Flightradar24 Thread

bronn

Yep. Down fine. Chatting to control now re: ambulance.

fr336

Speedbird was for JFK - lot of unhappy pax I bet

billie1b

fr336 wrote: »

Speedbird was for JFK - lot of unhappy pax I bet

Including the pax getting ready to go to JFK to head to London, only to get told at the airport, sorry, we got no plane

fr336

billie1b wrote: »

Including the pax getting ready to go to JFK to head to London, only to get told at the airport, sorry, we got no plane

lol yes a lot of self important people on that route I imagine - should be a hoot for BA.

Nice message of thanks from BA179 to DUB just now.

andy_g

fr336 wrote: »

Speedbird was for JFK - lot of unhappy pax I bet

Looking at it this way though and from having an ME on one of my flights at christmas and we came back to dub would ya rather i divert and a messed up few days in new york or a dead pax beside ya/on board the A/C?

fr336

andy_g wrote: »

Looking at it this way though and from having an ME on one of my flights at christmas and we came back to dub would ya rather i divert and a messed up few days in new york or a dead pax beside ya/on board the A/C?

Well clearly. There's just no telling some people though.

If it was FR the pax would arrest the aircraft or something, despite going to New York for a tenner :rolleyes:;)

billie1b

andy_g wrote: »

Looking at it this way though and from having an ME on one of my flights at christmas and we came back to dub would ya rather i divert and a messed up few days in new york or a dead pax beside ya/on board the A/C?

Do I have to answer that honestly Andy??
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Ah no in all honesty, Medical comes first no matter what

bronn

BA was a good bit out when they had to turn back.



Hope the passenger is okay. Must've been serious enough.

fr336

I find it odd that it wasn't a declared emergency yet there was a sense of urgency all the way through. Moreso than in declared emergencies I've heard. Oh well all the best to the pax in question.

bronn

Did they call a pan-pan? On their way in, I thought I heard them saying to DUB something about a pan and DUB replying, "Yes, pan acknowledged". I may have heard incorrectly.

andy_g

BA crew tend only to request the emergency if they think its a dire need from what im told by friends working there.
Also a lot of ex RAF crew in BA again recently.

fr336

bronn wrote: »

Did they call a pan-pan? On their way in, I thought I heard them saying to DUB something about a pan and DUB replying, "Yes, pan acknowledged". I may have heard incorrectly.

You're absolutely right. I heard it a few times. Was a 'pan' rather than a pan pan though; they are two individual things, right?

fr336

andy_g wrote: »

Also a lot of ex RAF crew in BA again recently.

Ahh hence the speeding across Dublin

b757

http://www.flightradar24.com/BAGVII/401b0d3

Possible replacement?

andy_g

fr336 wrote: »

Ahh hence the speeding across Dublin

The speeding and the arguements if they dont get the routings they want yup sounds like some of the old crusties i flew with a few years ago.

Although since taking a left seat i tend to F and blind them for the duration of the flight

Growler!!!

fr336 wrote: »

You're absolutely right. I heard it a few times. Was a 'pan' rather than a pan pan though; they are two individual things, right?

Only a Pan Pan, ATC may shorten it to simply Pan but it is the same thing.

fr336 wrote: »

Ahh hence the speeding across Dublin

Nothing to do with the med emergency, no:D

fr336

Aborted takeoff at DUB on Tuesday due to go around

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/aviation-chiefs-deny-near-miss-potential-disaster-at-dublin-airport-30488157.html

keith16

Do they not just offload the sick passenger and get on their way again?

Oscar Bravo

VP-BOB,B737-BBJ inbound Shannon.

b757

keith16 wrote: »

Do they not just offload the sick passenger and get on their way again?

Crew would be out of hours landing in JFK.

fr336

b757 wrote: »

http://www.flightradar24.com/BAGVII/401b0d3

Possible replacement?

I can't see anything mate

b757

fr336 wrote: »

I can't see anything mate

She was on the ground at LHR, gone now.

keith16

b757 wrote: »

Crew would be out of hours landing in JFK.

Of course. So I guess, back to Heathrow, PAX re-booked, JFK - LHR cancelled and PAX on that side also re-booked?

fr336

Not out of the question for the crew to stop at DUB while BA send over a new ac and crew to get over to JFK asap? It is a big route.

keith16

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

VP-BOB,B737-BBJ inbound Shannon.

Who would that be now?

andy_g

If they send out a new crew the same A/C will be used and the original crew posted back to LHR on the next sched flight.

Or they'll overnight them and they would fly the sector tomorrow as for tonight they missed/cancelled the oceanic clearance to get that reissued is fairly expensive and the airline more than likely wont be interested.

Exceptions to the above was when the volcano went off a few years ago.

keith16

andy_g wrote: »

If they send out a new crew the same A/C will be used and the original crew posted back to LHR on the next sched flight.

Or they'll overnight them and they would fly the sector tomorrow as for tonight they missed/cancelled the oceanic clearance to get that reissued is fairly expensive and the airline more than likely wont be interested.

Exceptions to the above was when the volcano went off a few years ago.

It must be hugely frustrating for the PAX, they look to be halfway there and then told, sorry, we're going back!

Medical Emergency also seems to be a very common occurrence. Ah well, nothing you can do.

Oscar Bravo

Quite a beauty is VP-BOB inside

fr336

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Quite a beauty is VP-BOB inside

I could do without that carpet.

b757

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Quite a beauty is VP-BOB inside

And to think if you won the Euromillions you still probably wouldn't be able to fit the aircraft, let alone buy the thing in the first place.