BA355 - 1st Oct. NCE to LHR
Oct 1, 2018, 10:25 am
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BA355 - 1st Oct. NCE to LHR
Hi, hoping for some quick help as we are not getting any information from airport staff.
We are sat in NCE Airport with 2 small tired children being told that BA355 is delayed, with no ETD known.
Is anyone able to give more information?
Thanks.
We are sat in NCE Airport with 2 small tired children being told that BA355 is delayed, with no ETD known.
Is anyone able to give more information?
Thanks.
Oct 1, 2018, 10:28 am
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Oct 1, 2018, 10:28 am
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Just check flight radar, looks like the incoming flight is diverted to Lyon
Oct 1, 2018, 10:33 am
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Weather here is OK at the moment. Had a bit of rain but nothing serious.
Must be bad somewhere in-between
Which one is canceled?
Oct 1, 2018, 10:34 am
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It looks like the aircraft made an approach to NCE, went around, came back towards the airport for another approach but broke off and went to LYS where it's just landed.
Oct 1, 2018, 10:37 am
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Oct 1, 2018, 10:38 am
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Oct 1, 2018, 10:45 am
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Oct 1, 2018, 10:58 am
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At the moment the ba app shows 21.15
The airport screens say 21.40
I guess its just a waiting game now.
Oct 1, 2018, 12:06 pm
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My worst approach (as pilot) was in to Nice on a clear blue-sky day last summer. There was a wind coming off the Alps which was swirling around the bay - you wouldn't have known a thing at ground level but at a few thousand feet it was some of the most uncomfortable turbulence I've encountered. We tried an approach to both runway directions and both times encountered "windshear" (which is a mandatory go-around) before we gave up and diverted. 2 hours later we tried again and it was smooth as you like!
Oct 1, 2018, 12:43 pm
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Oct 1, 2018, 12:49 pm
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Windshear is just a guess on my part, have a good listen to the pilot when you board the aircraft since they normally give chapter-and-verse. But yes, windshear plus a diversion would normally rule out EC261 on its own, there may be other factors that could bring it back in contention - so let's see what happens - but when there is a diversion you are probably in the realms of extraordinary circumstances.
Oct 1, 2018, 1:05 pm
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My worst approach (as pilot) was in to Nice on a clear blue-sky day last summer. There was a wind coming off the Alps which was swirling around the bay - you wouldn't have known a thing at ground level but at a few thousand feet it was some of the most uncomfortable turbulence I've encountered. We tried an approach to both runway directions and both times encountered "windshear" (which is a mandatory go-around) before we gave up and diverted. 2 hours later we tried again and it was smooth as you like!
How often does this happen there? Obviously a costly excercise to divert to another airport and come back 2 hours later.