Dublin diversions today

N7777G

The following have diverted to Dublin today due to the snow in the UK.

N830MH B767 DAL40 MSP/LHR
N795AN B777 AAL116 JFK/LHR
N762AN B777 AAL98 ORD/LHR
G-CIVM B747 BAW196 IAH/LHR
G-BNLP B747 BAW182 JFK/LHR

a bit of welcome business for T2!

arbour

looks like an A340(virgin) from Tokyo to LHR landing in SNN soon.

Also an A340 from Shanghai due in Dublin soon

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awaiting pics...........

sharkman

arbour wrote: »

looks like an A340(virgin) from Tokyo to LHR landing in SNN soon.

Also an A340 from Shanghai due in Dublin soon

Where did you hear about the on from Shanghai , any more details on it.

Leandromstt

http://casper.frontier.nl/egbb/

VIR652 from DNMM

Plowman

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arbour

sharkman wrote: »

Where did you hear about the on from Shanghai , any more details on it.

It was flying towards DUB on flightradar24.com. i went away from comp to have dinner and it was disappeared when I returned.

Ilyushin76

BAW 242(G-BNLJ) diverted to einn

Virgin 24 also(G-VOGE)

Danbo!

arbour wrote: »

It was flying towards DUB on flightradar24.com. i went away from comp to have dinner and it was disappeared when I returned.

Yeah about half an hour ago it was on radarvirtuel, looked like it was taxiing toward T2

Qantas

Just listening to shannon control on live atc DUB is now at full capacity for wide bodies cant take any more and shannon is now taking a virgin A340 and that has them at full capacity!! Some great spotting to be done in DUB and SNN

N7777G

Plowman wrote: »

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VIR251 (Shanghai/LHR) G-VNAP landed in Dublin

the following Virgin A340s have diverted to Shannon this pm......
VIR901 (Tokyo/LHR0 G-VYOU

VIR652 (Lagos/LHR) G-VFIZ

VIR24 (LAX/LHR) G-VMEG

Steyr

PICS! Please.

Bodan

British Airways Boeing 747 G-CIVM
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38016434@N05/5271799140/

Qantas

LHR now closed till 04:00 so all heavys now staying in DUB till tomorrow busy day in T2

PurplePrincess

There is no justice in the world... I'm on my first day off in ages and I miss 747's.

flame123

And this looks good too ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38016434@N05/5271212067/in/photostream/

lord lucan

I'm in at 04.00 tomorrow,i'll see if i can grab a couple of snaps looking down pier E. Pity it'll be pitch dark though.:(

Dogwatch

To those more experienced in airfield ops,

Could the Heavys be parked north of the terminals, on the old 11-29 runway or over by the Fire Station.

Seems a pity to lose the revenue or maybe getting them back out is the problem.

andy_g

Dogwatch wrote: »

To those more experienced in airfield ops,

Could the Heavys be parked north of the terminals, on the old 11-29 runway or over by the Fire Station.

Seems a pity to lose the revenue or maybe getting them back out is the problem.

It is possible as Aer lingus park the A330's out on 11/29 but because there was more diversions coming into dub they were trying to facilitate more A/C.

Plus you could say that the white elephant is serving a purpose.

Oh and welcome to A&A Peter.

Tenger

PurplePrincess wrote: »

There is no justice in the world... I'm on my first day off in ages and I miss 747's.

I'm upset too. Missed them by an hour myself........

ian_m

Are they all gone now?

westdub

Are they all gone now?

With LRH closed for arrivals until tomorrow ( Monday) I would say they wont be leaving soon....

stop

Was on a 43 coming through Kinsealey or there abouts yesterday around 1500, when I saw a BA 747 approaching. Had great view from upstairs front window!

someday2010

What are they doing with all the passengers?

lord lucan

ian_m wrote: »

Are they all gone now?

Still there when i left at 13.00. Won't be going anywhere today.

