Flightradar24 (and other trackers) Thread Part IV

dashoonage

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another one going round at shannon, runway closed?

Growler!!!

dashoonage wrote: »

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another one going round at shannon, runway closed?

Looks like a training flight.

RocketRaccoon

Couple of flights doing circuits in Shannon this morning, the easyjet and luftwaffe were 2 of them

This aircraft is taking a strange route, left Shannon flew out over the Atlantic before making a u-turn and heading back over the country and turning back again towards Shannon.

Edit: upon searching for the registration it's some type of test flight.

https://m.planespotters.net/airframe/boeing-737-800-vp-cmu-amck-aviation/eg9j0d

VPCMU from Shannon https://fr24.com/VPCMU/267fd22a

Salmon Leap

NordWind Airlines 777 en route to Dublin ex-Nanjing

No Bills

Delta Air Lines #DL161 out of Amsterdam has an issue and has turned around. Just landed at Dublin.
https://twitter.com/NikPhillips666/status/1347201672263720961

10-10-20

By the look of his track, they were initially aligning to land in Shannon and then picked Dublin. Was that correct and would it be to do with facilities and availability of company resources in Dublin, or was it due to the nature of the fault?

goingnowhere

Don't forget hotels and alternative travel options

RocketRaccoon

10-10-20 wrote: »

By the look of his track, they were initially aligning to land in Shannon and then picked Dublin. Was that correct and would it be to do with facilities and availability of company resources in Dublin, or was it due to the nature of the fault?

Absolutely no staff available on the ground in Shannon would have been the issue.

dashoonage

https://www.flightradar24.com/GRIM21/268263df

B52 creeping around

A320

10-10-20 wrote: »

By the look of his track, they were initially aligning to land in Shannon and then picked Dublin. Was that correct and would it be to do with facilities and availability of company resources in Dublin, or was it due to the nature of the fault?

correct but it was a sick pax,if they landed in Shannon the onwards flight would probably of been cancelled.they have coverage in Dublin to help with that

BZ

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Absolutely no staff available on the ground in Shannon would have been the issue.

Incorrect. Considering there was ground handlers on the ground at that time that could have easily handled the aircraft.

Connectivity however if required would be a different story.

A320

BZ wrote: »

Incorrect. Considering there was ground handlers on the ground at that time that could have easily handled the aircraft.

Connectivity however if required would be a different story.

He's correct really,Was there an engineer qualified to inspect the overweight aircraft? There was in Dublin along with company staff so hence why it diverted there

RocketRaccoon

BZ wrote: »

Incorrect. Considering there was ground handlers on the ground at that time that could have easily handled the aircraft.

Connectivity however if required would be a different story.

I doubt there was enough to handle a Delta flight, they usually demand double the amount of other airlines.
Coupled with the fact there probably wasn't anyone to run their system for pax in the airport.

There was no security staff in the airport to secure the aircraft door, rear door and ramp area.

Then take into consideration there would have been no direct Delta employees anywhere near the airport too.

BZ

A320 wrote: »

He's correct really,Was there an engineer qualified to inspect the overweight aircraft? There was in Dublin along with company staff so hence why it diverted there

Lufthansa / Shannon Aerospace have two hangars full of engineers at the moment and they look after Delta when scheduled into Shannon.

I do understand why they diverted to DUB as Connectivity wise if the aircraft went tech its a lot easier to get people. Also fire cover wise SNN currently CAT7 and a 767-300 requires CAT8 so DUB was the only choice on this front.

smurfjed

Also fire cover wise SNN currently CAT7 and a 767-300 requires CAT8 so DUB was the only choice on this front.

Can’t this be dropped by 1? So normally requiring CAT8 can be dropped to CAT7.

BZ

smurfjed wrote: »

Can’t this be dropped by 1? So normally requiring CAT8 can be dropped to CAT7.

I'm not a 100 percent sure on that. It may be possible if operator is accepting of it?

Unusual aircraft for such a short route, unless it turned back from its original destination?

Qatar Airways 787

QR8865 from London to Dublin https://fr24.com/QTR8865/26844bb4

Irish Steve

FR24 History is showing it as a regular scheduled operation, comes to Dublin from London, then goes out to Doha, probably not enough demand from either location at the moment to justify direct flights. Might even be cargo, as there was nothing showing on the Dublin Airport site

john boye

Irish Steve wrote: »

FR24 History is showing it as a regular scheduled operation, comes to Dublin from London, then goes out to Doha, probably not enough demand from either location at the moment to justify direct flights. Might even be cargo, as there was nothing showing on the Dublin Airport site

I assumed it was cargo as the regular Doha-Dublin route is still operating, albeit on a reduced timetable.

Stephen Strange

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Unusual aircraft for such a short route, unless it turned back from its original destination?

Qatar Airways 787

QR8865 from London to Dublin https://fr24.com/QTR8865/26844bb4

Operates cargo LHR-DUB-DOH regularly at the moment

smurfjed

BZ wrote: »

I'm not a 100 percent sure on that. It may be possible if operator is accepting of it?

Actually as this was an ETOPS flight and EINN was most likely a nominated alternate, this would apply.

121.106

ETOPS Alternate Airport: Rescue and fire fighting service.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the following rescue and fire fighting service (RFFS) must be available at each airport listed as an ETOPS Alternate Airport in a dispatch or flight release.

(1) For ETOPS up to 180 minutes, each designated ETOPS Alternate Airport must have RFFS equivalent to that specified by ICAO as Category 4, or higher.

For non-ETOPS, if the airport has less than 5 daily flights requiring CAT8 (or any CAT), the category can be dropped by 1. So if Shannon primarily has B737 operations, a B767 operator would be allowed drop his required Fire Category by 1. as per FAR139.

Bussywussy

BZ wrote: »

Lufthansa / Shannon Aerospace have two hangars full of engineers at the moment and they look after Delta when scheduled into Shannon.

I do understand why they diverted to DUB as Connectivity wise if the aircraft went tech its a lot easier to get people. Also fire cover wise SNN currently CAT7 and a 767-300 requires CAT8 so DUB was the only choice on this front.

That contract was terminated a while back

Comhrá

damo80

Comhra wrote: »

Haven't seen so many planes fly over the house than I have last 2 days. majority are France to US. 1 Every few mins sometimes 3-4 at a time. Like a mad rush to get to the states!!

Oops!

Same here, the clear blue sky helps too.

HTCOne

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

I doubt there was enough to handle a Delta flight, they usually demand double the amount of other airlines.
Coupled with the fact there probably wasn't anyone to run their system for pax in the airport.

There was no security staff in the airport to secure the aircraft door, rear door and ramp area.

Then take into consideration there would have been no direct Delta employees anywhere near the airport too.

Medlink will have had an input too. Depending on the nature of the medical emergency, flights often change their diversion from Shannon to Dublin based on Medlink.

Another 787 at Dublin, I'm presuming it's another cargo flight as this airframe according to the listed history usually flies medium and long-haul routes from Heathrow.

https://www.flightradar24.com/VIR521/268b1517

masit

Some noise out of this yoke, 2500ft, just above the fog here. With the fog,not been able to see, felt like it was just above us.

colbarr

HM Coastguard living life on the edge!