Flight radar people

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There’s a Tom flight which took off from Manchester to Gran Canaria an hour ago circling over Liverpool at 7000 ft. What possible reasons are there for this?

At least they took off. Unlike the thousands of people (like me) yesterday and today - loads of cancellations and thousands of people dumped by TUI and others, no explanation, told there are no hotels and to go home (like people can just do that) and not a mention of it anywhere. There were near riots this morning as people from yesterday arrived to find that their new flights were again "delayed" whilst others arriving for flights being told they were cancelled at check in!

Thanks for helpful clarification @notimagain :)
Also UAL47 appears to have landed and taxied off the runway, phew.

Jo

Does anyone know where to find why UAL47 had to divert and return to Frankfurt? Just curious.

Blimey, aircraft probably hasn't shut down yet....and I guess it's worth pointing out members of the public eavesdropping on ATC comms and the rebroadcasting what they have heard is frowned upon/illegal in some countries so there might be a delay.

Best bet is to watch for tweets from those onboard....

Ah OK. I just stumbled across this thread. Apologies.

@Plantymcplantface

No worries...

BTW the one thing I would say that might be significant is that it looks like the holding and then actual turnback happened just before the aircraft got into the beginnings of Oceanic airspace where negotiating a return can get difficult (due to communications, spacing requirements, lack of radar coverage and traffic flow).

https://www.flightradar24.com/PA474/3210a48d

Lancaster bomber, heading North at 1400 feet over Leicester now.

I missed this. Gutted.