Some pics in the gallery thread up top.:)

EchoIndia

BA 747s shown here:



Boeing 747-436 - Click here for larger image

Tenger

westdub wrote: »

With LRH closed for arrivals until tomorrow ( Monday) I would say they wont be leaving soon....

Hopefully I can get a few shots on Monday morning!!!!!

Also hope the weather at DUB is ok on Monday morning so I can get there!!!!

N7777G

N7777G wrote: »

The following have diverted to Dublin today due to the snow in the UK.

N830MH B767 DAL40 MSP/LHR
N795AN B777 AAL116 JFK/LHR
N762AN B777 AAL98 ORD/LHR
G-CIVM B747 BAW196 IAH/LHR
G-BNLP B747 BAW182 JFK/LHR

a bit of welcome business for T2!

All of yesterday's diverted aircraft were still present at Dublin this pm.

Some pics....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eigjb/5274001349/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eigjb/5274610072/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eigjb/5274001835/

Steyr

Finally 777's at DUB!

Steyr

Dogwatch wrote: »

To those more experienced in airfield ops,

Could the Heavys be parked north of the terminals, on the old 11-29 runway or over by the Fire Station.

Seems a pity to lose the revenue or maybe getting them back out is the problem.

Was just wondering this myself but if I am correct ( open to correction here ) I believe that Dub has had massive expansion Ramp wise down around the Fire Station Area, but I am open to correction as I have not been up there in ages.

Steyr

andy_g wrote: »

Plus you could say that the white elephant is serving a purpose.

Will that shut up MOL for a while

Tenger

Looking at the Dublin airport departures website. Those diversions don't look to be going anywhere soon. Some scheduled for departure earlier this morning with no update since.....no mention of the BA or VS flights going.........It also shows all EI flights to LHR cancelled

DUB-LHR flights:
Delta Air Lines DL9859 19/12 08:30
American Airlines AA116 19/12 09:30
American Airlines AA98 19/12 11:15

Steyr wrote: »

.........I believe that Dub has had massive expansion Ramp wise down around the Fire Station Area, but I am open to correction as I have not been up there in ages.

There is plenty of asphalt/tarmac sq metres in the airport. However for these larger aircraft its probably easier for DAA to leave them at T2. Using a remote stand and buses would be very messy. And trying to tow them back onstand during normal ops in/out of DUB would be an extra chore.

The problem with these situations is the unknown element. They could very well be told that LHR will be open for 90 minutes, with only an hours notice. Trying to get pax boarded in a small time window for such a departure is easier if they are at the terminal.

Wonder who handled them in DUB. Delta and AA have contracts already in DUB, assume BA was handled by EI? as they do operate flights into DUB. Virgin?

flame123

Tenger et all;

Departures starting at 0900 Monday morning and expected to finish by 2PM

More pictures here ..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38016434@N05/5274211635/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38016434@N05/5274211639/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38016434@N05/5274211617/

rob88

hopefully someone will be up there with a video camera!

Plowman

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useless

Was kinda wondering if there were many people on those diverted planes whose final destination was in fact Dublin- would they get their bags back in DUB and be out the airport door happy at the phenomenal BA customer service that went out of their way to drop them off in Dublin?:D

Or would they have madness of having to fly on the rescheduled flight to LHR then try and rearrange their missed connections back to DUB?

I just hope everyone gets home in time for Christmas.

flame123

Only one AA B77 got away today and I believe the Air Canada B767 was expecting to go als..not sure if it did or not though

A couple of more pics here guys ( and Gals )...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38016434@N05/5277899507/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38016434@N05/5277910483/

Tenger

useless wrote: »

Was kinda wondering if there were many people on those diverted planes whose final destination was in fact Dublin- would they get their bags back in DUB and be out the airport door happy at the phenomenal BA customer service that went out of their way to drop them off in Dublin?:D

I'm sure that there were a few Irish pax on those flight, definitely on the JFK-LHR one. I can't say about the BA flights but the Virgin flight definitely off-loaded the bags. VS containers can be seen beside the aircraft on the left of the shot.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tearbringer/5278087114/in/photostream/