Flightradar24 Thread Part II

F-WNOV - an A-310 used by Novespace for Zero-G simulation flights heading back to base:

http://www.flightradar24.com/AIB0G/62f76fe

Looks like it may be diverting to Stansted.

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homerjay2005 wrote: »

Planes landing directly over my house and the City tonight, it's the first time in 6+months I've seen them landing like this!

I arrived back on the delayed EI183 just before 11, was kind of hoping we would be late enough to land on 16, we were one of the last to arrive on 28, saw 34 was in use on the way home & was disappointed we weren't delayed a little later

at a guess waiting for 10/28 to open after the nights work on the runway

A plane spotter has captured the heart-pounding moment a Ryanair flight was caught in powerful crosswinds as it approached a runway.
The plane’s crew battled to maintain a straight flight path as the Boeing 737 was blown to the side by punishing wind gusts at Leeds Bradford International Airport yesterday.
It created the optical illusion that the passenger jet was hovering over the ground while it was coming in for landing.

What an absolute ****rag of a "newspaper".

I was on EI104 coming in to Dublin this morning, anyone know why it was delayed in a holding pattern out on the irish sea for a good 25 mins or so? I'm a regular flier on that and have never seen that happen before, didn't think the airport be overly busy at 5am?

billie1b wrote: »

Runway 10/28 closed for maintenance last night, maintenance finished at 5am and by the time they cleared up and checked the runway for FOD the first arrival would be about 5:15 - 5:30

Ah, sounds about right, think we came over Dublin about 5 am and landed 5:20-25 ish.

Micky 32 wrote: »

It was a bit unnerving though, the crew never bothered to mention it.

What would be unnerving about it?
It's a very common event. Look around Heathrow any time on FlightRadar24...

Micky 32 wrote: »

It was a bit unnerving though, the crew never bothered to mention it.

Reoil wrote: »

What would be unnerving about it?
It's a very common event. Look around Heathrow any time on FlightRadar24...

EICVD wrote: »

Because aircraft only ever fly straight with the odd turn, maybe even a sharp turn now & again, they never fly in circles.....

It's a common enough occurrence, but I think it would be nice of the crew to mention it for the benefit of infrequent fliers who are wondering what's going on. And even for frequent fliers who would think nothing of circling at Heathrow, but who might wonder what's causing a delay at such an early hour in Dublin.

Thanks for the explantation billie1b and razor44. Was a bit surprised to see 104 in a holding pattern while other planes were landing at the time. I guess the North South runway must be too short for the 330's?

@Micky32: You can see the pretty patterns your plane was making on Flightradar here:

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/441942/347894.jpg

EICVD wrote: »

Only yesterday funnily enough :P

Do any looping on your inbound flight?