Flightradar24 Thread Part II

Simon Gruber Says

Nim wrote: »

Just heard it :pac:

Hard to believe it was at 25,000ft.

Yep, no mistaking it. I always check to see where it is when I first hear it. It was out between Balbriggan and Donabate still when I heard it in Dublin 5.

Duffer2010

Nim wrote: »

Just heard it :pac:

Hard to believe it was at 25,000ft.

First time I ever heard one of these-great sound.

Bummer1234

arubex wrote: »

An-12 heading south down the east coast. Should waken a few in Dublin...

http://fr24.com//5e811aa

Heard it passing over head...some
Sound off her...unreal to think it was at 25000,sounded like 5000.

dublincelt

Bummer1234 wrote: »

Heard it passing over head...some
Sound off her...unreal to think it was at 25000,sounded like 5000.

Just flew over Carlow! Lovely sound!

tomred81

just checked flight radar and then boards, just flew over kilkenny 5mins ago!

jace_da_face

Carnacalla wrote: »

None in cork. 1 in Shannon and 1 in Dublin.

I was on the plane. There were 6 aborted landings. The first announcement made by the captain was that we just attempted to land in Cork and we will now make our way to Dublin. It took 3 attempts to land in Dublin!

bronn

I heard it loud and clear in D4. Thought it was a low-flying stobbart directly overhead. When I looked on f24, it was just passing Clonee / Clonsilla direction at 25,000. That's a whole D15 nort soide region of which I am, like, totes unfamiliar. :P

Peregrine

jace_da_face wrote: »

I was on the plane. There were 6 aborted landings. The first announcement made by the captain was that we just attempted to land in Cork and we will now make our way to Dublin. It took 3 attempts to land in Dublin!

The data from that night looks continuous and non-erroneous. 1 go around at SNN, turned away towards Cork, went to Dublin before reaching Mallow, 1 go around at DUB, landed the second time. Overall, 2 go arounds out of 3 attempts to land in Ireland.

JCX BXC

This is the flight data I screenshotted on the night. Maybe you misjudged gusts or turns as go-arounds.

Lovelyboy

It was so loud... Can't believe it was at that altitude. Where would that be going or what's its function?

jace_da_face

Your data appears I'm incorrect Carnacalla. It doesn't make sense to me. Does the flight path show how many times the plane pulled up at full power? As opposed to what is considered a go-around say? I'm just basing my experience on that.

The captain announced our approach to SNN with 15 mins landing time. It was another hour and 15 minutes by my reckoning before we landed. I counted 6 full throttle ascents in that time. Just turbulence avoidance? Anyway, lots of screams, crying and phone calls to loved ones to be heard in that last hour.

galwayjohn89

jace_da_face wrote: »

The captain announced our approach to SNN with 15 mins landing time. It was another hour and 15 minutes by my reckoning before we landed. I counted 6 full throttle ascents in that time. Just turbulence avoidance? Anyway, lots of screams, crying and phone calls to loved ones to be heard in that last hour.

Were people really making phone calls? Been on bad turbulent flights before, one very bad one in particular that result in quite a few injuries. But no screaming or phone calls. Just gasps

JCX BXC

Its possible that you could have encountered a few severe gusts, the whole country had winds in Excess of 30kts at ground level at that time. The altitude was also slightly variable I noticed, as you were heading towards Dublin I noticed that it was very high.

I recommend a trained pilot answer your questions.

Also, the plane in question was not the one that returned to SNN a few hours later to operate the outbound flight to STN, I'd say there were a few
marks on the seats as well as a smell.

Edit: Phone calls? Your not allowed have your phones off airplane mode on flights as it can interfere with flight instruments on landing. Does anyone know what in particular?

billie1b

Carnacalla wrote: »

Edit: Phone calls? Your not allowed have your phones off airplane mode on flights as it can interfere with flight instruments on landing. Does anyone know what in particular?

Just a myth, you'd need hundreds of mobile phones to make a difference

gumbo1

billie1b wrote: »

Just a myth, you'd need hundreds of mobile phones to make a difference

Technically there are hundreds of phones on board. Just not everyone will turn theirs off!!

MoyVilla9

Anyone know the reason for this go-around a few minutes ago?

Mick55

Was this a Go Around this morning? Does this happen often? I have been up at the airport a good bit recently and have never seen this, would be cool to see!

fr336

MoyVilla9 wrote: »

Anyone know the reason for this go-around a few minutes ago?

Listen to the archive recording here http://www.liveatc.net/archive.php?m=eidw4 Select 0800-0830Z from the drop down menu (liveatc time is an hour behind at the moment)

If you don't want to listen I'll try and have a look in a while.

fr336

Mick55 wrote: »

Was this a Go Around this morning? Does this happen often? I have been up at the airport a good bit recently and have never seen this, would be cool to see!

