mikel97 wrote: » Its N2731G (prob CIA) yes Shannon
I noticed this morning that FR24 has been updated to include the completed north runway at DUB.
Not sure when it was taken but my guess would be at least six/ seven months ago as the digging work on the south apron is not reflected in the above image, and the works on the north apron look to be in the early stages.
Dumping fuel.
I was out for my nightly walk and noticed many walkers stopped and staring up in the sky: plane making a very sharp turn and dumping fuel? A few of us huddled to check Flightradar24 and it was EK209.
The trail is still visible almost an hour later.
Medical emergency
Over North Tipp now, heading NE into Kilkenny. Heading for Dublin?
EK209 ATH-EWR currently in a holding pattern at 32000 feet over north Clare and Galway
That would explain it, thank you.
Fire service usually take a look at any aircraft that divert in, primarily to be on hand if brake temperature issues arise as a result of landing at heavy weight.
Delta airlines on the same route has just done the same, I'm on the Turkish Airlines flight just in front of it and noticed the vehicles in the onsite fire station were in base but with the doors open and blue lights on - İt may not be related.
Number of flights heading to the middle East area diverting, turning back or rerouting with the impending attack on Israel by Iran.
Weston's current hours of operation: https://www.westonairport.ie/opening-hours/
that’s a pretty standard and regularly used flight path off 28L
5000 feet transition altitude at Weston, so I guess once abover this it is fine. According to this the 28L Cat A/B STAR, a turn off the runway once above 750ftQNH is allowed, and then a direct climb towards DW080. Note, Weston is a VFR only airport.
https://www.airnav.ie/getattachment/d3711c95-282a-4e0a-ad8c-4c49cbdfe24b/EI_AD_2_EIDW_EN.pdf
https://www.airnav.ie/getattachment/f6ca4462-9d19-4ecd-ab4a-4d943448d3ff/EI_AD_2_EIDW_24-10-1_en.pdf?lang=en-IE
Thanks for the explanation about Turkish Airlines - I had not thought about Weston being unusable (was it closed? its runway is different from 10/28 and 16/34 at DUB so might have been an ideal angle).
For CDG, do 28R takeoffs not go straight out to keep separation from 28L GAs?
So when winds at Dublin were out of limits for an airliner to land, Weston was active, with aircraft flying? The Paris departure you reference took off on 28L, by the way.
On Sunday an Istanbul to Dublin flight tried to land in Dublin and took a similar left turn before diverting to Manchester. Weston would have been open then.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/tk1973#34aaff7b
Obviously the noise controversy is partially due to westbound takeoffs turning north west instead of going directly west, apparently to alllow for GAs. The Istanbul GA and CDG flights seem to contradict this.
Weston wasn't open yet in any case.
maybe Dublin airport fancied some complaints from a different area of Dublin.
A loud plane flew over my house around 7am. It looks like it turned left/south very quickly after takeoff, instead of the usual north west turn first.
I thought that this was Weston space?
Anyone know what happened to FR5243 on April 7?
It was delayed due to storm in Ireland, so instead of take off at 22:25, it airborned at 4:29am next day,.. but after couple of hours it was DIVERTED to BGY Bergamo..
Really sorry for the passengers on board
Where are the passengers now? Still in Bergamo??
Bristol to Knock seems to have 2nd thoughts. Have family landing there 4.45...hope calms down!
Ryanair Dub to Edi this afternoon delayed and then did some circles over Edinburgh along the Forth before heading to Manchester.
Seems to have had 2 go arounds at Edi
Windshear on 16 today. Tricky conditions.
https://x.com/dublinaviator23/status/1776580936412381401?s=46
I've seen EI A330s go off 16 to all of their US destinations. If the sums add up, it's entirely feasible, even off that 6,500-foot runway.
surprised this went off 16. Must have been light?
RYR80CY FR805, Stanstead to Knock took a look at Dublin, gave up and is heading across the Irish Sea now.
UA229 now back at stand, that's over 3 hours taxiing to nowhere.
EI SFO flight now awaiting a 10R departure.
It did depart off 16 - presumably they re-did the calculations and were satisfied that it would work.
looks like Hainan flight about to go, must have left the stand about 90 minutes ago.
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