Aer Lingus 747 plane circuling Drumcondra

Dia1988 · 15-11-2016 4:38am #1

Anyone know why there seems to be an Aer lingus Airbus A320 passenger plane flying around in circles in Drumcondra (Griffith Avenue). It has circled 5 times so far in 30 minutes.

7 times now in 50 minutes

JupiterKid · 15-11-2016 4:40am

AFAIK Aer Lingus hasn't had a 747 in its fleet for over 15 years.

Senna · 15-11-2016 4:45am

Nothing on flightradar24, think you might be dreaming, go back to bed OP

Gremlinertia · 15-11-2016 4:47am

Nowt on flightradar

Oops, beaten to it

Dia1988 · 15-11-2016 4:52am

Apologies its an Airbus A320

Ive checked Flight Finder but nothing on the free version.

Im almost positive I didnt imagine it, it was fairly loud too.

degsie · 15-11-2016 4:56am

Bad dream?

Away From Home · 15-11-2016 4:57am

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/5/8/0148851.jpg?v=v40

Senna · 15-11-2016 5:01am

Away From Home wrote: »

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/5/8/0148851.jpg?v=v40

That's what happens when you park in North Dublin

Dia1988 · 15-11-2016 5:02am

Typical when I get the brain wave to take a pic the A320 decides it's had enough of circuling in Drumcondra.

Hopefully some neighbours on boards can prove my case! &#55357;&#56833;

Motions2016 · 15-11-2016 5:22am

Dia1988 wrote: »

Anyone know why there seems to be an Aer lingus Airbus A320 passenger plane flying around in circles in Drumcondra (Griffith Avenue). It has circled 5 times so far in 30 minutes.

7 times now in 50 minutes

Go back to bed

Motions2016 · 15-11-2016 5:23am

Dia1988 wrote: »

Anyone know why there seems to be an Aer lingus Airbus A320 passenger plane flying around in circles in Drumcondra (Griffith Avenue). It has circled 5 times so far in 30 minutes.

7 times now in 50 minutes

It must be the star ship enterprise

Hammer15 · 15-11-2016 5:40am

I'd say the most likely reason was it was waiting for Runway 28, Dublins main (and longer) runway to open after the works which started last night. Due to reopen at 0500 daily pending inspections.

Dublin Airport released a statement regarding same on their social media yesterday.

exaisle · 15-11-2016 6:47am

My guess is that it wasn't the same aircraft but all of the EI transatlantic early arrivals on final approach to runway 34.....

According to Flightradar they used 34 (as 28 wasn't available as per earlier post)

Mystery solved??

Pherekydes · 15-11-2016 7:17am

exaisle wrote: »

Mystery solved??

Nope! We still don't know what circuling is.

Brendan Flowers · 15-11-2016 7:26am

Pherekydes wrote: »

Nope! We still don't know what circuling is.

No need to speak for us all. Wit the help of a small bit of common sense some of us will know that's just a simple typo and the OP actually meant to write "circling" :rolleyes:

Badly Drunk Boy · 15-11-2016 7:31am

No, I think it's just an abbreviation the 'kids' are using for 'circulationing'.

lawred2 · 15-11-2016 7:32am

Dia1988 wrote: »

Anyone know why there seems to be an Aer lingus Airbus A320 passenger plane flying around in circles in Drumcondra (Griffith Avenue). It has circled 5 times so far in 30 minutes.

7 times now in 50 minutes

747?
A320?

Make yer mind up.

Avatar MIA · 15-11-2016 7:35am

lawred2 wrote: »

747?
A320?

Make yer mind up.

Clearly a UFO. Personally, I welcome our new shape shifting overlords.

Pherekydes · 15-11-2016 7:51am

Brendan Flowers wrote: »

No need to speak for us all. Wit the help of a small bit of common sense some of us will know that's just a simple typo and the OP actually meant to write "circling" :rolleyes:

The we is just me. Not speaking for you at all. And good for you spotting circling in that. I never would have. Not in a million years.

lawred2 · 15-11-2016 8:45am

Pherekydes wrote: »

Brendan Flowers wrote: »

No need to speak for us all. Wit the help of a small bit of common sense some of us will know that's just a simple typo and the OP actually meant to write "circling" :rolleyes:

The we is just me. Not speaking for you at all. And good for you spotting circling in that. I never would have. Not in a million years.

Ah jaysis get over yourself

whoopsadoodles · 15-11-2016 9:17am

Jaysus, has parking in Dublin got that bad already? It's not even December yet.

kyote00 · 15-11-2016 9:37am

Did it have a red nose ?

silverharp · 15-11-2016 9:44am

exaisle wrote: »

My guess is that it wasn't the same aircraft but all of the EI transatlantic early arrivals on final approach to runway 34.....

