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Flightradar24 Thread Part II

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    #6392
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users Posts: 17,029 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    An A340 just flew over my house, strange routing - I can only imagine it is related to weather

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    #6393
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users Posts: 17,029 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    and the Air Ambulance is out just about to land at the A&E hospital in Paisley

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    #6394
    kub
    Registered Users Posts: 6,533 ✭✭✭kub


    smurfjed wrote: »
    Isn't that what they supposed to do?

    Indeed i was replying to another poster who i assume thought it was strange Stobarts using 25 as opposed to 17/35


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    #6395
    rebel girl 15
    Registered Users, Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 15,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    I saw a low flying plane north of Slough on a weird flight path, checked it on FR and it is an Etihad A380, looks like it has done a touch and go at Heathrow, on my phone and it won't allow me to upload the screenshot, so will do it once I get to work


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    #6396
    BZ
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭BZ


    Not on FR24 but a P-3 orion just landed a short time ago in SNN. Not many electras of any variation visit our shores very often.


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    #6397
    Mech1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,089 ✭✭✭Mech1


    I'm awaiting boarding in Palma Majorca, home this evening.EI737.


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    #6398
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,134 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Mech1 wrote: »
    I'm awaiting boarding in Palma Majorca, home this evening.EI737.

    Did you enjoy your speedy run through the airport and the painful task of connecting to the WiFi? (Wouldn't work for me)


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    #6399
    Mech1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,089 ✭✭✭Mech1


    No free wifi, on mobile data.


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    #6400
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,134 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Mech1 wrote: »
    No free wifi, on mobile data.

    Turn it off before it charges you an arm and a leg :) I'll track your flight and post a few screenshots later.


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    #6401
    de biz
    Registered Users Posts: 526 ✭✭✭de biz


    Mech1 wrote: »
    I'm awaiting boarding in Palma Majorca, home this evening.EI737.

    Your on DEJ home Mec enjoy!


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    #6402
    rebel girl 15
    Registered Users, Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 15,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    Screen shots from this morning

    Etihad 1 is a screenshot from when I first noticed the plane, 2nd landing shows the route around to land.

    Edi is a screenshot of what looks like the same problem with a flight from Edinburgh.

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    This one is unusual, I actually saw the plane land on the North runway as you can see by the blue dot on the map, so don't understand where that went to!


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    #6403
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,134 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    The United 757 is just an inaccuracy in the radar, quite common, especially at DUB and with United 757's. You often have them landing in the city centre or up in swords!


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    #6404
    ohigg84
    Registered Users Posts: 547 ✭✭✭ohigg84


    Yesterday I saw a Lufthansa 737-500 flying in the direction of Greenland. Is she going to the U.S to be scrapped?


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    #6405
    Charlie-Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Charlie-Bravo


    Mech1 wrote: »
    I'm awaiting boarding in Palma Majorca, home this evening.EI737.

    I did that flight this day last week, sent into the hold for RW16, did 3 loops in the hold over Meath and with low cloud slightly bumpy before landing.


    Welcome back!

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    #6406
    Mech1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,089 ✭✭✭Mech1


    astrofluff wrote: »
    I did that flight this day last week, sent into the hold for RW16, did 3 loops in the hold over Meath and with low cloud slightly bumpy before landing.


    Welcome back!

    Thanks, no holding today straight in, bit of minor turbulence on route but nothing to worry about.


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    #6407
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,134 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Mech1 wrote: »
    Thanks, no holding today straight in, bit of minor turbulence on route but nothing to worry about.

    I have your screenshots, I will upload them later or tommorow :)


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    #6408
    EchoIndia
    Registered Users Posts: 2,837 ✭✭✭EchoIndia


    ohigg84 wrote: »
    Yesterday I saw a Lufthansa 737-500 flying in the direction of Greenland. Is she going to the U.S to be scrapped?

    D-ABIU ferried 25aug15 FRA-KEF-YYR-BGR-SFB.


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    #6409
    BZ
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭BZ


    Alitalia AZ621 Lax to Fco a 777 will be stopping off in SNN this afternoon around 2pm. Also and an Alitalia A320 due an hour beforehand from Fco.


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    #6410
    BZ
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭BZ


    BZ wrote: »
    Alitalia AZ621 Lax to Fco a 777 will be stopping off in SNN this afternoon around 2pm. Also and an Alitalia A320 due an hour beforehand from Fco.

