Emergency Landing Dublin Airport today?

kona

Rocky Bay wrote: »

Oddly enough I was watching EI104 and EI 132 on Flightradar last night on my new laptop that I received yesterday evening. EI 132 was DIRECTLY behind EI104, is that normal practice ? Not too far behind and off to the left was the UA flight to Shannon (or is it Dublin?). I actually thought at that time that EI104 was way out there after only leaving JFK about 2 hours before hand -and not realizing it had such a strong tailwind.

Yea there's usually about 30mins between the 104 and 132

A320

fussyonion wrote: »

Friend of mine was on a flight from Alicante to Dublin last night. He said when they were in the air, the captain warned of high winds and said he would land the plane as best he could.

On the journey, the plane was wobbling and was flying on its' side at one point. He said everyone on the plane was screaming and crying and holding hands with each other.

Friend asked a steward why the plane was flying and surely they knew what the weather was like but the steward said they didn't.
Plane landed unannounced by the captain, in Liverpool and some passengers got off the plane and refused to get back on.

Eventually at 5am the plane took off again and landed in Dublin and there were fire trucks and ambulances waiting for the plane.

When the plane landed, the tail of it rose into the air and there was smoke coming from the wheels.

Thankfully everyone was OK but he said he was absolutely terrified.

I didn't see this is in the Daily Mail

Vojera

tennis12 wrote: »

Really enjoyed following last night.
I have a question tho,
If a plane diverts like last night to Belfast and a passenger on board say from China, has a visa to visit Ireland are they allowed get the bus down to Dublin from Belfast? Would their visa cover Entry into the United Kingdom?

I'm open to correction, but I imagine so long as they don't leave the airport they technically aren't entering the UK. So I think they would have to fly Belfast to Dublin rather than getting the bus or train.

LeftBase

fussyonion wrote: »

Friend of mine was on a flight from Alicante to Dublin last night. He said when they were in the air, the captain warned of high winds and said he would land the plane as best he could.

On the journey, the plane was wobbling and was flying on its' side at one point. He said everyone on the plane was screaming and crying and holding hands with each other.

A 737 cannot roll 90 degrees. Turbulence happens in flight. Passengers get scared but if you are crew you are used to it and see it as a little run of the mill. Often what people view as "terrifying" is actually tame by some aviation stadards

Friend asked a steward why the plane was flying and surely they knew what the weather was like but the steward said they didn't.
Plane landed unannounced by the captain, in Liverpool and some passengers got off the plane and refused to get back on.

The cruise conditions lastnight were nothing too hairy bar the odd rough bit, however again my above statement re degrees of "chop" applies

Eventually at 5am the plane took off again and landed in Dublin and there were fire trucks and ambulances waiting for the plane.

When the plane landed, the tail of it rose into the air and there was smoke coming from the wheels.

Thankfully everyone was OK but he said he was absolutely terrified.

There are fire trucks on weather watch at the airport due to the high winds. There is always smoke from the wheels when you touch down due to the rubber contacting the runway surface and the "tail in the air" sensation is a sensory illusion caused by the quick deceleration of an aircraft. Similarly it can seem like the nose is lifting early on take off due to the acceleration.

Shamrock231

LeftBase wrote: »

There are fire trucks on weather watch at the airport due to the high winds.

I never heard of this before, care to explain what goes on here and the idea behind it for us on the ground?

Mech1

Hi all, just in. any action? any need for comms tonight?

highlydebased

fussyonion wrote: »

On the journey, the plane was wobbling and was flying on its' side at one point. He said everyone on the plane was screaming and crying and holding hands with each other.

That flight was holding before going for an approach, that's why people got that impression.

Mech1

Was great fun last night, 1st time I heard of plane spotting being a spectator sport.

fox_1973

Guy's, I followed this until 2 last night, I never even knew you could not only track the aircraft but cockpit view and audio aswell! I'm hooked :-) well done to all for posting the links

El Inho

Mech1 wrote: »

Was great fun last night, 1st time I heard of plane spotting being a spectator sport.

Was quality...people keeping score and everything haha.

