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Flightradar24 Thread

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,433 airuser
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    Cargo ship capsized in the Pentland Firth, 8 people missing

    42304828_scot_pentland_firth203.gif

    Aberdeen Airport is also the main heliport for the oil & gas rigs in the North Sea

    Yes, I know the oil rigs situation. Just commenting on the fact the helo look like ants.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,980 Growler!!!
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    Cargo ship capsized in the Pentland Firth, 8 people missing

    42304828_scot_pentland_firth203.gif

    Aberdeen Airport is also the main heliport for the oil & gas rigs in the North Sea

    280C930172224040A0CB973505EB2979-0000371550-0003711602-00634L-B1D4F9A0C0FD4207B49CB7FF04539687.jpg

    A passing ferry has found the ship, search for the 8 crew is on going.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,433 airuser
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    That ,photo does not look good. Believe it was carrying concrete.

    Weather was poor in that area last evening.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,417 sjb25
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    Rescue s92 searching hopefully the find them


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,980 Growler!!!
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    Unfortunately, depending on how quickly it happened many may still be on board.


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    Growler!!! wrote: »
    Unfortunately, depending on how quickly it happened many may still be on board.

    It would have had to have been very quick, but I see your point. If no sat nav response from an EPIRB then it's not looking good.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,417 sjb25
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    It would have had to have been very quick, but I see your point. If no sat nav response from an EPIRB then it's not looking good.

    Looking bad alright


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,980 Growler!!!
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    It would have had to have been very quick, but I see your point. If no sat nav response from an EPIRB then it's not looking good.

    Ships are fitted with float free EPIRB's and one to be carried to the lifeboat usually in the wheel house. Unless she rolled over on the side where the EPIRB was attached and it got fouled it would appear they didn't have time to send a distress call or activate the EPIRB.

    The ship was only found when a passing ferry spotted it so I don't think the EPIRB activated.

    With any luck the air search will generate results as a recovery from a ship in that state will be hazardous.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,870 billie1b
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    Anyone elses flighradar acting up on the iphone/ipad app?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,466 h3000
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    billie1b wrote: »
    Anyone elses flighradar acting up on the iphone/ipad app?

    Nope. Seems fine.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,508 JCX BXC
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    owenc wrote: »
    Actually that plane has a very irratic flght path?? Hmm

    Oh my gosh now its flying in zig zags

    Haha that's a flight radar mistake. The signal in that area is poor, it often happens to plane. BTW planes can't do zig zags;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,433 airuser
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    billie1b wrote: »
    Anyone elses flighradar acting up on the iphone/ipad app?

    My iPad Ar 2 was acting up last evening. Lost a flight over Irish Sea. It may have been the Tracking Station.

    Rebooted and then came back. NoFlight


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 owenc
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    Carnacalla wrote: »
    Haha that's a flight radar mistake. The signal in that area is poor, it often happens to plane. BTW planes can't do zig zags;)

    Well I thought it was a ruder problem. It kept going south from Montreal and then I thought it was diverting to NYC but then it started going towards the atlantic.

    Anyway I knew it was wrong when I checked on Dublin airport's website and it said a due arrival at 9am.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 99 cjk photos
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    my fligtradar is linked to my sbs for a feed anyone else a feeder


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,870 billie1b
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    airuser wrote: »
    My iPad Ar 2 was acting up last evening. Lost a flight over Irish Sea. It may have been the Tracking Station.

    Rebooted and then came back. NoFlight

    I deleted the app and reinstalled it, seems to be good now


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,847 Shannon757
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    Maltese Legacy 600 from Lyon (Air X Charter) headed to Shannon I think.


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    Shannon757 wrote: »
    Maltese Legacy 600 from Lyon (Air X Charter) headed to Shannon I think.

    It was. Was their a problem with it on the runway? EI381 had to loop instead of doing an approach. Not good for a flight already 3 hours delayed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,433 airuser
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    billie1b wrote: »
    I deleted the app and reinstalled it, seems to be good now

    I do not know if its the App or the iPad


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,870 billie1b
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    airuser wrote: »
    I do not know if its the App or the iPad

    It was the same on the iPhone, working grand now so its all good


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,847 Shannon757
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    Off topic but SAR helicopter over O'Brien's Bridge Co.Clare .
    anyone know whats up?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 527 de biz
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    http://www.flightradar24.com/DJT100/531da5d

    Unscheduled stop into Shannon.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 fr336
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    Bit of holding and diverting going on in South East of England - very poor visibility with fog. London City especially hit.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,433 airuser
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    Many delays into Heathrow as well


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 922 FWVT
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    It's fine at Heathrow and City. It got down to just below 1 km vis at Heathrow for an hour and 2.5 km at City, but these are totally doable. Heathrow was down to 100 m for a few hours this morning alright...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 581 pepe the prawn
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    Heathrow station manager contacted Dublin station manager about an hour ago asking them to suspend all departures to LHR, they had a good few aircraft holding due to low vis, suspension was lifted about 30 minutes ago, a shamrock and a speedbird have since been released from Dublin and are currently LHR bound.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 Bo91


    Qatar airways about to take off from Dublin again , a sign of things to come ?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 922 FWVT
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    Heathrow station manager contacted Dublin station manager about an hour ago asking them to suspend all departures to LHR, they had a good few aircraft holding due to low vis, suspension was lifted about 30 minutes ago, a shamrock and a speedbird have since been released from Dublin and are currently LHR bound.

    Why would LHR suffer that severely from conditions that were not THAT bad. 800 metres is as low as it got. Is it to do with the dual runways? Dublin operates well in conditions much worse than that.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 581 pepe the prawn
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    FWVT wrote: »
    Why would LHR suffer that severely from conditions that were not THAT bad. 800 metres is as low as it got. Is it to do with the dual runways? Dublin operates well in conditions much worse than that.

    Was 800m the forward or vertical vis? The vis as reported on metars can't always be trusted, may have deteriorated significantly for a short period of time which caused all the holding. The RVR may have been too low, chances are conditions were below the authorised CAT limits for their runways.


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