mikel97 wrote: » Its N2731G (prob CIA) yes Shannon
Lufthansa diverting into DUB
That Jet2 flight diverted due to a medical emergency and it has been confirmed that Rosemary Burns (wife of Tommy Burns ex - Celtic legend) died
https://realmemorialpress.info/2024/07/03/death-rosemary-burns-glasgow-scotland-wife-of-celtic-f-c-icon-tommy-burns-dies-while-returning-to-glasgow-from-spain/
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Quick google.
Where is the tracker link?
Bad turbulence!
https://x.com/aviationbrk/status/1807817369101693001
Catching up on things, looks that way, supposedly Lager 79 from Mildenhall was due to tank it and aborted take off
Was due to AAR but tanker didn't make it, so it appears to be a diversion to SNN.
Funkiest routing I've seen a C-130 take into Shannon in a long while…..
Originated in Jordan by the looks of ADSB
Yup, that’s them. Thanks
These lads?
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae0112
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a52242
A couple of US storm-chasers currently engaging with Hurricane Beryl off Grenada. Not for the faint-hearted…
(Can’t work out how to post an FR24 link)
That PC-12 is N575PC, which appears to be UK-based: https://flic.kr/p/2nvpwp8
This is an unusual track for such a small aircraft? Its already at 1/3 of its max range.
Thank you so much, that probably explains it. The descent and ascent points mentioned seemed about right.thanks for the great info folks.
Richie
Yeah, looks like you were on T9 and your clearance for that route was at FL330 (you enter at BEGAS entry point at a fixed height and speed, and exit at LASNO).
There was probably conflicting traffic moving east/west west/east along the track
edit: sorry I saw you asked why….
You went from Spanish airspace, with full comms and radar (primary and secondary) into oceanic airspace over the Bay of Biscay.
Oceanic airspace has different rules to domestic… larger separation, more procedural changes… these routes though are used intensively, so instead of causing a bottleneck trying to change from one airspace type which can handle high density, to one that cannot… they introduced the Tango routes…
These are routes in Oceanic airspace, which have some VHF (with HF backup) comms and some radar coverage which allows a sort of a halfway house of not domestic, but not oceanic airspace… flights enter this airspace at certain heights and speeds and need to hit certain waypoints at certain times, however, with the limited VHF and Radar coverage, you can tactically manage them to a certain extent also….
When they exited this route, they returned to ordinary domestic flight rules in Irish airspace and carried on the journey at a more efficient height.
edit: CORRECTION
Had a look at the ADSB track and an up to date Tango route map and you were on T290…. T9 appears to be only used for southbound flights at even flight levels (300/320/340 etc…) … Northbound flights on T290 at odd flight levels (310/330/350 etc…)
Maybe 110-120 miles of the south coast straight line
It started descending to FL330 about 100 miles north of the North Coast of Spain.
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=4cafc0&lat=44.238&lon=-7.526&zoom=7.6&showTrace=2024-06-22&leg=2&trackLabels
The Faro to Manchester flight that it was tucked in behind and following also did the same descend and climb at around the same points.
99% sure this was the reason….
Possibly flying on the 'Tango' oceanic routes, and FL330 was the level they got in their clearance. The turn may have just been a vector to allow separation from another aircraft for the level change. Did you climb again about 150 miles off the south coast of Ireland?
Possibly weather, turbulence or other traffic, but you're unlikely to find out definitively.
Hi folks,
Quick question for Aviation experts. I was on a Ryanair flight back from Faro last Saturday to Dublin. Nice flight but I did notice somewhere well above the North of Spain, a good bit into the Atlantic, that the plane took a sudden right turn and descended. It was a bit unusual. When we landed, I did check Flightradar and it outlined that it did take a right turn and descended from 38,000 to 33,000 feet within the space of perhaps a few minutes. It subsequently ascended back to 38,000 feet gradually. As I said, nice flight etc but just curious as to the change in flight level and the turn. Any ideas?
Thanks
Wow 😜, I had no idea the figures were that high 👍️
Not even close.
Record is 5 million.
Julian Assange’s jet had this number of trackers on take-off from Bangkok an hour ago, shortly after, it briefly reached 43,600.
Does anyone know if this a tracker record on this app?
yes and it came from Washington
This flew over my house on its way into Baldonnel just now:
https://x.com/Michaelkelly707/status/1800927895311061414
Two of the USAFs E-4B overflying Ireland today. Only 4 ever built. One always on alert with crew onboard. The US Sec Defense uses one for their foreign travel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-4
Armee De l'Air (French Air Force) PC-21s visiting Baldonnel
That plus medical issues.
2 passengers being removed for testing by a HSE infectious diseases team
