Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
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They're doing a nice tight little holding pattern at 13000 feet north east of Oxford, poor sods. Hope they get a bar service at least, presumably this is the fuel burn part and I suppose may last a while.
Wondering if G-XLEE has wifi so we can brief them on the EC261 position.
What happens onboard these diverted flights? Is there still some sort of service or does everything stop?
Had a midflight turn around en-route to JNB a couple of years ago.... Somewhere over Algeria so pretty much a 6hr flight to nowhere due to a problem with the #4 engine. Bar service as normal followed by main meal (dinner) after we turned back and landing back into C gates at around 1am where letters were handed out regarding the delay and which bus stop to go to for the overnight accommodation. Yes it was frustrating but ultimately it was handled as well as it could have been. Ops decided to bring us back to LHR as opposed to continue to JNB due to industrial action with the maintenance provider in JNB which would have resulted in a stranded aircraft down route for a number of days. Whatever the issue was would have been a no go item for the return sector.
Nov 6, 2018, 11:02 am
