When was this recorded? I thought they razed 2E and started over after the collapse. Is this an all new structure or was the original structure reinforced?
GH1618 , this was recorded on July 30, 2019. On 23 May 2004, shortly after the inauguration of terminal 2E, a portion of it collapsed near Gate E50, killing four people.[10] Two of the dead were reported to be Chinese citizens, one Czech and the other Lebanese.[11] Three other people were injured in the collapse. Terminal 2E had been inaugurated in 2003 after some delays in construction and was designed by Paul Andreu. Administrative and judicial enquiries were started. Andreu also designed Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport, which collapsed while under construction on 28 September 2004. Before this accident, ADP had been planning for an initial public offering in 2005 with the new terminal as a major attraction for investors. The partial collapse and indefinite closing of the terminal just before the beginning of summer seriously hurt the airport's business plan. In February 2005, the results from the administrative inquiry were published. The experts pointed out that there was no single fault, but rather a number of causes for the collapse, in a design that had little margin for safety. The inquiry found the concrete vaulted roof was not resilient enough and had been pierced by metallic pillars and some openings weakened the structure. Sources close to the inquiry also disclosed that the whole building chain had worked as close to the limits as possible, so as to reduce costs. Paul Andreu denounced the building companies for having not correctly prepared the reinforced concrete. On 17 March 2005, ADP decided to tear down and rebuild the whole part of Terminal 2E (the "jetty") of which a section had collapsed, at a cost of approximately €100 million.[12] The reconstruction replaced the innovative concrete tube style of the jetty with a more traditional steel and glass structure. During reconstruction, two temporary departure lounges were constructed in the vicinity of the terminal that replicated the capacity of 2E before the collapse. The terminal reopened completely on 30 March 2008.
@@MichaelJirochVisualArtist It does look distinctly different from the original structure but it also mimics the illumination from the ceiling as well as other design cues.
I had one of the worst airport experiences of my life in this airport. My friend and I were travelling with our kids (3 kids in total, ageing 7 and 8 years old). The line for people with kids was the longest and painfully slow. It took us 2 hours to go through custom plus one hour to go through babage check. They separated me from my 8 year old son and it was a really desperating moment. Staff there not only did not care, but they actually seemed to enjoy seeing us suffering. My only conclusion is that AirFrance hates families travelling with kids.
In my electronic ticket they write:
Terminal W
Terminal:2E earogare 2
Terminal E
What does it mean, please?
When was this recorded? I thought they razed 2E and started over after the collapse. Is this an all new structure or was the original structure reinforced?
GH1618 , this was recorded on July 30, 2019. On 23 May 2004, shortly after the inauguration of terminal 2E, a portion of it collapsed near Gate E50, killing four people.[10] Two of the dead were reported to be Chinese citizens, one Czech and the other Lebanese.[11] Three other people were injured in the collapse. Terminal 2E had been inaugurated in 2003 after some delays in construction and was designed by Paul Andreu. Administrative and judicial enquiries were started. Andreu also designed Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport, which collapsed while under construction on 28 September 2004.
Before this accident, ADP had been planning for an initial public offering in 2005 with the new terminal as a major attraction for investors. The partial collapse and indefinite closing of the terminal just before the beginning of summer seriously hurt the airport's business plan.
In February 2005, the results from the administrative inquiry were published. The experts pointed out that there was no single fault, but rather a number of causes for the collapse, in a design that had little margin for safety. The inquiry found the concrete vaulted roof was not resilient enough and had been pierced by metallic pillars and some openings weakened the structure. Sources close to the inquiry also disclosed that the whole building chain had worked as close to the limits as possible, so as to reduce costs. Paul Andreu denounced the building companies for having not correctly prepared the reinforced concrete.
On 17 March 2005, ADP decided to tear down and rebuild the whole part of Terminal 2E (the "jetty") of which a section had collapsed, at a cost of approximately €100 million.[12] The reconstruction replaced the innovative concrete tube style of the jetty with a more traditional steel and glass structure. During reconstruction, two temporary departure lounges were constructed in the vicinity of the terminal that replicated the capacity of 2E before the collapse. The terminal reopened completely on 30 March 2008.
@@MichaelJirochVisualArtist It does look distinctly different from the original structure but it also mimics the illumination from the ceiling as well as other design cues.
Summer 2019
Summer 2019
I had one of the worst airport experiences of my life in this airport. My friend and I were travelling with our kids (3 kids in total, ageing 7 and 8 years old). The line for people with kids was the longest and painfully slow. It took us 2 hours to go through custom plus one hour to go through babage check. They separated me from my 8 year old son and it was a really desperating moment. Staff there not only did not care, but they actually seemed to enjoy seeing us suffering. My only conclusion is that AirFrance hates families travelling with kids.
2E ok but what gate k l o m?🙂
The A380 model visible in the thumbnail looks like the never built 900 stretched variant that Air France were once interested in