Actually looking forward to getting up to the viewing spot meself for a while saturday night. have all the apps on the phone ready to rock!

phone will double as my own atc/radar/camera dealy

El Inho

fox_1973 wrote: »

Guy's, I followed this until 2 last night, I never even knew you could not only track the aircraft but cockpit view and audio aswell! I'm hooked :-) well done to all for posting the links

cock pit isnt perfect, would like to see an actual cockpit, or flight simulator plug in...surely wouldnt even be that hard...considering its just coods input into the program. but live weather effects and lighting would be awesome.

LeftBase

Shamrock231 wrote: »

I never heard of this before, care to explain what goes on here and the idea behind it for us on the ground?

To be honest I'm not 100% exactly what they look for, however my brother told me that a lot of the Rescue units were parked all over the airfield the last 2 days and afaik due to the extreme weather they keep an eye out for damage to items on the airfield such as items that come loose and blow around the place(on to runways and taxi ways) or possible damage to vital structures on the field etc. They can also be quickly used to give reports or conditions to airfield ops and ATC.

A Dub in Glasgo

fussyonion wrote: »

and there was smoke coming from the wheels.

Not windy during this landing

Mech1

El Spearo wrote: »

Was quality...people keeping score and everything haha.

Actually looking forward to getting up to the viewing spot meself for a while saturday night. have all the apps on the phone ready to rock!

phone will double as my own atc/radar/camera dealy

ipad is a great tool for doing all that, with the scanner on the car roof for comms.

El Inho

ah the galaxy s 2 is a big aul yolk too

keith16

Mech1 wrote: »

Was great fun last night, 1st time I heard of plane spotting being a spectator sport.

El Spearo wrote: »

Was quality...people keeping score and everything haha.

Actually looking forward to getting up to the viewing spot meself for a while saturday night. have all the apps on the phone ready to rock!

phone will double as my own atc/radar/camera dealy

Man, we should all go up on Saturday night, bag of cans, bit of a sing song.

And then as a plane is coming into land, make the "oooooooooooo........WHEY" noise as it lands like what some of them continental footy fans do when there is a corner or goal kick.

FWVT

This was the scene in T2 at 05:30 this morning. I queued for 2.5 hours to rebook but no joy, it was only a day-trip after all so no point.

El Inho

no no no no...the entire thing last night brought nothing but joy..no body suffered while we were all totally happy last night watching the planes...

I for one was indeed sitting at home going ooooooooooooo whey!

Peregrine

I reckon Cityjet could have sneaked in on the sidelines and scored one more for the EIs last night

keith16

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

I reckon Cityjet could have sneaked in on the sidelines and scored one more for the EIs last night

Replays are inconclusive.

Actually, did you know you can replay flightradar24 and speed it up?

Try it for last night and relive every glorious landing in HD. Live. Okey doke.

Peregrine

keith16 wrote: »

Replays are inconclusive.

Actually, did you know you can replay flightradar24 and speed it up?

Try it for last night and relive every glorious landing in HD. Live. Okey doke.

Yeah it's great but note that the time they use is UTC and we're on Irish Summer Time at the moment or UTC+1 so their replay of our 1:00 would be 00:00.

Not sure if you can change it to be honest..I've been living with that annoying part for a few years now

keith16

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Yeah it's great but note that the time they use is UTC and we're on Irish Summer Time at the moment or UTC+1 so their replay of our 1:00 would be 00:00

No matter how many times I watch EI565, I still think he is gonna do it. Maybe the pilot forgot to change the airplane settings back from UTC?

Amirani

LiveATC is supposed to be getting their DUB feed back up soon. SNN is probably better at night anyway.

pm.

fox_1973 wrote: »

Guy's, I followed this until 2 last night, I never even knew you could not only track the aircraft but cockpit view and audio aswell! I'm hooked :-) well done to all for posting the links

really do you have a link ?

Peregrine

pm. wrote: »

really do you have a link ?

http://www.flightradar24.com/

Select aircraft and click cockpit view at the bottom of the sidebar

Peregrine

Titan Airways 737 operating an Aer Lingus EIN485 flight from Dublin at the moment.

I think 2 other Titan Airways and an ACL 737 was flying EI routes today. I know EI use Titan and ACL for charters but 4 aircraft in one day, surely this is to cover for yesterday?

Jamie2k9

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Titan Airways 737 operating an Aer Lingus EIN485 flight from Dublin at the moment.

I think 2 other Titan Airways and an ACL 737 was flying EI routes today. I know EI use Titan and ACL for charters but 4 aircraft in one day, surely this is to cover for yesterday?

