Weather & Technical Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

[HX3]

Midnight, so probably after runway closure. Good call

 

[CM.]

Midnight, so probably after runway closure. Good call

Runway closed for works as it was behind schedule it was to late to land so operated to LPL but positioned back the following morning.

 

[HX3]

Thanks CM.

 

[tonysmith]

Looks like this mornings jet two flight to Alicante has got a problem it’s been flying round in circles around the airport fall last 30 minutes after taking off from one for doing a big U-turn over our house

Looks like this mornings jet two flight to Alicante has got a problem it’s been flying round in circles around the airport fall last 30 minutes after taking off from one for doing a big U-turn over our house

Now landed at Manchester

 

[twevsmiff]

KLM/German Airways EMB.190 D-APRI and Emerald ATR-72 EI-HNA have both diverted into LBA this morning duefog at Newcastle. BA Heathrowwentto Newcastle, however there is and Air France/Hop E.190 holding near Teesside(Fingers crossed)))

 

[BlueManc]

KL961 AMS-NCL PH-BXC B738 due 2240

 

[LBAYORKIE]

KL961 AMS-NCL PH-BXC B738 due 2240

Very unusual for a KLM mainline aircraft to divert into Leeds. Ive been watching the NCL diverts and all seem to be going to MAN.

 

[White Heather]

Very unusual for a KLM mainline aircraft to divert into Leeds. Ive been watching the NCL diverts and all seem to be going to MAN.

Not all. One Jet2 to LPL, Air France Hop to EDI, BA back to LHR . It's disappointing that no Jet2s diverted to LBA earlier.

 

[BlueManc]

Very unusual for a KLM mainline aircraft to divert into Leeds. Ive been watching the NCL diverts and all seem to be going to MAN.

MAN dealing with own nightstopper and Teesside's.

 

[White Heather]

Ryanair flight from ALC to NCL is in the hold at 27000' just to the North of LBA. Whether it will come to Leeds or not being so high, and whether we have the capacity is another matter. LBAs inbound from Bucharest is delayed and due at 0012 so it appears we will be open until then.

Odd the Eastern/KLM Teesside diverted to MAN, not LBA, yet the KLM 738 came here.

Update: Ryanair from ALC heading in the direction of LPL.

 

[BCFC]

What is it about not diverting to LBA?

 

[LBAYORKIE]

What is it about not diverting to LBA?

I assumed we had no room but then the KLM 737 diverted in, so we must have had the space after all.

LBA is much closer to MME and NCL than the other airports that took diversions so its all very strange.

What is it about not diverting to LBA?

Not all. One Jet2 to LPL, Air France Hop to EDI, BA back to LHR . It's disappointing that no Jet2s diverted to LBA earlier.

And one Easyjet diverted back to BRS.

 

[White Heather]

I assumed we had no room but then the KLM 737 diverted in, so we must have had the space after all.

LBA is much closer to MME and NCL than the other airports that took diversions so its all very strange.






And one Easyjet diverted back to BRS.

The KLM 737 didn't night stop as it would have at NCL. It positioned back to AMS, thereby vacating a stand.

I guess that the main issues around diverting to LBA at present are stand capacity (having to keep stands available for our inbound based aircraft), and the ability of Swissport and Jet2 Handling to deal with the aircraft. Then of course they have to be able to source onward coach transport from somewhere at short notice.

The fog at NCL cleared around midnight to around 225m *(previously 100m) sufficiently to allow the Jet2 flight ftom Palma, which had been holding over Durham for 30 minutes, to do an auto land.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Last nights inbound from Geneva diverted to Manchester. Everything else got in ok.

 

[twevsmiff]

Last nights inbound from Geneva diverted to Manchester. Everything else got in ok.

The aircraft has a technical fault on his instruments which stopped him being able do a Cat3 appraoch.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

The aircraft has a technical fault on his instruments which stopped him being able do a Cat3 appraoch.

Great! I bet pax were told it was due to the weather and not a maintenance issue.

 

[White Heather]

Great! I bet pax were told it was due to the weather and not a maintenance issue.

Yet there were no visibility issues over where live in Cookridge, which is higher than LBA.

 

[KARFA]

i am not sure that makes any sense then - if they were only restricted on not being able to do cat3, and the weather was nowhere near that, then why divert? i think there is some information missing from this one

 

[HX3]

According to flightradar24 it was showing as visibility of 700 metres, granted that was slightly later when I looked. Not sure if this would be a restricted landing?

 

[White Heather]

According to flightradar24 it was showing as visibility of 700 metres, granted that was slightly later when I looked. Not sure if this would be a restricted landing?

That's over half a mile! Should be fine. Maybe insufficient fuel to risk a go around and divert had the weather/visibility deteriorated?