another big storm coming tomorrow arvo so hopefully the boys will be prepared for thr 90% humidity.

sounds like just a normal day in Darwin during the wet season to me

 

[Pal22]

Another point is that is going to be very low scoring - your goal tally counts towards home ground advantage if you make the grand final.

That's true, but we did kick 20 goals (most of any team) last week and if we could somehow kick 8-10 goals tonight and win then it shouldn't do that much damage.

 

[grantyc77]

sounds like just a normal day in Darwin during the wet season to me

I usually live there but am in egypt with work, this wet season has be pretty bad (so the other half says) the last week especially has been the wettest she has seen it.

And for the record Darwin airport was closed all day yesterday.