Los aeropuertos de toda Inglaterra y Gales están siendo azotados por vientos récord y lluvias torrenciales mientras la tormenta Eunice azota amplias zonas del Reino Unido.

Aunque el mal tiempo no es infrecuente en esta época del año la intensidad de la tormenta, unida a su trayectoria sobre las zonas más densamente pobladas del país, está causando estragos en el transporte aéreo.

Para poner a Eunice en perspectiva, una ráfaga de viento de 122 mph en la Isla de Wight, situada justo al lado de la costa sur de Gran Bretaña, es provisionalmente la ráfaga más alta jamás registrada en Inglaterra, según la Oficina Meteorológica del Reino Unido.

Todos los principales aeropuertos de Londres se están viendo gravemente afectados, con gran cantidad de llegadas de larga distancia a Heathrow y Gatwick que tienen que dar un rodeo y, en última instancia, desviarse. Estos son algunos de los más notables que hemos registrado hasta el momento con datos de Flightradar24:

Virgin Atlantic Flight Flight VS166: MBJ – LHR two hours late

A Boeing 787-9 bound for London/HR from Montego Bay in Jamaica arrived 2hrs 12mins late at the city hub.

The Dreamliner, G-VOWS (c/n 37974), performed a go around and was briefly in hold before landing at 1.32pm – a delay of 2hrs 12mins on its original ETA at 11.20am.

At the height of Storm Eunice, Heathrow's arrivals schedule was seriously disrupted by flight delays and cancellations.

Vuelo TP1354 de TAP Air Portugal: LIS - LHR: Desviado a ORY

El servicio de transporte rutinario entre las dos capitales ha sufrido un tercer desvío esta mañana. El Airbus A320neo de TAP, CS-TVB, partió de Lisboa a las 8:42 horas (hora local) y entró en el espacio aéreo londinense sobre las 10:30 horas. Tras sobrevolar Surrey, el avión hizo dos intentos de aterrizar en Heathrow antes de desviarse al aeropuerto secundario de París a las 1106 horas. El avión llegó sin problemas a Orly a las 1206 horas GMT.

Ryanair Flight FR8682: KUN - BRS: Diverted to BHX

Ryanair’s FR8682 link between Kaunas, Lithuania and Bristol has diverted to Birmingham after strong gusts prevented the seven-year-old Boeing 737-800 from landing at the Somerset hub. Two attempts to land at Lulsgate were made before the jet, SP-RSZ (c/n 44688), entered a hold to the southeast of Bristol. It completed two circuits before opting to head north for more settled weather. It arrived in the Midlands at 12.42 local, almost two hours after it had been scheduled to touch down in breezy Bristol.

British Airways Flight BA296: ORD - LHR: Diverted to ZRH

British Airways flight 296 from Chicago/O’Hare to London/Heathrow performed two go arounds at the hub before eventually diverting to Zurich. The Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, G-ZBLA (c/n 60637), was initially shown to be redirecting to Geneva, but ultimately landed in Switzerland’s largest city.

Qatar Airways Flight QR003: DOH - LHR

Qatar Airways Flight 3, an Airbus A380 service between Doha/Hamad and London/Heathrow, successfully landed on its third approach to the facility. Battling the near 60mph winds, the superjumbo, A7-API (c/n 235), touched down more than an hour late.

British Airways Flight BA661: LCA - LHR: Diverted to NCL

A British Airways Airbus A320neo, G-TTNR (c/n 10493), operating Flight BA 661 from Larnaca, Cyprus to London/Heathrow performed two go-arounds at the West London hub as well as holding significantly for a period to the southeast of the UK capital. The aircraft diverted to Newcastle and at this point had been airborne for just shy of seven hours. Just prior to this, a fellow British Airways Flight – BA 583 and operated by A320ceo, G-GATH (c/n 1482) – from Venice to Heathrow had also elected for a divert to Newcastle.

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