cmb 302

foxcoverteddy

anyone tracking sun county 737, cmb 302 flight no, has done six circles around Kilkenny area, was at 40 thou and appears to have come across europe could noit see take off point, no destination shown.

Minister

Yeah, it has been in the air over Nth KK and Nth Tipp for over an hour. Did anyone listen to ATC and get an idea of what is happening?

Appears to be ex Bucharest

There appears to have been quite a bit of Sun Country activity into and out of shannon of late.

Minister

Now appears to be heading for Dublin and descending according to Flightradar24

foxcoverteddy

hi, looks like heading for dub, come down quite a lot, following but was it losing fuel?

foxcoverteddy

hopefully all is well, thanks for posts, appreciated.

cuterob

on finals in dub now.. came from bucharest

prob a test flight and getting repainted in dub? it's an american reg apparently N809SY

highlydebased

This particular aircraft has been in and out of shannon alot the last few days on military business so i doubt it is maint/repaint related.

Johnny901

Perhaps the weather at Shannon was below what he required and he was holding awaiting an improvement. That did not happen and he diverted to Dublin.

PHU99

No other flights into Shannon seem to be having problems. And if he was burning fuel for an emergency landing then Shannon has less traffic and a longer runway than Dublin (I think).

This aircraft has been regularly flying between Shannon, Bucharest and various US destinations.

I would also think it is too small to be a troop carrier unlike the Omni flights.

Protesters at Shannon maybe?

highlydebased

PHU99 wrote: »

This aircraft has been regularly flying between Shannon, Bucharest and various US destinations.

I would also think it is too small to be a troop carrier unlike the Omni flights.

Hardly too small- they've been used many times before in the past. In fact the CMB ICAO code and callsign are used exclusively for troop transport.

PHU99

True. It is a regular flight to Bucharest via Shannon, almost daily. I assumed that Bucharest is not a destination for many US troops and many larger aircraft go through Shannon.

JamieIsGod

CMB302 is a US Military Charter for sure, Here is the same aircraft operating a mil charter with a callsign that's alost identical http://www.airliners.net/photo/Sun-Country-Airlines/Boeing-737-8Q8/2154650/&sid=0f859ae18596cb546d78e991fcf3db4d

PHU99

Dense fog at Shannon. Probably the reason.