Originally Posted by
BitterLemon
Please could someone check the cancellation code for this service?
The captain announced it as an inoperable terrain radar - mandatory for departures out of Innsbruck - with no local engineering support available. They tried many resets, including a power down and reboot of the whole plane before the airport closed to departures for the night.
Would have thought it was tech, but wondering if the lack of ground support or the airport closure would make it exceptional.
That would indeed be an aircraft technical fault causing the delay due to airline policy re operation in and out of INN. It is what is known as a CAT C airfield so requires special training in order to able to operate there. As part of the operational requirements it will no doubt be mandated that the EGPWS including 'voice call out' functions are operable. if not, show stopper. Not exceptional as BA could choose to have avionics engineers on site or have a 'flying spanner' come along for the day. BA doesn't do that and thus you sadly got scuppered.
Last edited by Sigwx; Jan 9, 2023 at 4:53 am
Reason: found the policy