Flightradar24 (and other trackers) Thread Part IV

Spotted lights in the sky around midnight. Thought it was a drone at first. Checked it on flight radar. Why the pattern and why at night?

National 747 just on the descent into SNN.

Maybe because of the shitshow yesterday ?

The crew will almost certainly have consulted with the company in order to determine where they should divert to. The difference in time terms between diverting to Manchester rather than Dublin is probably not material unless the aircraft itself is experiencing a serious problem.

Yup, 11:30 METAR gives an RVR of 250m for RWY16, for CAT II ILS most aircraft require 300m+.

Surprised at how long EI841 is sticking around.

Both gone to Shannon now, at least they tried.

KL1085 from Amsterdam went to Shannon as well. I know that because I was on it.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ph-ezs#2e82f214

It got messy too. After holding off Dungarvan for five laps, the captain announced the decision to go to Shannon was because the weather was worse than expected, and also because of a technical issue at Cork of some sort that wasn't resolved in the ten minutes they promised.

So off we toddled to Shannon, where we had to hold again as a medical emergency had to land from a transatlantic. I was half expecting to go to Dublin at that stage, as there had to have been thoughts of fuel at that stage.

Very good crew though, I have to say. Pilot out to apologise to everyone - even carried a young child down the steps.

Captain asked for DUB and BFS weather while in the hold in SNN for the medical emergency. The BA aircraft was heavy so a quick runway inspection had to be carried out after landing but the fact he was able to make the turn at taxiway alpha shortened the wait time which the KLM crew were happy about.

The Belfast airports are not generally favoured as a diversion for flights bound for DUB/SNN/ORK. I'm not quite sure why - there could be several reasons, including that it is in a different jurisdiction and now not in the EU.

That's my understanding - they don't have over-fly rights if they are carrying weapons as we're "neutral".

EI266 just gone around twice at windy BHX. Took a big wind hit left just prior to touchdown. Looks like going for a third try.

Edit: No, gone up and levelled off at 8000ft hdg 026.

Left now for MAN?

Edit: safely landed at MAN 13.40

FR5115 from Riga gone around now too, looks like quite a wobble on the approach!

Pretty much is weapons, they will go right up to the west coast then literally do a sharp turn north or south to enter the UK instead of their original track which would have brought them over Mayo/Galway.

Why is this Lax-Dub so far north approaching Dub?

Edited 35 minutes later with second shot