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Heavy Snow Affecting Bulgarian Infastructure
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posts : 13 (Beginner)Date : 02-22-09 21:47Heavy Snow Affecting Bulgarian Infastructure
Over 300 lorries have been stuck for more than 20 hours in Romania after Bulgarian authorities closed the other side of the border check-point at Oryahovo, saying that the road to Sofia was not fit to travel on because of the recent massive snowfalls.
The queue is more than 15km long, and growing. Some drivers have already run out of fuel because of keeping their engines running to stay warm in the sub-zero temperatures at night.
So it's not just England that comes to a standstill when ...
The queue is more than 15km long, and growing. Some drivers have already run out of fuel because of keeping their engines running to stay warm in the sub-zero temperatures at night.
So it's not just England that comes to a standstill when ...
Over 300 lorries have been stuck for more than 20 hours in Romania after Bulgarian authorities closed the other side of the border check-point at Oryahovo, saying that the road to Sofia was not fit to travel on because of the recent massive snowfalls.
The queue is more than 15km long, and growing. Some drivers have already run out of fuel because of keeping their engines running to stay warm in the sub-zero temperatures at night.
So it's not just England that comes to a standstill when it snows
The queue is more than 15km long, and growing. Some drivers have already run out of fuel because of keeping their engines running to stay warm in the sub-zero temperatures at night.
So it's not just England that comes to a standstill when it snows
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coming over to borrovets 28th feb have any of the flights been diverted away from soffia due to the weather .we had a dreadfull coach ntrip a few years ago due to the flight not being able to land at sofiadoes anyone know.re: Heavy Snow Affecting Bulgarian Infastructure
coming over to borrovets 28th feb have any of the flights been diverted away from soffia due to the weather .we had a dreadfull coach ntrip a few years ago due to the flight not being able to land at sofiadoes anyone know.re: Heavy Snow Affecting Bulgarian Infastructure
Flights are still arriving and leaving Sofia Airport without any disruption at the moment.re: Heavy Snow Affecting Bulgarian Infastructure
We flew out of Plovdiv last night and it was fine. It's only the 2nd time in 4 years we've seen snow at the airport, but the whole runway was clear.Our transfer coach did get stuck in deep snow when the driver reversed round the side of Dak's to turn round though.
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I'm not surprised. The only part of the road between Pamporovo and Sofia which had been properly cleared and gritted was a stretch in the Pazardchich area. The rest was awful.re: Heavy Snow Affecting Bulgarian Infastructure
How can the flights still be arriving at Sofia? We get 1cm of snow and our airports grind to a halt! How do those Bulgarians do it?
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It's not just England, but I think they had more than 15cm of snow.And the government declare the state of emergency on Saturday evening.
Sune
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left sofia on sunday after a delay the tug that tows the plane onto the runway was having trouble getting a grip so they called over another one to push us thier was a convoy of snow ploughs that cleared the run way but there still was snow on the runway amazingly if was still possible to take offre: Heavy Snow Affecting Bulgarian Infastructure
Light snow on runway should not be a problem for modern jets. Slush on runways is much worse. I know this as i've been to Ganda...and you don't want to go there in winter!!! Long story but we had to land there in an emergency and whilst on the ground for 1 hour+ the crew kept the No1 engine of the 747 running to help prevent icing. Outside it was a blizzard!! I was v v v surprised that our take-off wasn't delayed or cancelled. I kid you not, the snow either side of the runway was as high ...
Light snow on runway should not be a problem for modern jets. Slush on runways is much worse. I know this as i've been to Ganda...and you don't want to go there in winter!!! Long story but we had to land there in an emergency and whilst on the ground for 1 hour+ the crew kept the No1 engine of the 747 running to help prevent icing. Outside it was a blizzard!! I was v v v surprised that our take-off wasn't delayed or cancelled. I kid you not, the snow either side of the runway was as high as the fuselage!! Scary stuff 
