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

[cakeorwine]

2 landing attempts and still not down.

I think it's windy there

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Oslo managed to land at Dublin but Edinburgh has been going around in circles.

Has climbed right back up 24,000 ft now - I think they may abandoning ...

I am basically channelling Cabin Pressure at the moment.

MARTIN: Fitton Tower, this is Golf Echo Romeo Tango India.
FITTON ATC: ’allo, chaps! Timed that well. Come straight in. Cleared number one for the approach.
MARTIN (slowly): Yyyyes. Actually, Karl, we’d like to hold before landing.
KARL: ... Y-you want me to put you in the hold?
MARTIN: Yes, we do.
KARL (laughing in disbelief): After all the bellyaching you normally give me?
MARTIN: Even after that.
KARL: ... Why?
MARTIN: We just do.
KARL: All right then! Golf Tango India, once round the holding pattern. Enjoy the view!
MARTIN: No – we need to hold for ... (he mutters calculations under his breath) ... about twenty circuits.
KARL: Twenty?!
MARTIN: Yes! Is that all right with you?!
KARL: No, it’s fine with me. You aren’t half gonna get dizzy, though. Enter the hold at Arden; maintain flight level seven-zero, and advise when you’ve had enough and wanna go on the dodgems instead.

Edinburgh to Dublin off somewhere.

They’ll definitely be dizzy after all that! Looks like that Spirograph drawing game.

Bristol giving it a go

Munich just aborted the DUB landing

Looks like they're aborting

Bristol sacked it too. Not fun for anyone on board I would think.

Bristol aborted quite early compared with the others

Lyon and Gatwick up next

Edinburgh appears to be going home. London - Belfast BA also about turned and headed south.

Looks like Edinburgh to Dublin is going back to Scotland

Lyon's heading north, obvs given up...

London - Belfast diverting to Manchester.

If you're watching these approaches in close detail it might be worth being aware that the low atmospheric pressure at Dublin ( currently 982 hPa) means the altimeter data Flight radar displays is overreading the aircraft height above sea level by almost 1000 feet, it's also worth bearing in this context that the airfield is at 240 amsl....

So for example ATM somebody going around from a the flight radar displayed altitude of 1500 feet is actually going around from just something like 400-500 feet above airfield level.

HTH.

Looks like Lyon is going back to try Dublin....

No matter how well seasoned you are as a flight passenger, episodes like this must be a bit scary for everyone who is not at the pointy end. I realise the pilots are excellent, professional and work within the allowed wind limits. But still if you are being rocked from side to side and appear to be landing like a crab, it's bound to be squeaky bum time.

I hope the pilots know that

I'm watching a competitor now, sorry 😢It was live earlier but watching the playback at DUB.

Aer Lingus still going round and round

Hello Gulfsteam from Cincinnati flying over Dublin. Wonder where you're going.

Lyon seems to have changed its mind

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@cakeorwine

I hope the pilots know that

Oh they do, unlike Flightradar the altimeters on the aircraft can be set to compensate for pressure that's off standard (FWIW that's 1013.2 hPa), and in the civilian flying world pretty much everything is measured with regard to amsl, and the airfield elevation is built into the calculations for things like decision altitudes on instrument approaches.

Is Bristol just taking a look now?