According to Flightradar they used 34 (as 28 wasn't available as per earlier post)

Mystery solved??

out of curiosity do the numbers have some meaning?

Hammer15 · 15-11-2016 9:54am

silverharp wrote: »

out of curiosity do the numbers have some meaning?

Dublin Airport has two runways, than can be used in any four variations.

The runways are Runway 10/28 and 16/34.

The numbers stem from the coordinates. Runway 10 is 100° and 28 is 280° etc. It's the same runway but depending on which is active you approach from that end of it.

Which runway is operational depends on wind direction amongst other things.

Runway 28 is most commonly used in Dublin.

silverharp · 15-11-2016 10:01am

Hammer15 wrote: »

Dublin Airport has two runways, than can be used in any four variations.

The runways are Runway 10/28 and 16/34.

The numbers stem from the coordinates. Runway 10 is 100° and 28 is 280° etc. It's the same runway but depending on which is active you approach from that end of it.

Which runway is operational depends on wind direction amongst other things.

Runway 28 is most commonly used in Dublin.

interesting thanks, is that an international standard?

Hammer15 · 15-11-2016 10:05am

silverharp wrote: »

interesting thanks, is that an international standard?

It is indeed.

If you Google images of Dublin Airport, you'll see the runways marked with these numbers on either end.

LordSutch · 15-11-2016 10:19am

Dia1988 wrote: »

Anyone know why there seems to be an Aer lingus Airbus A320 passenger plane flying around in circles in Drumcondra (Griffith Avenue). It has circled 5 times so far in 30 minutes.

7 times now in 50 minutes

I can confirm your observation.

It woke both my myself & my wife in South Dublin. She thought it was several planes but I said I guess its the same one circling & waiting to get a landing slot at Dublin airport. Quite why this occurred is beyond me, but we can confirm that a jet was circling for a long time in the early hours.

Sounded like it was low flying too.

15-11-2016 10:30am

Motions2016 wrote: »

It must be the star ship enterprise

Can't find reverse?

Dia1988 · 15-11-2016 4:23pm

LordSutch wrote: »

I can confirm your observation.

It woke both my myself & my wife in South Dublin. She thought it was several planes but I said I guess its the same one circling & waiting to get a landing slot at Dublin airport. Quite why this occurred is beyond me, but we can confirm that a jet was circling for a long time in the early hours.

Sounded like it was low flying too.

Thank you!

diomed · 15-11-2016 5:24pm

Is it an Air Coach (not an Airbus)?

The_Valeyard · 15-11-2016 5:32pm

Probably just caught in traffic by Clonliff Rd.

Poor Uncle Tom · 15-11-2016 5:33pm

Early Christmas pension bonus drop off for Bertie, just took him a while to see it ....

JCX BXC · 15-11-2016 9:35pm

Generally the best place to ask would be the Flightradar24 thread in aviation and aircraft.

There was nothing circling, it was aircraft landing on RWY34 due to works on RWY10/28.

At 4:07, EI104 from New York-JFK landed,
At 4:10, EI100 from Newark landed,
At 4:33, EI136 from Boston landed,
At 4:35, EI118 from Washington landed,
At 4:38, EI130 from Hartford landed,
At 4:41, EI122 from Chicago landed

All aircraft were A330's or 757's, no 747's or A320's sadly.

LordSutch · 15-11-2016 9:45pm

JCX BXC wrote: »

There was nothing circling, it was aircraft landing on RWY34 due to works on RWY10/28.

But (as previously posted in post 27) would that explain us been woken in South Dublin by what sounded like a low flying circling aircraft?

JCX BXC · 15-11-2016 9:48pm

LordSutch wrote: »

But (as previously posted) would that explain us been woken in South Dublin?

Flight path takes planes straight over the city center, RWY34 faces 340 degrees (as explained earlier), so aircraft will travel in a north west direction over the city towards the airport.

Its not exactly a new thing, its a rare enough things, but RWY28/10 is regularly closed for various works between 11pm-5am. RWY16 is generally used, but when the wind necessitates RWY34 is used.

LordSutch · 15-11-2016 9:49pm

So my wife was actually correct, it was many planes and not just one circling as I suggested!

JCX BXC · 15-11-2016 9:51pm

LordSutch wrote: »

So my wife was actually correct, it was many planes and not just one circling as I suggested!

Yep, your wife was correct, it was 6 different aircraft landing.

You wouldn't have a holding pattern over a very densely populated area, in Ireland at least!

exaisle · 15-11-2016 9:59pm

I was tempted to ask how the OP knew it was the same aircraft circling....and not several different aircraft.....at 4am, it would have been fairly dark (even allowing for the supermoon) so difficult enough to establish the aircraft type...let alone its marking.

Occams Razor dictates that it was several aircraft on final approach to runway 34....

Aer Lingus 747 plane circuling Drumcondra

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