New Flight Radar thread - it's windy tonight

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A new thread for FR

EDI-DUB finally down on its third attempt.

I imagine some super cool pilot wondering what all the fuss is about !

To be fair to @PolledandBolled i think she must have misunderstood

“they will have been advised to dump fuel- with enough reserve for a 2 hour holding pattern!”
makes zero sense at all

Double JF references 👏👏👏

Relieved my son has landed in Paris after his Gatwick flight from Malaga had several failed landing attempts. Very bumpy flight and passengers being sick. Hope they get a hotel for the night now..

Lived in Harrow in my early/teenage years. Used to take the bus with my friends to LHR to the Queens Building to drink coffee and watch the planes take take off (which you could do when the QB had the big picture windows overlooking the runways!). It was very different then!

Poor Milan-Gatwick finally landed in Brussels - runway at perfect angle to crosswinds. Must be some nervous pilot.

Fuerteventura - Edinb now over Carlisle. It must be aiming for Manchester or Liverpool.

Seems to be getting much worse here near Gatwick I’m afraid

Alicante-Leeds seems to heading for Scotland which is interesting given how many planes have failed to land there.

I have decided I'm going to avoid Wizz air after this 😳

Currently going over my house in Cumbria, heading south to god knows where ?!

@PolledandBolled

Sorry but to cast doubt but as somebody who has twice the hours of your mate (ex-RAF and ex-Long Haul also) I'm afraid some of what you're saying really doesn't make a lot of sense...

For example we had the sterile environment rule at my place of work but that was about irrelevant chat on the flightdeck during critical stages of flight. It did not mean you couldn't keep passengers informed as best you could about what was going on with the flight.

@FishSpice glad to hear he’s safely on the ground. Fingers crossed for a decent sleep and safe repatriation.

3 out of 4 of the last attempts at Gatwick weren't successful

Where is Fuertaventura to Edinburgh going

Imagine if they got sent back to Leeds after nearing their Scottish airport 😯

Not sure why it wasn't allowed to land in Stansted even though crosswinds didn't seem bad...

Manchester I think @Objectrelations

Does the airline having staff at an airport come into it with a diversion?

I’m wondering if the Alicante-Leeds is going to try prestwick if so as Ryanair have base there.

seems bizarre when so many Glasgow and Edinburgh flights are diverting south

And 11pm seems to be the worst of it here.. roofs blowing off buildings right now 😐 maybe he saw the Berlin pilot land first time and wants a go 😂

My guess Manchester or possibly Liverpool

Think that Edinburgh plane is trying for Manc instead.

I once had a hairy landing into EDI because of crosswinds. Two go arounds and the pilot finally put us down one wheel at a time. He got a round of applause when we finally stopped. Not an experience I'd be keen to repeat, and I love flying!

Is Wroclaw - Leeds heading back to Poland? Looks like the Alicante is off too another airport too. And poor Man-Dub looks like its going to Shannon, at the same time as Dublin appears to have become more landable.