Flightradar - some poor passengers really aren't landing at Madeira at the moment

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2 landing attempts and still not down.

I think it's windy there

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Is EasyJet at 32,000 ft?
That is very high!

I was watching this morning, popped out for a few hours, and now here I am. Where is the BA flight off to now? I’m cheering them on to land!

Why are 3000 people watching a light plane near Stoke?

I hope the people who were on that flight are OK, and have the sense never to fly with Ryanair again. Bullies should not be supported.

Both Easyjets seem too high to land - 32,000/33,000, whereas BA is still around 5,000.

"I hope the people who were on that flight are OK, and have the sense never to fly with Ryanair again. Bullies should not be supported."

What?

It's probably that minimising fuel consumption/maximising holding time tactic I mentioned earlier.

Holding at those sort of altitudes can potentially double (or more) the amount of time you can hold before diverting verses what you get holding at a few thousand feet.

The easyJets are just joining the queue. Tui on the way also. I wonder if they've had a night in Tenerife

BA going for it now

It's given out an emergency squawk - 7600 apparently means loss of comms.

Because it's issued a 7600 squawk which means it has lost verbal communication with ATC.

I think you're on the wrong thread...

Interesting - didn't know that - thank you.

I do wish we could hear the in flight announcements…

When did BA first try to land? Can anyone remember?

1,30?

I can't, but I'm sure it came down to less that 2,000 before it headed off again. Around an hour ago?

I bet the pilots know they are the most watched plane on Flight Radar at the moment.

Losing height now! Fingers crossed.

BA at 3,000 now!

Stupid question, I assume the pilots can’t speak to each other? So the BA flight won’t be talking to easyJet for example? I always assumed it’d all be through ATC but much more interesting if they are chatting away!

Japanese airlines joining in

Do we know the reason why they can't land?

come on BA

Less than 2,000 now!