Flightradar24 Thread

Chris_5339762

I still wonder though... those four flights diverted to Shannon... would they just land, refuel the plane and take off again for Dublin with passengers onboard, or would they deplane everyone and make them wait for buses, then fill with fuel and fly back to Dublin with no passengers?

fr336

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

I still wonder though... those four flights diverted to Shannon... would they just land, refuel the plane and take off again for Dublin with passengers onboard, or would they deplane everyone and make them wait for buses, then fill with fuel and fly back to Dublin with no passengers?

Mostly this. Cheaper in terms of fuel without pax. I think Ryanair will almost always do this, not sure about the others. Though I have seen FR simply wait and fly back with pax on occasion (mainly late at night for instance)

Oscar Bravo

The "GLEX" that departed Shannon about 15 minutes ago heading north west is N375G

Oscar Bravo

Gulfstream 4 just off the NW coast doing a tight u turn at this time. originally out of Brussels.

arubex

09:50 An-124 over central Ireland heading east towards Dublin

http://fr24.com/ADB2232

Tenger

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

I still wonder though... those four flights diverted to Shannon... would they just land, refuel the plane and take off again for Dublin with passengers onboard, or would they deplane everyone and make them wait for buses, then fill with fuel and fly back to Dublin with no passengers?

Well if it was just a short disruption then refuel and re file SNN-DUB is the best option. You get in 60-120 minutes late.

L1011

LOT4 squawking 7700 and descending rapidly

http://www.flightradar24.com/LOT4/46c3c8b

Danbo!

Came down from 41,000ft very fast! Headed for Glasgow by the looks of it.

b318isp

Martinair Cargo MD11 about to go over Dublin:

http://www.flightradar24.com/MPH1158/46c3bf5

Danbo!

Reports of smoke or fire on board LOT4 according to flightradar24 Twitter acc.

https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/515451819695570944

weisses

Those poor dream-liners ... causing more headaches then should be

fr336

Tenger wrote: »

Well if it was just a short disruption then refuel and re file SNN-DUB is the best option. You get in 60-120 minutes late.

Hardly ever seen that happen when I've been following these things. Certainly in the case of FR they usually bus the pax and fly the aircraft back empty, that I know for sure.

homerjay2005

fr336 wrote: »

Hardly ever seen that happen when I've been following these things. Certainly in the case of FR they usually bus the pax and fly the aircraft back empty, that I know for sure.

Whats the reason for that? Surely its better to send passengers back as quickly as possible.

fr336

homerjay2005 wrote: »

Whats the reason for that? Surely its better to send passengers back as quickly as possible.

It's cheaper to send them in a bus than a fully loaded 737? Only time I've seen FR fly again with pax in tow was when it was late at night or something. Seen EZY fly with the pax on several occasions to be fair. Tbh I don't have a general overview just going on what I've seen which has mainly been FR.

devnull

homerjay2005 wrote: »

Whats the reason for that? Surely its better to send passengers back as quickly as possible.

Sometimes it does work out quicker that way depending on why the airport is closed etc and if it's going to be a short while or several hours.

I've had it happen on EI though that we've diverted somewhere and by which time the other original airport is open we are still bused,(some cases 100s of KM) because the crew would be out of hours otherwise by the time they complete the return flight.

homerjay2005

my only experiences was a divert to Belfast with Aer Lingus - in belfast we just refulled and went back down to Dublin and landed.

arubex

Another An-124, inbound to Shannon I think

http://fr24.com/VDA2200

pajor

Sikorsky off the coast of Scotland, 7700.

http://fr24.com/BHL200S

Wise Old Elf

homerjay2005 wrote: »

my only experiences was a divert to Belfast with Aer Lingus - in belfast we just refulled and went back down to Dublin and landed.

I remember being in Malaga airport coming home to Dublin in 2008 when there was (I think) a massive radar failure in dublin. A friend had been on an earlier EI flight, diverted to Shannon and was flown back to Dublin once it re-opened. We were an hour later and couldn't take off, so had to stay on board the FR flight in Malaga until they got the nod from dublin.

mickger844posts

arubex wrote: »

Another An-124, inbound to Shannon I think

http://fr24.com/VDA2200

Was in Ferbane Co. Offaly today and got a nice view of this on decent. It was at around 11000 ft when i saw it.

Oscar Bravo

A regular visitor to Shannon on finals now. 757,N757MA

Pinch Flat

Piaggio p180 just departed dublin.

USAF C17 in and out of Baldonnel earlier came in from Dover and then flew on to Ramstein.

peter1892

FR 737 on a delivery flight, BFI-DUB: http://fr24.com/RYR800F

fr336

peter1892 wrote: »

FR 737 on a delivery flight, BFI-DUB: http://fr24.com/RYR800F

Has it arrived, or over the Atlantic?

highlydebased

fr336 wrote: »

Has it arrived, or over the Atlantic?

Arrived around 2.30

peter1892

fr336 wrote: »

Has it arrived, or over the Atlantic?

It landed shortly after I'd posted that - I only noticed it on FR24 as it was descending over the Irish Sea. I had a look at it on approach, just a standard Ryanair 737-800 (no special livery or anything unusual about it).

fr336

Another FR delivery I've missed! (Yes I know there's nothing that amazing about them ) Thanks guys

PukkaStukka

Just heard the distinctive warble on an AN-12 go over here at Fl240 but was obscured by cloud

Razor44

anyone know why EIN125 took off from Rwy10? when 28 has been used all day? i see flights are back landing on 28 now? confused!