BRU 26/11/2005 : Snow + diverting a/c

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BRU 26/11/2005 : Snow + diverting a/c

Post by Robin_Bamps »

Hello everybody,

I was welcomed by a nice layer of snow in my garden this morning.

At LUX they'll be happy with it, as all 3 SNBA A330's diverted to LUX !

The UA 763 diverted too, someone knows to which airport ?

Regards, Robin Bamps.

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I can answer my own question now : UA 950 diverted to AMS.

SN 481 is on approach now (1st A330 inbound from LUX).

Regards, Robin Bamps.

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Post by MKAirlines »

26/11 09:20 Djerba BJ 5070 Image 09:02

And another one

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Post by ILS25L »

Goodmorning,

Simple question :
Why does some planes have to divert and why does some planes can land at EBBR during snowfall ?
Landing runway not available (to skiddy) ?
Loadfactor of some planes ?
Etc...
Thanks for info
Greetz, Karl

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Post by blackhawk »

... or the airport is unable to handle all the traffic because of runway restrictions due to the snow.

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Post by Sabena_690 »

A B744F of SQ diverted to AMS as well, together with an A332 of Etihad (probably the ferry flight from YYZ to AUH, as this flight was cancelled due to technical problems two days ago).

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Post by Skystef »

ILS25L wrote: Why does some planes have to divert and why does some planes can land at EBBR during snowfall ?
Because Murphy's law did strike: the ILS failed on the only operational runway.

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Post by OO-VEX »

Sabena_690 wrote:A B744F of SQ diverted to AMS as well
The SQ B744F came back to BRU at about 1100.

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Re: BRU 26/11/2005 : Snow + diverting a/c

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Robin_Bamps wrote: The UA 763 diverted too, someone knows to which airport ?
Diverted to AMS too.

Grtz,

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Post by luchtzak »

Amazing how an airport like Brussels can run into total disorder! My flight today was delayed 3 hours: 2h15 minutes waiting in the start-up clearance to get de-icing and push-back, then another 45 minutes to actually being de-iced and ready for take-off! What a day 8O :roll:

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Post by bigjulie »

MKAirlines wrote:26/11 09:20 Djerba BJ 5070 Image 09:02

And another one

Snow allready?

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Re: BRU 26/11/2005 : Snow + diverting a/c

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Robin_Bamps wrote: At LUX they'll be happy with it, as all 3 SNBA A330's diverted to LUX !
Some pics of the diversions at LUX :arrow: http://decker.antoine.free.fr
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Post by SN_Bigbirdy »

perhaps a stupid question :oops: but what happens with the pax during the diversion : do they have to stay on board or can they debark and walk around in some terminal :?:
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Post by chucky »

i was a de-icer saterday and it was realy hard work

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Post by waldova »

luchtzak wrote:Amazing how an airport like Brussels can run into total disorder! l:
This doesn't only happen in BRU. I remember that many times we got some diversion from AMS, CDG, ... when they had snow fall there last year and they years before. I think this is a common problem in all the major airports. I just wonder how they do it in airports like JFK and EWR for example. They have a huge amount of traffic in these airports and also a huge snow fall in the winter! I would really like to just be there one day when they have a snow storm to see how they procede with this! Has to be amazing!

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Post by AN124 »

Not only BRU was suffering from the snowfall.
DUS has been closed for about 4 hours on Saterday morning due to the snow.

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Welcome on Luchtzak chucky !!! :D :wink:

Best regards,

Seb

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SN_Bigbirdy wrote:but what happens with the pax during the diversion : do they have to stay on board or can they debark and walk around in some terminal :?:
They normally wait inside the plane, the pilot checks out the weather (taf & metar) to find out if improvement is expected in short or long term. If no improvement is foreseen in short term, the pax debark and are transported via road.

I guess BRU is an airport with the least delays of all in the surroundings due to weather conditions. In this case the airport was informed about expecting 5 cm of snow in early morning. Runway cleaners did labour work to keep one rwy free, but with some bad luck (see my earlier reply) these delays may still happen. So visibility was the problem, not the snow.

Besides the use of some chemicals a blowing machine with engine power is used.

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Post by garydus »

SN_Bigbirdy wrote:perhaps a stupid question :oops: but what happens with the pax during the diversion : do they have to stay on board or can they debark and walk around in some terminal :?:
In DUS we just board on time, keep the pax on board in order to be ready as soon as airport opens again.
I was crewmember on LH408 to EWR and we were waiting for 2h35min with our pax on board .... we try to keep them busy.... :?

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Post by loutri666 »

That's easier said than done to keep the passengers busy during more than 2 hours. And especially keep them quiet !! What have you done so far ? Games or something?? Guess the ETD?? :D :wink:

Greetz and welcome on board garydus !!

Seb

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