mikel97 wrote: » Its N2731G (prob CIA) yes Shannon
FR635 has just left Cardiff? Do they really think there's a good chance of getting into Dublin in the next 2 hours?
FR4785 seems to have taxied out at NQY and then thought the better of it.
Some of the Diversions (AFR back to Paris and FR from Lanzarote to god-knows-where) are quite surprising!
Would flights bound for Dublin today be taking more fuel aboard for contingency knowing there's a good chance they will have to divert or is there just a standard safe amount aboard at all times?
Yes forecast is a factor in the amount of fuel they will carry,
Yes some seem to be over an hour extra in the air waiting things out
EI553 LYS-DUB gone around on the first attempt to 16 this evening.
Diverting to SNN, as is EI239 LGW-DUB.
The Lyon Dublin is quite a flight! Nearly 4 hours in the air
Descending towards La Rochelle or Bordeaux now it seems.
FR5911 ACE-DUB now descending through FL330, BOD bound perhaps?
I've been following the Lyon flight, my God that's a long time to be up there. I thought Shannon wasn't taking any more diversions? I know they'd have to in an emergency, but maybe they've made space somewhere lol.
Those pilots are ace aren't they? I was on a side to side crab like landing a few years ago and it wasn't nice. That was after a go around first. Hats off to all of them + crew.
FR25 CDG-DUB gone around in Belfast (BFS) after diverting
The earlier Berlin flight that diverted to Glasgow has just taken off from Glasgow presumably to make an attempt to land at Dublin
I'd be fúcking dead by now if I was on that flight.
As someone who was on a flight into Derry airport the night the highest gust was ever recorded there, I often wonder the same thing.
It was an experience I will never forget. It was like something in a disaster movie, thought the plane was going to shake itself to pieces.
As someone mentioned.. this storm wasn’t a shock.. we knew it was coming.. airlines also knew we were gong to be orange if not red warnings.. why were they allowed take off?
if you are diverting to Paris.. does the airline have to put you up in a hotel?
is it some kind of legal thing where they divert but it’s act of God and thus people can’t claim and it costs them more to cancel and put people up?
Wow that's crazy, how long must they have all been on the plane. Surely there's not much hope of landing!
This one seems to be heading to Glasgow..
Meanwhile the flight just above it is flying Glasgow to Dublin
That flight is in the air over four hours and it came from just Lyon. Has to land at SNN.
Emirates 163 says his alternate is BHX (assuming that they will accept him as a diversion).
Yes that one is diverted to Bordeaux.
Probably a full tank of fuel for the hold...
The Liverpool to Knock flight I mentioned earlier that ended up in Stansted after 2 hours in the air, then spent two hours sitting on the tarmac, before deciding to stay there now. My idea of hell !!
It's a right mess. Just to compound things, a squall is pushing through north Dublin now
EU261 compensation doesn't apply for bad weather but the airline is still obligated to provide accommodation, or reimburse you for reasonable hotel expenses if you have to organise it yourself.
This is the messiest I've seen it. Go arounds at diversion airports too. Fr25 beauvais to Dublin went to Belfast, now off elsewhere.
Not fun as a passenger albeit still safe and planned for.
Aer Lingus from AMS just landed!
EI609 from Amsterdam first to land in Dublin in well over an hour!
FR25 says off back to Paris!?!?
FR25 from Paris to Dublin https://fr24.com/RYR5RV/33b3a768
Emirates following it in
Oops change of mind!
It's said that the entire time, often the 'diverting to' feature has erroneous information.