That does look like a go around. Happens very often for a variety of reasons, I'd say at least three times a day at Dublin if you were to average things out across the year. Then would vary considerably and be a spike in them during bad weather events. Causes include strong winds, traffic not having moved off the runway ahead of them, an animal on the runway, debris on the runway, the aircraft not ready for landing due to technical or other reasons (say a passenger standing up for landing)...the list goes on.

fr336

Ok I think the Ryanair go around MAY have been to do with United Airlines flight 22 DUB-New York still being on the runway preparing to take off but had technical issues. Taxied back to stand.

arubex

Tee-hee, this one is registered D-ABUM!

http://fr24.com/CFG83/5e84e7c

*cough* I mean, that's Condor's excellent retro-liveried 767 D-ABUM.

Crimsonforce

fr336 wrote: »

Ok I think the Ryanair go around MAY have been to do with United Airlines flight 22 DUB-New York still being on the runway preparing to take off but had technical issues. Taxied back to stand.

That ua22 plane is so old. It always has problems.

fr336

Crimsonforce wrote: »

That ua22 plane is so old. It always has problems.

How old? If it's anything less than 26 I will not be pleased

fr336

Carnacalla wrote: »

Luton 29kts G40kts.

Yep bad enough there.

Still, here In west Clare its very loud and strong. Well used to it though, so little damage when the wind does come.

https://vimeo.com/123743505

Mick55

fr336 wrote: »

That does look like a go around. Happens very often for a variety of reasons, I'd say at least three times a day at Dublin if you were to average things out across the year. Then would vary considerably and be a spike in them during bad weather events. Causes include strong winds, traffic not having moved off the runway ahead of them, an animal on the runway, debris on the runway, the aircraft not ready for landing due to technical or other reasons (say a passenger standing up for landing)...the list goes on.

That's very interesting. Thanks for your informative reply! Makes sense about the weather related causes but I wouldn't have thought of the other reasons. That seems like a huge amount, never would have thought there would be that many. May see one soon yet!

fr336

Mick55 wrote: »

That's very interesting. Thanks for your informative reply! Makes sense about the weather related causes but I wouldn't have thought of the other reasons. That seems like a huge amount, never would have thought there would be that many. May see one soon yet!

Here is something similar to what happened this morning, only many years ago :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksHYclWhAEY

jace_da_face

Carnacalla wrote: »

Its possible that you could have encountered a few severe gusts, the whole country had winds in Excess of 30kts at ground level at that time. The altitude was also slightly variable I noticed, as you were heading towards Dublin I noticed that it was very high.

I recommend a trained pilot answer your questions.

Also, the plane in question was not the one that returned to SNN a few hours later to operate the outbound flight to STN, I'd say there were a few
marks on the seats as well as a smell.

Edit: Phone calls? Your not allowed have your phones off airplane mode on flights as it can interfere with flight instruments on landing. Does anyone know what in particular?

Yeah mate. People were using their phones and shouldn't have been. And there would have been a few marks and smells for sure. Is it possible the plane had more serious problems I wonder? I only say this because I later spoke to a chap who had sat opposite me on the flight who is a retired AT controller and he reckoned there may have been issues with the landing gear on our first approach. He also said to me on the flight "This is not good!" with regards to lack of announcements from cockpit.

It was strange and unnerving that the captain made no announcement at all until our approach to Dublin. That was a full half hour of not knowing what was going on. My concerns were 'Is the plane OK?' , 'Are the pilots conscious?' or God forbid 'renegade pilot'. I eventually had to shout (politely + calmly) back to the flight attendant "Can the captain please make an announcement?" which received quite a few cheers. The flight attendant replied over the PA that the captain will make an announcement when he knows what is wrong. Not helpful!

fr336

jace_da_face wrote: »

Yeah mate. People were using their phones and shouldn't have been. And there would have been a few marks and smells for sure. Is it possible the plane had more serious problems I wonder? I only say this because I later spoke to a chap who had sat opposite me on the flight who is a retired AT controller and he reckoned there may have been issues with the landing gear on our first approach. He also said to me on the flight "This is not good!" with regards to lack of announcements from cockpit.

It was strange and unnerving that the captain made no announcement at all until our approach to Dublin. That was a full half hour of not knowing what was going on. My concerns were 'Is the plane OK?' , 'Are the pilots conscious?' or God forbid 'renegade pilot'. I eventually had to shout (politely + calmly) back to the flight attendant "Can the captain please make an announcement?" which received quite a few cheers. The flight attendant replied over the PA that the captain will make an announcement when he knows what is wrong. Not helpful!

Er it was due to wind at the airports.

jace_da_face

fr336 wrote: »

Er it was due to wind at the airports.

No doubt but could it have been confounded by other matters is all I'm wondering.

arubex

fr336 wrote: »

How old? If it's anything less than 26 I will not be pleased

N18112

Delivered to Continental 20 years and two months ago.

The oldest 757 I've found so far is D-ALEA, built in 1982 and still flying with EAT / DHL out of Leipzig. Line number 9! And they have number 10 as D-ALEB.

Stil looks awesome

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/d-alea/