Bristol: Weather & Technical Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

[TheLocalYokel]

Bit of slight breeze down here

Certainly was. I was even higher than BRS on Friday - over 1000 feet up on Dartmoor but no landing aircraft there although staying upright on two feet was hard enough in that storm.

I've just found this marvellous video of the height of Storm Callum at BRS. It shows some magnficent airmanship and well done to the videographer too.

 

[Jerry]

That takes dedication to go filming in weather like that! And incredible skill to land the planes!

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Sunday 14 October 2018

Two cancellations today:

flybmi BM1867 to Dusseldorf at 1730 returning as BM1868 at 2120
easyJet U26029 to Barcelona at 1825 returning as U26030 at 2330

 

[superking]

Full marks to the guys landing the aircrafts in winds klike that. Looked a bit airy with take off as well. A good job done with the video,must be pleased with the video end result.

 

[Jerry]

Certainly was. I was even higher than BRS on Friday - over 1000 feet up on Dartmoor but no landing aircraft there although staying upright on two feet was hard enough in that storm.

I've just found this marvellous video of the height of Storm Callum at BRS. It shows some magnficent airmanship and well done to the videographer too.

This is being talked about on radio2 now

 

[superking]

The management of TUI praised the captain for doing such a good job. I don't think I would have liked to have been on that aircraft in landing conditions there was.There is a video on MSN showing full landing.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

The management of TUI praised the captain for doing such a good job. I don't think I would have liked to have been on that aircraft in landing conditions there was.There is a video on MSN showing full landing.

The weather at BRS was the main item on the ITV West News at teatime, including the TUI B 757 landing. TUI rightly praised the captain, expressing their pride in her actions.

The Bristol Post did a disgraceful piece on the subject today - pure sensationalism. They were talking about the 'very risky business' of flying in Storm Callum and the 'daring' pilot who landed the TUI 757. Highly trained and highly skilled commercial airline pilots don't take risks, neither are they daring. They are far too professional and accomplished for that.

Remember the old saying: there are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old, bold pilots.

The Post spoke of 'terrifying scenes' at the airport 'with many crews abandoning landing just metres above the runway'. I don't know why I'm surprised. After all, it is the Bristol Post.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I presume that mist/fog is causing problems this evening. Three diversions so far with other aircraft currently holding. Wind direction suggests that runway 09 is the active runway - it has no Cat3b capability unlike 27.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Monday 15 October 2018

One early cancellation today:

flybmi BM1821 to Frankfurt at 0635 returning as BM1822 at 1035

This evening mist/fog seems to have been playing up with a number of inbound diversions.

easyJet U26186 due 1805 from Rome FCO diverted to CWL
easyJet U2428 due 1845 from Edinburgh diverted to BHX
easyJet U2458 due 1900 from Isle of Man diverted to BHX
Thomas Cook MT115 due 1905 diverted to CWL
easyJet U2430 due 2015 from Edinburgh diverted to LPL

As a result of the diversions

easyJet U2429 dep 1915 to Edinburgh was cancelled
easyJet U2431 dep 2045 to Edinburgh was cancelled
easyJet U2432 due 2210 from Edinburgh was cancelled

Aircraft appear to have been landing for the past couple of hours. Since the first diversion 15 have landed, with another 13 due before midnight and another 10 after midnight with the last one due at 0240.

 

[superking]

I was watching FR24 early Monday night. The Stobart flight from Dub landed on R27,before that landed easyjet did a missed approach and a couple of aircrafts after did missed approach as well on R27.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I was watching FR24 early Monday night. The Stobart flight from Dub landed on R27,before that landed easyjet did a missed approach and a couple of aircrafts after did missed approach as well on R27.

09 seemed to be the main runway last night but like you I noticed (via FR24) some activity at times on 27. Where I live the north-east wind was very light so it was presumably possible to land downwind at times on 27. I don't thnk the Stobart aircraft are Cat3 equipped so 27 would have not helped them in really adverse visibiity.

 

[superking]

09 seemed to be the main runway last night but like you I noticed (via FR24) some activity at times on 27. Where I live the north-east wind was very light so it was presumably possible to land downwind at times on 27. I don't thnk the Stobart aircraft are Cat3 equipped so 27 would have not helped them in really adverse visibiity.

It surprised me Stobart landed on 27 as wind favoured 09. Easy jey and Ryanair tried 27 and got in. The only thing I can think about Stobart the fog cleared enough to make an approach and landed.
I don't know how things went on later in the evening.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

It surprised me Stobart landed on 27 as wind favoured 09. Easy jey and Ryanair tried 27 and got in. The only thing I can think about Stobart the fog cleared enough to make an approach and landed.
I don't know how things went on later in the evening.

Looking at the BRS arrivals page everything after midnight seems to have landed. The later ones before midnight are no longer shown.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Tuesday 16 October 2018

BRS website shows KLM Cityhopper KL1046 to Amsterdam at 0620 cancelled. I thought the inbound landed yesterday evening.

 

[superking]

The KLM 1046 is showing as operating normally to AMS. Localyokel with youre thoughts as landed normal time Tuesday evening looks as thou it arrived and night stopped.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

The KLM 1046 is showing as operating normally to AMS. Localyokel with youre thoughts as landed normal time Tuesday evening looks as thou it arrived and night stopped.

It was the KL1046 on Tuesday morning that was shown on the BRS website as cancelled.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Thursday 18 October 2018

Today's cancellations.

Aer Lingus Regional (Stobart) EI3843 to Cork at 1250 cancelled, but BRS website shows inbound EI3842 at 1225 as 'landed'.
I don't know what happened there.
flybmi BM1857 to Gothenburg at 1340 cancelled. There is no inbound from GOT on Thursdays.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Friday 19 October 2018

Today's cancellations.

flybmi BM2001 to Brussels at 0605 returning as BM2002 at 0925
flybmi BM1856 from Gothenburg at 1300 - yesterday's outbound was also cancelled.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Monday 22 October 2018

Today's cancellations.

flybmi BM1821 to Frankfurt at 0635 returning as BM1822 at 1035
flybmi BM1887 to Paris Cdg at 1820 returning as BM1888 at 2140
flybmi BM2008 from Brussels at 2125, although the outbound BM2007 at 1735 is shown on the airport website as 'departed'.

Disappointing to see flybmi cancellations beginning to creep in again over the past few days. In recent weeks they seem to have been performing more reliably.

 

[superking]

There maybe be flights cancelled and delayed flights on Italian routes today due to strike action in Italy. This is Friday the 26th.