A BA shuttle flight was forced to land at MAN last night in high winds and rain with one engine. No one was injured
By: Ren Frew - 31st January 2003 at 12:12
RE: LHR-GLA flight emergency landing at MAN last night.
And a Scot Airways Dornier was forced to circle Edinburgh for two hours last night en route to Dundee whilst visual checks were made as to whether or not the landing gear had deployed following doubts from the flight deck instrumentation.
By: EGNM - 30th January 2003 at 11:01
RE: LHR-GLA flight emergency landing at MAN last night.
nah they were offered the ATP – as we all know ATP stands for Alternative Transport Provided they gave up and got on the bus!
By: Ren Frew - 30th January 2003 at 00:21
RE: LHR-GLA flight emergency landing at MAN last night.
Mibbe they were offered the ATP and chose the bus instead ?
By: mongu - 29th January 2003 at 21:31
RE: LHR-GLA flight emergency landing at MAN last night.
Yes, BA fly MAN-GLA and so do BMI.
Types are usually either an ATP or EMB-145 (or 135 sometimes with BMI).
By: Bhoy - 29th January 2003 at 21:28
RE: LHR-GLA flight emergency landing at MAN last night.
MAN-GLA is operated by both BA and bmi with ERJ145’s.
By: T5 - 29th January 2003 at 21:25
RE: LHR-GLA flight emergency landing at MAN last night.
Of course, if an aircraft goes in for servicing (or whatever it’s called in the aviation industry), there has to be an aircraft to temporarily replace it.
Is there such a thing as a flight between Manchester and Glasgow anyway? If so, which airlines fly the route?
By: A330Crazy - 29th January 2003 at 21:23
RE: LHR-GLA flight emergency landing at MAN last night.
Most airlines have at least one spare though don’t they, just in case they should ever need it for an emergency or something?
By: mongu - 29th January 2003 at 21:21
RE: LHR-GLA flight emergency landing at MAN last night.
BA do have spare aircraft though.
By: A330Crazy - 29th January 2003 at 21:13
RE: LHR-GLA flight emergency landing at MAN last night.
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 29-01-03 AT 09:14 PM (GMT)]Yeah especially in this situation too. Ba should have layed on another aircraft to complete the rest of the journey, as it was a problem with their aircraft and the passengers were not responcible for what happened.
But as for the Astraeus incident, perhaps they took them by bus, as they didn’t want to risk carrying on using the aircraft?
By: Ren Frew - 29th January 2003 at 14:18
RE: LHR-GLA flight emergency landing at MAN last night.
Yeah it always amazes me why people get bussed to their final detinations during these emergencies. Surely BA could have mustered a replacement plane from it’s inventory ? A bit like the Celtic fans after the Astraeus incident, the ones that had nothing to do with the commotion have to endure a lenghty bus trip to Glasgow Airport because of a few alleged idiots on the flight.
By: Bhoy - 29th January 2003 at 13:37
RE: LHR-GLA flight emergency landing at MAN last night.
I’m not sure which actual flight it was… but the evening flights from LHR to GLA are scheduled for 737-400’s on the 18:15/19:20 shuttles, with A320’s operating the 17:15 and 20:25 shuttles. (the 16:25 is an A319)
By: T5 - 29th January 2003 at 13:31
RE: LHR-GLA flight emergency landing at MAN last night.
This would have been a 737 -400 or -500 right?
What cracks me up is that people fly because it is quick. An hour or so in the air opposed to about 7 hours by coach! Then they are put onto a coach when arriving at Manchester!
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