mikel97 wrote: » Its N2731G (prob CIA) yes Shannon
He was flying to the UK
Is there a reason why the ground vehicles at Amsterdam airport nearly always seem to be at the top of the most followed list on Flightradar?
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8th Space X Starship orbital test flight launch this evening resulted in loss of the upper stage again during ascent, a little later into the flight this time and apparently due to one of the engines letting go and taking three others with it (booster made a successful return and catch). So once again the debris avoidance area was activated resulting in many mid journey holds and a few diverts in the Caribbean.
People checking the location of their 'shipment'…? 😯
Good bit of holding and delays going on in Dublin, down to single runway ops, due to reduced visibility.
How many years is that runway built? Why can they STILL not use dual runway ops in low vis?
If they used 10L for landings it should mean that GAs wouldn't overlap with takeoffs on 10R.
Currently 16 charter flights in the air between Dublin and Rome FCO
^ Has the Pope died? 😯 😃
3,000+ grannies on their way to check.
Why does this remind me of when the Tates fled to the US?
I think there might be a rugby match on in Rome??
He might if Italy win! 😂
Heathrow closed for what could be the whole day due to a fire in an electrical station.....will be diversions all over Ireland and UK you would think with the early morning arrivals at least. Not to mention the amount of cancellations
Busy morning at Shannon due to Heathrow
LHR daily 1,350+ flights affected. Never mind knock-on effects globally next few weeks. That's huge!
1st thought came into my mind… Russian sabotage…. As this would be right up their street…
Why think the most unlikely option?
because it’s right out of Russia’s play book….
That wouldn't be the most unlikely option.
And if substations going on fire causing absolute chaos wasn't on their radar it sure is now
Has there been an electrical substation fire caused by them in the past causing widespread disruption at an airport?
Seems it was literally a transformer that went on fire and it spread throughout the site.
That must be rather embarrassing for Heathrow and the National grid that a substation over 6km away is both the main source of power and also the feed for backup power to the world's busiest airport and a simple fire can halt all airport operations.
My guess is most flights scheduled to land simply won't take off from their originating airport and only those that were in the air will have required diversion.
Surprised Quantas landed in Paris rather than Gatwick or Stanstead.
That's fair, lets just rephrase it to say that it would be well down the list of liklihoods.
Ouch yeah, a 17 hour flight and you're landing in Paris, ouch. At least another day there!
Eurostar currently has availability at €264. Cheaper for the airline than hotac+meals etc in Paris?
You'd think, but given the sheer amount of disruption and the likelihood that many passengers final destinations are going to be places other than London, it complicates matters.
Given that Qantas don't have many flights from Heathrow, it's possible it could be organized, but if you're flying with British Airways I can't imagine they have the capacity to even answer the phones to all the disrupted passengers.
Qantas' only other operations in Europe (in northern Winter - they have Perth-Rome in northern summer/Aus winter) are at CDG so would explain that particular diversion.
Why would a 5 seater private plane fly from Swaffham Airfield (in Norfolk) to Weston Aerodrome, and then after a stop of no more than 30 minutes, fly back again?
Any number of reasons really.
To drop off passengers on a private charter and return to base / the next pick-up?
