mikel97 wrote: » Its N2731G (prob CIA) yes Shannon
He has been tracking the use of private jets by the ultra rich to show them using them for journeys which would take less than an hour by car AFAIK. Swift's people's actions is a great example of the Streisand effect.
The guy tracking her jet is a separate issue. (but certainly a good example of the Streisland effect)
The Super Bowl final is on today. She had a concert in Japan on Friday. The story is all about "will Taylor make it to Las Vegas in time to see her boyfriend play in the big game" (on the Sunday afternoon)
Really not a question, as a billionaire she can easily charter a long range jet to fly her to LA or Vegas inside that time. (parking in Vegas is full so the jet has to land and leave)
As an aside, the USAF Thunderbirds will be doing the flyover before the match.
Antonov just flew over. Great noise
Fairly intense rescue going on off the coast of Bergen in Norway.
Multiple Air Ambulances, Military Heli and CHC Heli arriving now. Apparently a Bristow Heli went down.
https://www.nrk.no/vestland/hovedredningssentralen-soker-etter-helikopter-utenfor-bergen-1.16782916
Reprtedly all six on board were recovered - their status is not yet clear, though. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/helicopter-goes-missing-off-norway-rescue-service-says-2024-02-28/
I've seen a report that it was a Sikorsky S-92.
All speculation but probably all wearing high-vis immersion suits and well drilled in the task of exiting a submerging helicopter. Hopefully the heli stayed afloat for a duration and improved their evacuation.
Saw on some account that it auto rotated into the sea so must have suffered some serious mechanical failure, 5 crew were found and airlifted to hospital, after a search the last crew member was found and airlifted to hospital as said it was a Bristow S92 could see them grounded if it is an issue. It apparently happened in the same area where the Puma lost a rotor blade and crashed with no survivors a few years ago.
Sadly one crew member has died
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/helicopter-goes-missing-off-norway-rescue-service-says-2024-02-28/
Oh, SAR training. RIP to the lost soul.
They would have been the most capable people of exiting the aircraft after it autorotated down.
My take on AEROMED01 arriving at UH Galway this afternoon, Irish Health Service Executive Air Ambulance, Airbus H135, Reg:9H-SEB, Air Ambulance Base, Rathcoole.
The wreckage was recovered in 220m of water off the coast and is now ashore for inspection.
AA100 JFK to LHR diverting to dublin after 2 attempts in LHR
https://www.flightradar24.com/AAL100/34402d91
Sky-drawing for St Patrick's day? 😀
No idea if it’s training or an actual search, but the “flower” track is a search pattern.
Explained from ~3:30 on in this video:
Its a sector search pattern. SAR training.
Yep, sector search. Always different done at sea versus air.
5.30am I hope nobody is in the river
French A350 from Paris to New York has turned around and is now landing in Dublin, presumably a mechanical issue or a medical emergency with a passenger.
EI-DYA doing touch and go’s and loop the loop (!) in SNN 🤔🧐 was scheduled for STN
What aircraft was that?
Garda
They would not be tasked for a SAR op.
BA4473 from Dublin to London. This one seems like a really weird path. Assume a go around? But why back out so far? Contesting in London area in general?
https://fr24.com/CFE1RP/348c198a
not every missed approach gets to come straight back in, sometimes the pilots need time to plan for the next approach, and sometimes ATC already has a few aircraft on approach so they have to join the back of the queue.
Congestion isn’t an issue, each airports approach and missed approach is separated from each other so “congestion” isn’t a factor.
In LCY the approach starts 30 miles away
You'd wonder why they choose Stansted over Heathrow/Gatwick where they would have their own staff and ground handling options.
traffic in and out of LCY has to be heavily co-ordinated with Heathrow and in the London TMA…. if its a normal time in the day, you usually have one shot at landing at LCY, otherwise you're a traffic conflict for numerous Heathrow and and Gatwick arrivals/departures….
Gatwick is a no go as you have to try and zig zag back across London at low level, Stansted has the most facilities compared to Luton, so is the most viable alternate….
The weird loop back was probably ATC seeing if they could squeeze in another approach, before deciding a divert is needed.
edit: Heathrow is a no go also, it's usually working at 95% so you can't just slot another flight in without disrupting a ton of others.
It looks like a lot of LCY flights were cancelled last evening - presumably weather-related. Cityflyer don't have personnel at the other London airports, I'm fairly sure, as LCY is their only base. I think LHR cannot be nominated as a diversion airport and LGW might be similar. Stansted on the other hand, while busy, has unused capacity and can probably accommodate diversions.
Last Wednesday, a pilot who uses a wheelchair, drew this in the sky:
Playback available at https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-fxba#2fabeea9
They usually end up in Stansted or (god help the passengers) Southend. I think the general rule is cancel, and probably reroute passengers to LHR.
Lufthansa plane Toronto to Munich -LH495 - landing in Dublin this morning. Any idea why?
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