Red plane on Flightradar24 over Manchester.

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Are there any fellow Flightradar geeks on here? There is a red tui plane over Manchester right now squaking. Any idea why?

@GrandSlamFinalee I always wonder about cabin crew, if there are times they are actually quite concerned but have to hide it from the passengers....?

I bet that cabin pressure is horrible for their ears!

Losing altitude but doesn’t seem to be lining up for Manchester? Any ideas? Is there another airport to the right?

I would not worry that it is 'so low' - certain tech issues have a requirement to fly at a certain altitude, all part of the operating instructions. So for instance if there's an issue with cabin pressurisation they'll need to fly low.

Normal to be flying nearer to the ground when there's an issue so you can land quicker if needed anyway.

Just flown over my house (N. Mcr) - pretty blooming low!

It was descending and going towards MAN. Then stabilised altitude again. But I does look like it’s turning into a final approach to MAN.

Could it be landing at Sheffield?

Seems to be dropping alt but not turning back to MAN?

A bit different as this wasn't a problem with the plane but a few weeks ago we could not land at our destination airport as it is a shared military/civilian facility and the military would not let us land due to "a military incident"

The pilots were honest and told us what they knew and that we were having to circle in a specific manner to conserve fuel. We eventually had to fly on to the next nearest airport because we simply did not have the fuel to keep on circling indefinitely.

It’s dropping and turning for Manchester I think

Whatever's wrong it's not anything to do with which airport it took off from 😄

Just been told that when they are at 7000+ they are under NATS and below that they are under the control of an airport ATC.

Doncaster? Quiet airport, massive runway....

Maybe the pilot is lost/doesn't know the way to Cape Verde/is having problems with his sat nav 😂

Ah yes, turning in now

There’s Leeds/Bradford but it seems to be turning for Manchester now?

Using fuel will reduce the weight of the aircraft and allow it to land at a slower speed, useful if a flaps/landing gear issue.

Looks like it's about to land...

Anyone who thought it was going to attempt to land at sea(!?) - there has only ever been one successful landing on water and that was the plane that came down on the Hudson River, New York a few years ago.

This Tui flight must surely be coming in to land now? It's so low.

‘Thankfully I have never experienced this - what sort of announcements do they give passengers on board? To what extent do they know of problems?’

Minimal. just what you need to be told, plus re-assurances that it’s all under control, or actions are a ‘precaution’.
Have had this a couple of times and the info was just what was needed - I.e. ‘we are preparing for an emergency landing, please co-operate with the cabin crew’ .
’we’re flying out to jettison the fuel - you may see the fuel out the windows’
‘we’re going to land at Shannon Airport rather than return to London ‘etc

in my experiences it was all very calm. Crew are calm, flight deck sounded calm, all very measured…No panicking.

😂

Definitely heading to mCR to land. Fingers crossed (and I can get back on with my work ...)

3000ft to the ground takes 4 mins under normal conditions according to my resident expert.

Landing?

Ditto! I only popped on for a second, now gripped by this hopefully inane action!

It’s just flown over me. Slightly noisier than usual ones.