Is something the matter at Heathrow, as some flights have been diverted – a BA 747 flew over my house earlier this evening which was a pleasant surprise!
From the LHR arrivals board:
16:05 IB4150 VALENCIA DIVERTED Terminal Two
18:15 EY303 ABU DHABI DIVERTED Terminal Three
18:40 EK003 DUBAI DIVERTED Terminal Three
19:20 AF2270 PARIS CDG CANCELLED Terminal Two
19:25 AY5909 HELSINKI DIVERTED Terminal One
19:35 BA911 FRANKFURT CANCELLED Terminal One
21:10 BA913 FRANKFURT CANCELLED Terminal One
Not to mention some outbound cancellations of course.
Some funny visitors at LGW:
19:00 VS301 DELHI VIA LONDON HEATHROW LANDED 1911 South Terminal
18:45 FR2613 SANTANDER LANDED 1855 South Terminal
19:00 ETD303 ABU DHABI LANDED 1913 North Terminal
Anyone know what’s going on? :confused:
By: Deano - 29th July 2006 at 01:44
No problem Tom, a pleasure.
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Dean
By: Craigston_Tom - 28th July 2006 at 23:58
Thankyou for the explanation, its much clearer now as to the meaning of the various parts.
By: Deano - 28th July 2006 at 23:40
EGLL……………ICAO designator for Heathrow
271850Z………Timed on the 27th (July) at 1850z hrs
VRB04KT………Wind direction & speed is variable at 4kts
6000…………..Visability is 6000mtrs
-RA……………..Light rain
FEW040……….Few clouds (or 1-4 8ths ocktas) at 4,000ft
20/18………….Tempreature +20deg, dewpoint +18 deg
Q1014…………Airfield QNH 1014 millibars
TEMPO…………Temporary weather condition
VRB15G25KT….(back to wind again) Variable at 15kts gusting to 25kts
3000…………..Visability during the temporary weather situation 3,000mtrs
+TSRA…………Heavy thunderstorms & rain
By: Craigston_Tom - 28th July 2006 at 22:55
EGLL 271850Z VRB04KT 6000 -RA FEW040 20/18 Q1014 TEMPO VRB15G25KT 3000 +TSRA
Nuf’ said, I think
Andy
Could you please explain, for people like me, that don’t understand what any of that means?
Thankyou
By: Deano - 27th July 2006 at 23:58
It was interesting yesterday whilst watching the Aircrash Investigation program about the Little Rock crash, the NTSB set about monitoring flight activity when thunderstorms were present, and I think it was 80% of planes opted to fly through them whilst evidently every pilot knows the inherant dangers of doing so, glad to see that is not happening here in the UK
By: David2386 - 27th July 2006 at 23:54
Paris lastnight:D Friend said everything was going round in circles at Dieppe.
LFPG 262005Z 31022G38KT 280V350 9999 VCTS SCT050CB SCT066 27/15 Q1018 TEMPO VRB15G55KT 2000 TSRA BKN040CB RMK M1 138
LFPO 262004Z 30020G36KT 270V330 9999 FEW030 SCT043CB BKN100 25/16 Q1017 NOSIG
By: Manston Airport - 27th July 2006 at 23:41
At Manston Today had
LTE428 A320 EC-JTA 08:58/10:31 LTE429 17:24/18:27 Doing the Charter flight.
RYR3009 B738 EI-DCH from Rome RYR85P to Stansted 18:29/22:19 diversion
BAW717 A319 G-EUOC from Zürich to Heathrow 18:47/20:10 diversion.
Would off been great too go there see a Ryanair and BA at MSE 🙁 but I was at the RH&DR 😀
James
By: lukeylad - 27th July 2006 at 21:26
tell you what like just had something damn noisy heading into ncl over my house come LHR send some heavies to NCL doubt it will happen but its worth a shot!!
By: Grey Area - 27th July 2006 at 21:12
Correct – it’s down to severe thunderstorms in the vicinity of LHR.
B767 G-BNWA diverted to MAN operating BA873 Domodedovo-Heathrow.
By: tomfellows - 27th July 2006 at 20:13
Thunderstorms at LHR and STN causing chaos for all involved. Phil, I’ve compiled a list of those who have diverted to Gatwick (that I know of):
BA887 BUCHAREST A319
BA122 MAURITIUS B744
BA767 OSLO A319
BA755 BASEL A319
BD466 NAPLES A319
VS301 DELHI A343
FR2613 SANTANDER B738
EK3 DUBAI B773
ETD303 ABU DHABI A345
EDIT – A shame we didn’t decide to go to LGW today, Phil 😉 😀
By: philgatwick05 - 27th July 2006 at 20:06
OK – but why has the Virgin flight come via LHR?
By: Skymonster - 27th July 2006 at 20:04
EGLL 271850Z VRB04KT 6000 -RA FEW040 20/18 Q1014 TEMPO VRB15G25KT 3000 +TSRA
Nuf’ said, I think
Andy
By: tenthije - 27th July 2006 at 20:03
thunderstorms are in the area so that is probably the reason
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