Abnormalities in BRU-ANR-OST-CRL-LGG in 2012

[sn26567]

This did not happen in Belgium, so the moderators might want to change the location of this post.

Your post is about an aeroplane originating from BRU, hence it can stay here.

I'm also curious to know what happened.

[convair]

Re SN 3731
2 hours later it took off from Valencia and landed Madrid about 50 minutes thereafter.
OO-SSV was back in BRU this morning as SN 3732 almost 30 minutes before normal schedule!

[fcw]

I just saw this by chance on flightradar24: SN 3731 (SSV) was approaching Madrid from the West when it made a detour, continued its course towards Valencia and, after 2 loops above the sea off the coast, apparently landed (hopefully safely) at Valencia airport at 23.29 (Bru time).

I'd like to know what happened of course.

CB's all around Barajas. BruAir was about number 20 in the sequence, but didn't have fuel to wait, hence they diverted.
(MAD + CB's and no extra fuel is a bit penny wise pound foolish.)

[convair]

Thanks fcw !

[Passenger]

LY733 Tel Aviv-Brussels, expected for 20h45, has diverted.

Flight is now announced to arrive at 01h15.

Source:
http://www.brusselsairport.be/en/passngr/flinfo/arrivs/

[Passenger]

LY733 Tel Aviv-Brussels, expected for 20h45, has diverted.

Flight is now announced to arrive at 01h15.

Source:
http://www.brusselsairport.be/en/passngr/flinfo/arrivs/

Aircraft diverted to Budapest because of a fuel system problem:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4537a76d

[DIBO]

Were there some difficulties today at BRU from around 15:15 LT??
First two acft had to go-around on rwy20 (one of them the specially painted BA 319 'Dove'). Then everbody switched to 25L and after a couple of landings everybody back to 20. One acft on approach was changed 2 times of landing rwy, making the capt. to firmly complain about ongoing situation...

[Tomskii]

"Are you playing a game or, whatever" was what the pilot said. Can't blame him for being annoyed by ATC.

[shockcooling]

And the reply of the controller, 'euh, you think our job is easy?' reply pilot: 'everybody does it's own job!'

[Tomskii]

And the reply of the controller, 'euh, you think our job is easy?' reply pilot: 'everybody does it's own job!'

Yep exactly, priceless those conversation when a controller messes things up a little. :p

[EBBU]

From what I heard:

there was an animal loose on rwy 20 (possibly a fox). That was why rwy 20 was not available while Brussels Airport personnel tried to catch it.
ATC decided to use 25L for landing to minimize delay for arrivals on an adhoc basis.

I can imagine that the situation on the ground changed rapidly which would lead to changes in the arrival runway.

[Streetstream]

I was there yesterday. A Brussels Airlines Airbus A330 was lined up on the runway and a British Airways A319 'dove' had to go around, followed by a ¨TAP Airbus (A319 or A320).

I was wondering what was going on.

BTW, nice surprise to see the RAF VC-10 landing. I think that one got stuck too in the traffic jam this incident created.

[DIBO]

CityJet inbound ANR early this afternoon, came in with medical emergency. Seemed to be very urgent... after landing rwy11 & backtrack, the F50 turned of the rwy, stopped right there and shut down the engines, to have the fire dept. and ambulance (later on with MUG) take care of the pax.
But...as the F50 did not officially vacate the rwy (and engines stopped) the rwy was closed; forcing more than 5 GA acft to hold. Later on the smaller ones were given the option to use the grass runway (but some preferred to wait for the concrete). After the medical case, the other pax disembarked on the twy and transported by bus, the F50 towed to apron, thereby reopening the main rwy.

[sn26567]

US750 from Philadelphia (Boeing 762 N245AY) was diverted to Boston and arrived in BRU with a delay of 8h 40min.

[sn26567]

US750 from Philadelphia (Boeing 762 N245AY) was diverted to Boston and arrived in BRU with a delay of 8h 40min.

From "The Aviation Herald":

Incident: US Airways B762 near Boston on Aug 11th 2012, smoke in cockpit

A US Airways Boeing 767-200, registration N245AY performing flight US-750 from Philadelphia,PA (USA) to Brussels (Belgium), was enroute at FL370 about 200nm east of Boston,MA when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit and decided to divert to Boston. On approach to Boston the crew reported visibility in the cockpit was good again, there was still intermittent smell of smoke however. The aircraft landed safely on Boston's runway 22L about 40 minutes later, vacated the runway and taxied straight to the apron.

The aircraft was able to continue the flight after about 8 hours on the ground and reached Brussels with a delay of about 9 hours.

[sn26567]

Airbus A319 OO-SSV flying route SN3617 (BEL3BL) BRU-NCE had a squawk 7700 (General emergency) this morning.

[Passenger]

US750 from Philadelphia (Boeing 762 N245AY) was diverted to Boston and arrived in BRU with a delay of 8h 40min.

From "The Aviation Herald":

Incident: US Airways B762 near Boston on Aug 11th 2012, smoke in cockpit

A US Airways Boeing 767-200, registration N245AY performing flight US-750 from Philadelphia,PA (USA) to Brussels (Belgium), was enroute at FL370 about 200nm east of Boston,MA when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit and decided to divert to Boston. On approach to Boston the crew reported visibility in the cockpit was good again, there was still intermittent smell of smoke however. The aircraft landed safely on Boston's runway 22L about 40 minutes later, vacated the runway and taxied straight to the apron.

The aircraft was able to continue the flight after about 8 hours on the ground and reached Brussels with a delay of about 9 hours.

Update Aviation Herald:

"On Sep 5th 2012 the Canadian TSB reported maintenance identified an inoperative avionics recirculation fan as source of the odour. The incident aircraft positioned to Philadelphia under minimum equipment list requirements due to the fan remaining inoperative, the fan was replaced in Philadelphia."

Source:
http://avherald.com/h?article=45427768

[ggmeese]

OO-DWA RJ1H SN3670 TLS-BRU (BEL87E) squawk 7700 around 17:00.
Anybody an idea of the problem ?
Cheers - Gerald

[Passenger]

arrival 9W226 from Chennai : ETA 07h50 - delayed till 18h41

arrival JAF686 from Pkuket/Bangkok : ETA 19h35 - delayed 12h25

[sn26567]

arrival 9W226 from Chennai : ETA 07h50 - delayed till 18h41

Around 200 air passengers had a harrowing time as their Jet Airways flight to Brussels was delayed for 10 hours before it finally took off from Chennai airport.

The flight that was initially scheduled to take off at 1.30 am on Sunday morning. After all the passengers had boarded, the flight staff realized that there was a technical snag, which would require a few hours of repair and clearance. The passengers were offloaded and later accommodated at a hotel nearby. Eventually the flight was slotted to leave at 11.30 am, and all the passengers were brought back to the airport.

Source: IBN live