Yes covering many aircraft didn't arrive back until this afternoon because crew were out of hours.

ShanE90

A very orderly line up for RWY34 at EIDW tonight unlike last night!

El Inho

I'm well happy they got their exciting night out of the way before the missus flies in on saturday night!

LaVail

This one just made sky news...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlMfXqWmFhE

Peregrine

ShanE90 wrote: »

A very orderly line up for RWY34 at EIDW tonight unlike last night!

1000 to 1500ft over the North Eastern suburbs, unfortunately some people won't be too happy about that

If it was over my house, the lower the better

pclancy

Mech1 wrote: »

We had 105 listeners to my stream at one point last night, thats great:D

I bet I was the furthest away!

imfml

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

http://www.flightradar24.com/

Select aircraft and click cockpit view at the bottom of the sidebar

I get this message when I select cockpit view...

The Google Maps API key used on this web site was registered for a different web site. The developer of this web site can generate a new key here.

Any suggestions?

faceman

imfml wrote: »

I get this message when I select cockpit view...

The Google Maps API key used on this web site was registered for a different web site. The developer of this web site can generate a new key here.

Any suggestions?

I get the same. I guess you're a Mac user too? Someone mention it earlier the thread.

Peregrine

imfml wrote: »

I get this message when I select cockpit view...

The Google Maps API key used on this web site was registered for a different web site. The developer of this web site can generate a new key here.

Any suggestions?

Try some suggestions mentioned here:

http://forum.flightradar24.com/threads/3923-Cockpit-View-error-The-Google-Maps-API-key-used-on-this-website-was-registered

Do you have the latest Google Earth plug in?

Mech1

pclancy wrote: »

I bet I was the furthest away!

That must be some feckin aerial on boards.ie HQ.


Thats how it works isn't it?

fox_1973

imfml wrote: »

I get this message when I select cockpit view...

The Google Maps API key used on this web site was registered for a different web site. The developer of this web site can generate a new key here.

Any suggestions?

A few others mentioned that too, I clicked on first time with no problems using chrome, hope you sort it cos as a newbie to all this, it's really interesting

imfml

Yes, on a Mac. Thanks for the suggestions will report back if I solve it. Curious to see what cockpit view looks like!

imfml

Updating the Google Earth plugin fixed it - thanks.

Happyman42

I have latest version of Earth and the plug-in yet I can't get the actual landing in cockpit view. Am I doing something wrong or is this how it is?
Thanks Mech for the entertainment the other night!

imfml

Happyman42 wrote: »

I have latest version of Earth and the plug-in yet I can't get the actual landing in cockpit view. Am I doing something wrong or is this how it is?
Thanks Mech for the entertainment the other night!

Google Earth also told me my plugin was up to date, but the troubleshooting forum suggested that it may say that incorrectly. I uninstalled and reinstalled Google Earth to get cockpit view working.

Happyman42

imfml wrote: »

Google Earth also told me my plugin was up to date, but the troubleshooting forum suggested that it may say that incorrectly. I uninstalled and reinstalled Google Earth to get cockpit view working.

Cockpit veiw is working fine for me, I just can't get a landing, it goes off just before.

Lapin

Careful here.

You're being watched in post 5.

Skid X

Lapin wrote: »

Careful here.

You're being watched in post 5.

Just trying to spread the word, Lapin

devnull

LaVail wrote: »

This one just made sky news...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlMfXqWmFhE

Hmmm, something not quite right about that, mass skip of frames at the end.

Wise Old Elf

devnull wrote: »

Hmmm, something not quite right about that, mass skip of frames at the end.

Plus it doesn't look like a bad landing, just a crosswind one.
This one has been seen many times, but is always worth a look (despite the sensational name on the video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU2ON5Gbzsw

phonypony

devnull wrote: »

Hmmm, something not quite right about that, mass skip of frames at the end.

It's a timeline of still shots rather than a video , hence no sound

Lapin

LaVail wrote: »

This one just made sky news...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlMfXqWmFhE

Despite all our modern accouterments and digital technology, amateur video editing hasn't really advanced that much since the 1970s.

amen

Hmmm, something not quite right about that, mass skip of frames at the end

but a perfect crosswind landing.

homerjay2005

somebody posted before that the Boeing 737 is better equipped to land in wind than an A320...is this correct?