mikel97 wrote: » Its N2731G (prob CIA) yes Shannon
Either there or Stanstead
Stansted, I'd say.
Looks like Fr 1979 is descending to Stansted
4 hour flight!
THY4ZV diverting to BHX after go-around 28L.
RYR15EZ looking to divert to MAN but they can't accept. BHX, LBA, SNN on offer.
Went to Birmingham
strange route the Turkish is taking to get to FL220
I think they were awaiting confirmation that BHX could take them. The wind there is 10 knots so a much easier prospect!
EI & FR ops staff are looking at a seriously long shift today. Must be not far off 3/4k pax displaced
Why would they go to Birmingjam and not SNN?
Winds are much lighter
TFS go around. You don’t want to be stuck in England after a 4+ hour flight
Will make another approach.
14 flights in the Irish Sea…….best of luck ATC
Weather a lot worse in SNN
Hmmm 4 go arounds in succession. Could pull the plug if this continues
Make that 5
EI763 to BHX.
Another go around. Last chance saloon!
oh dear! Long day for them pax
The airport is open and some aircraft have landed in the last while. No "plug to be pulled".
Are there any flights taking off from Dublin at the moment? Airport website just has a sea of cancelled, delayed and boarding for hours. Nothing showing departing.
yes, check flight radar and you’ll see real time
EI545 from Nice unable to land in Dublin, then went to Shannon, where it also failed to land. It came back to Dublin, but now is heading towards the UK.
FR537 EMA can’t be fuelled for much more I’d imagine
Oh I'd say they'd take lots of excess on a day like today. Plenty enough for getting there, holding, diversion, holding there, diversion to second option, plus an excess AND emergency fuel.
looks like they are diverting now anyway. Don’t FR have a policy of max 2 attempts?
I'm very far from an expert in this, but I think the general rule is 3 attempts and then you must divert. Most planes seem to do two because you just know really that a third is a waste of time.
Generally two approaches then you go unless the situation has considerably improved. Issue seems to be many alternate airports are legal on paper but in reality cannot cope with and therefore accept diversions as they are just full.
landed in Luton
Strange one for EI but needs must
I think the "two approaches only" rule, though not always absolute, has its origins in cases where crews made mutiple attempts to land and it all ended badly.
Manx2 Cork springs to mind
