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lyralalala · 09/02/2020 07:11

Been geeking this morning on the number of flights having to go around

Noticed several Gatwick and Luton flights diverting to Stanstead

Check out DI7018 JFK- Gatwick

Two attempts at Gatwick, seemed to be heading for Stanstead, but now the Norwegian airlines crew seem to be taking everyone home with them!

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twilightcafe · 16/02/2020 00:10

Poor passengers!

TabbyStar · 16/02/2020 00:10

Maybe off to Birmingham too.

NumberMonkey · 16/02/2020 00:11

Grab Canaria definitely attempting Birmingham.

I really need to go to bed Sad

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notimagain · 16/02/2020 00:11

Tenerife climbing again.

Yup and off up north.....

twilightcafe · 16/02/2020 00:11

So close, yet so far.

NoGravyForYou · 16/02/2020 00:12

Poor people on these late diverted planes.

Papergirl1968 · 16/02/2020 00:12

It is curiously addictive! And I too need to go to bed instead of sitting here peering at the phone.
I wonder if the pilots feel extra pressure knowing the plane ahead of them managed to land...

TabbyStar · 16/02/2020 00:13

Though BA doesn't fly to Birmingham on second thoughts.

I need to go to bed too!

twilightcafe · 16/02/2020 00:14

Could it be heading for Heathrow?

peekaboob · 16/02/2020 00:16

FR2678 just missed Luton and is climbing.

tabletray · 16/02/2020 00:16

Could it be heading for Heathrow?

No. Heathrow won't take a diversion unless it's an emergency.

TabbyStar · 16/02/2020 00:16

Yay, Tirana landed! (And I learned it's in Albania!)

NumberMonkey · 16/02/2020 00:18

Gran Canaria landed to I think - although Birmingham to Gatwick isn’t an easy journey!

tabletray · 16/02/2020 00:19

Though BA doesn't fly to Birmingham on second thoughts.

They can still divert to Birmingham, they are not but just because they don't fly to/from an airport doesn't mean that airport won't accept them as a diversions

twilightcafe · 16/02/2020 00:21

Ooo - looks like BA2731 will be flying over my house soon.

TabbyStar · 16/02/2020 00:22

Manchester to Gatwick not even bothering!

notimagain · 16/02/2020 00:22

I wonder if the pilots feel extra pressure knowing the plane ahead of them managed to land...

That really shouldn't enter into the thinking.., one reason being different aircraft have different crosswind limits, plus the aircraft ahead might have got lucky and landed between gusts, it's basically a case of each crew playing the hand they are dealt.

NumberMonkey · 16/02/2020 00:22

What’s the Manchester to LGW flight up to?

tabletray · 16/02/2020 00:23

Looks like ATC told them to go around.... lots of ground vehicles on the runway

twilightcafe · 16/02/2020 00:25

Is the Manchester to Gatwick a "dead flight"? I can't imagine Ryanair doing this as a passenger route.

TabbyStar · 16/02/2020 00:26

BA2731 is going to Birmingham.

NoGravyForYou · 16/02/2020 00:26

Certainly looks that way @TabbyStar

TabbyStar · 16/02/2020 00:27

And BA2665 looks like it's flying sideways to Gatwick!

tabletray · 16/02/2020 00:27

Is the Manchester to Gatwick a "dead flight"? I can't imagine Ryanair doing this as a passenger route.

It's a positioning flight. The aircraft diverted to MAN earlier today.

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