Flightradar24 Thread Part III

Thanks to the Summer Season beginning, lots of destinations listed as unknown on flightradar today.

smurfjed wrote: »

The following quote is taken from an EK A380 driver....

I know it will stop on that runway. My colleagues know it will stop on that runway... Management will issue a Warning if a 'Too short' warning is ignored... It's all a Frying Pan V Fire kind of thing; however, once the Pan call is made after diversion is made and fuel potentially tight then an approach to land can be continued even if the 'glitch' reoccurs...

Guess that i wasn't so wrong after all.

If you're tight on fuel after diversion and a pan call you don't really have much choice but to continue to land regardless of the warning or any other warning...

Locker10a wrote:

Anyone know why the EI911 has diverted to DUB ?

Diverted due to lightning strikes according to a post on Facebook.

Carnacalla wrote: »

Thanks to the Summer Season beginning, lots of destinations listed as unknown on flightradar today.

Which is annoying since airlines issue the new flight numbers months in advance. oag.com for example makes a lot of money consolidating and selling this information well before the flight operates.

However FR24 seems to rely on a feed from the air traffic flight information distribution systems, so they don't 'see' a new flight until it has been scheduled into the system which might only be a day in advance. I don't know whether they receive both callsign and flight number at the same time or have to correlate those somehow.

For callsign-only flights without IATA flight numbers it 'watches' the route for a few days and in theory learns the destination.

EI 911 on the move again

Locker10a wrote: »

EI-CVA has taken over, was there a crew change ?

No they're well within hours.

Several go-arounds and diversions from LGW at the moment.

Wind 170 degrees 17kts G28kts vis 3000m heavy rain at 1:20am (0:20 UTC)

fr336 wrote: »

Looks like an EZY and Speedbird may be heading up north - avoiding, LHR, LTN and STN as winds around here aren't much better.

Heathrow's closed and I've seen a few go to STN already. Everything's diverting, many go around. Very stormy weather by the looks of it, and from experience I find that the turbulence can be scary.

fr336 wrote: »

You know as I was writing that I thought there's something up with writing LHR Oops, tiring day.

Correct anyways, direct crosswind gust of 40kts at Heathrow at the 1:50 METAR, that wouldn't be favourable.

Weather conditions don't look likely to improve anytime soon, the morning could be intresting.

Go around just out my window at LTN!

fr336 wrote: »

Go around just out my window at LTN!

Could you see the aircraft? How did the approach look?

Carnacalla wrote: »

Could you see the aircraft? How did the approach look?

Can't see the airport from here, just the climb and turn and a steep climb in the case of a go around (which you can tell from the sound usually).

Easyjet from TLS on the ground at LGW, first landed in well over an hour. The BA that was on approach behind it went around very early and is now also diverting.

fr336 wrote: »

Fuel? Whereabouts is it right now? (Sorry, on app)

Just passing west of EMA at 16,000ft.