    Not showing on FR24 for some reason but just about to land now in SNN.


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    #6411
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,134 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    BE663 holding at NOC?
    Is it too windy?

    Stats for NOC:
    Visbility: 5000m light showers
    Wind: 210 degrees 19kts
    RWY 27: 9kt Headwind 16kt crosswind.


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    #6412
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,134 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    2 go-arounds at Dublin just there, I don't know if they are weather related or not. Let's just hope DM doesn't hear about them!


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    #6413
    ohigg84
    Registered Users Posts: 547 ✭✭✭ohigg84


    http://www.flightradar24.com/AZA8802/7424da1

    Anyone know where she's going?


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    #6414
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,134 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    ohigg84 wrote: »
    http://www.flightradar24.com/AZA8802/7424da1

    Anyone know where she's going?

    As BZ reported earlier, it came from Rome, so I'd imagine it's going back to Rome


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    #6415
    ohigg84
    Registered Users Posts: 547 ✭✭✭ohigg84


    Carnacalla wrote: »
    As BZ reported earlier, it came from Rome, so I'd imagine it's going back to Rome

    Thanks, that's what I assumed, but didn't see it's destination, just said it departed Shannon.


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    #6416
    Irish Steve
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 6,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Steve


    Going to hazard a guess that there was some sort of delay in SFO, which would have meant the crew going out of hours before they got to Rome, so they flew a relief crew in to meet the aircraft, and then it's taken everyone home again, and the flight from SFO wasn't delayed as badly as it would have been if the crew had had to wait in SFO to get back in to being available.

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



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    #6417
    CardinalJ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭CardinalJ


    Irish Steve wrote: »
    Going to hazard a guess that there was some sort of delay in SFO, which would have meant the crew going out of hours before they got to Rome, so they flew a relief crew in to meet the aircraft, and then it's taken everyone home again, and the flight from SFO wasn't delayed as badly as it would have been if the crew had had to wait in SFO to get back in to being available.

    Does a relief crew hang around an airport waiting to go, or is it a case of being 'on call'. I presume big airlines have crews going out of hours frequently enough?


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    #6418
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,134 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Irish Steve wrote: »
    Going to hazard a guess that there was some sort of delay in SFO, which would have meant the crew going out of hours before they got to Rome, so they flew a relief crew in to meet the aircraft, and then it's taken everyone home again, and the flight from SFO wasn't delayed as badly as it would have been if the crew had had to wait in SFO to get back in to being available.

    It's an expensive way of minimising a delay isn't it? Alot of fuel for the 2.5-3hr flight both ways.


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    #6419
    Irish Steve
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 6,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Steve


    Don't know for sure, they'd probably have been on call, but the relief crew(s) would have had plenty of time to get in to the airport, the flight time from SFO to SNN would have been 10 or 11 hours, from FCO to SNN about 3.

    It would have needed 2 relief crews, the 777 relief, and the crew to operate the 321, and a spare aircraft, but for an operation the size of Alitalia, they would have been geared up for it, and the delay caused by making a tech stop at SNN would have been minor in comparison to the crew having to take a rest period in SFO, which would probably have been 12 hours or so, and the subsequent knock on delays on the 777, which is not so easy to fix in comparison to short haul, where an aircraft swap can be managed more easily.

    And yes, flying a relief crew into SNN would have been cheaper than the costs they would have incurred with a 12 hour delay in SFO, it was a quick bit of thinking in Flight Ops to come up with that plan, as they'd have been under pressure at the time.

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



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    #6420
    arubex
    Registered Users Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭arubex


    arubex wrote: »
    2015-06-14
    That's a new one to me, SkyGreece Airlines. Started operations between Toronto and Athens last month.

    And... gone! Just read today that Skygreece has disappeared off the Internet and their management has apparently slipped away in the night leaving passengers stranded and bewildered. Oh dear.


    http://www.pappaspost.com/skygreece-temporarily-ceasing-all-operations/


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    #6421
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,069 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Does a relief crew hang around an airport waiting to go, or is it a case of being 'on call'.
    Airlines can have crew on airport standby for x hours per day to cover immediate problems and also have crew on home standby. There is some discretion in the crew being able to extend duty time, but guessing that this wasn't enough in this case.
    Alot of fuel for the 2.5-3hr flight both ways.
    Peanuts compared to hotel rooms and the associated knock on delays!


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