Diversions from around the globe (medical, technical, ...) 2016

[sn26567]

British Airways plane completes 6,000 mile 'flight to nowhere' from Heathrow after u-turn due to minor fault

The BA flight from Heathrow to Tokyo took off at 12:00 noon yesterday (Thursday) and turned back half-way over northern Siberia to return to Heathrow, where the passengers landed at midnight, 12 hours and 6,000 miles after having left the airport.

A spokesman for BA said that a "minor technical fault" was to blame for the return to Heathrow.

In a statement, the airline said: "Our pilot returned to Heathrow after a routing change by air traffic control significantly lengthened the flight time."

BA could be hit with a bill of up to £300,000, as it is expected to pay hundreds of pounds as compensation to the passengers on board and those in Japan who were due to catch the plane’s return flight.

Full story: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transpor ... 91146.html

[Passenger]

British Airways plane completes 6,000 mile 'flight to nowhere' from Heathrow after u-turn due to minor fault

The BA flight from Heathrow to Tokyo took off at 12:00 noon yesterday (Thursday) and turned back half-way over northern Siberia to return to Heathrow, where the passengers landed at midnight, 12 hours and 6,000 miles after having left the airport.

A spokesman for BA said that a "minor technical fault" was to blame for the return to Heathrow.

In a statement, the airline said: "Our pilot returned to Heathrow after a routing change by air traffic control significantly lengthened the flight time."

BA could be hit with a bill of up to £300,000, as it is expected to pay hundreds of pounds as compensation to the passengers on board and those in Japan who were due to catch the plane’s return flight.

Full story: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transpor ... 91146.html

Report Aviation Herald:
http://avherald.com/h?article=49ae8a9c&opt=0

[sn26567]

Cathay Pacific CX270 (AMS-HKG) diverted to Minsk today due to a suspected fuel leak in one engine.

[Bapt']

Brussels Airlines flight SN2905 from BRU to VIE operated by OO-SNA, diverted to PRG due to bad weather in VIE.

VIE metar :
LOWW 121520Z 27026G36KT 240V300 2000 R29/P1500D R34/P1500N +TSRA FEW010 SCT020CB BKN030 21/20 Q1013 WS ALL RWY TEMPO TSRA

[globetrotter]

Air India 787 flying London-Mumbai diverted to Baku for unspecified technical reason on 10th July.

[Passenger]

Air India 787 flying London-Mumbai diverted to Baku for unspecified technical reason on 10th July.

It was a failure of the airconditioning:
http://avherald.com/h?article=49b0e4c4&opt=0

[Passenger]

This morning, a Royal Air Force (U.K.) BAe146 from Northolt RAF Base to Brussels Airport diverted to Luton for a technical issue. On board: 16 pax, including Boris Johnson, the newly-appointed Foreign Secretary. Luton runway was blocked for half an hour, the BBC reports. Johnson will now be too late for his "informal dinner with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini".

Source:
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fault ... -cb9twgt96

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36820756

Probably one of these Bae146:
http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/bae-146 ... nd-mk3.cfm

[Passenger]

A British Airways A320 (G-GATK) from London Gatwick to Heraklion diverted (returned to LGW) because of smell of cannabis in the cabin.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flig ... 2/#a68ea4c

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1483419/b ... lls-plane/

[quixoticguide]

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 (EI-DYX)performing flight FR-3131 from London Stansted,EN (UK) to Paphos (Cyprus), was enroute at FL350 about 20nm southeast of Brussels (Belgium) on Jul 24th 2016 diverted to Brussels.

Reason: a wheel well fire indication

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... yx#a7270c6

[sn26567]

Several planes were diverted from Lisbon to Porto and Faro after a terror scare at Lisbon airport yesterday evening (Saturday). The airport was shut for half an hour after some passengers of a plane from Algeria tried to escape immigration controls by forcing an emergency exit.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/695 ... -aeroplane

[quixoticguide]

Diversions due to Emirates B777-300 crash:

To DWC:
EK706, EK565, EK531
FZ334, EK425, FZ222, FZ56, FZ38,
EK415, 3V52

To FJR:
EK651, 9W536

To IKA:
EK972

To AAN:
EK345, 9W546, AI937

To BAH:
EK942

[sn26567]

The following Emirates flights have been diverted after the EK521 crash landing:

To Dubai World Central (DWC)
EK531 from Kochi
EK527 from Hyderabad
EK659 from Male
EK565 from Bengaluru
EK375 from Bangkok
EK425 from Perth
EK902 from Amman
EK806 from Jeddah
EK856 from Kuwait
EK706 from Seychelles
EK208 from New York (JFK)
EK415 from Sydney
EK641 from Kabul

To Sharjah International Airport (SHJ)
EK433 from Brisbane
EK353 from Singapore
EK601 from Karachi
EK511 from New Delhi

To Al Ain International Airport(AAN)
EK583 from Dhaka
EK345 from Kuala Lumpur

To Fujairah International Airport (FJR)
EK651 from Colombo

To Bahrain International Airport (BAH) for a night stop
EK942 from Baghdad

To Muscat International Airport (MCT) for a night stop
EK968 from Mashhad

[quixoticguide]

EK100 diverted from/diverted to FCO yesterday
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flig ... 00#a8cd9c6

[PttU]

All flights to JER (Jersey) diverting, all going back to their origin:

MAN: https://www.flightradar24.com/BEE7NJ/a980b6f
EDI: https://www.flightradar24.com/BEE1JZ/a97f88e
LGW: https://www.flightradar24.com/BAW72J/a980efc

[Homo Aeroportus]

All flights to JER (Jersey) diverting, all going back to their origin:

Fog, fog, fog.

Lovely British summer weather, isn't it?

Current TAF looks promising.
TAF: EGJJ 071356Z 0715/0724 24012KT 0200 -DZ FG OVC000 BECMG 0715/0718 4000 BR BKN002 BECMG 0718/0720 9999 NSW SCT008

They should be able to handle Mist (BR) thanks to the Brexit, but there is no Fogxit planned so have to wait...

H.A.

[sn26567]

Emirates A380 flight EK225 from DXB to SFO made a medical diversion to CPH. Afterwards it took off to ... JFK! And it will thus operate a US domestic flight from JFK to SFO. With a big delay!

[quixoticguide]

AC 84 declared an emergency while south of Ireland and requested permission to land in London Heathrow.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ac84#a9996f1

[Passenger]

TUI Netherlands (previously Arke/Arkefly) had 2 diversions this weekend, both flights with a return to Amsterdam already well into the flight:

Saturday evening: OR-395 Amsterdam-Toronto AMS-YYZ (767-300ER PH-OYI): diverted/returned when just passed Glasgow:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... i/#ad05e3e

Sunday morning: OR-665 Almsterdam-Tenerife AMS-TFS (737-800 Blue Air YR-BMC): diverted/returned just before crossing the French/Spanish border:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... c/#ad181b2

[sn26567]

Man from Italy dies on Air France flight before it lands in Labrador

Police say a man from Italy died on board an Air France plane before it landed in Labrador after being diverted there after midnight.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police say the flight was headed to France when a passenger became ill and the on-board crew notified airport officials in Happy Valley-Goose Bay about a suspected medical emergency.

Police and paramedics met the plane, but say the man who was travelling with family passed away prior to landing.

Source: CTV news

Flight was AF673 from MSP to CDG (Airbus A340-300) on 25/08/2016. It arrived at CDG with a delay of 3 hours.

[sn26567]

Austrian Airlines flight OS87 to JFK made a U-turn near Dublin today...



It returned all the way to Vienna.