BA250 Santiago to Heathrow 22 Mar returns to SCL
Mar 22, 2024, 3:35 pm
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BA250 Santiago to Heathrow 22 Mar returns to SCL
Any ideas why this flight tonight is returning to SCL after 3 hours in flight ? We have 3 friends onboard . Thanks
Mar 22, 2024, 4:11 pm
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Hopefully someone with a more expert view will be along shortly, but I can’t imagine they are going to be able to have another go for a while as this is one of the longest flights on the network so I would imagine crew hours becomes an issue relatively quickly.
Mar 22, 2024, 4:26 pm
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Thanks both , they were in the air for nearly 6 hours . If it were medical or technical I would have thought they would have diverted to some where nearer like Sao Paulo , we will have to see .
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Mar 22, 2024, 4:53 pm
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Also, did you mean São Paulo? If yes, then I don’t believe this would have been nearer and likely have been a longer divert.
Mar 22, 2024, 8:01 pm
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Divert was indeed due to weather, just enroute WX as oppose to destination WX. Dispatched with one of the two weather radars inoperative and then the other became faulty as the aircraft approached an area of intense cumulonimbus activity. No safe path to continue so airborn return to SCL. Technical defects are the root cause.
Mar 22, 2024, 8:47 pm
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Thanks all .
According to friends onboard told as Sigwx reports.
Slight delay on departure because of a technical issue then Pilot said the weather system failed 3 hours into the flight .
Landed back in SCL , collected bags , queued for accommodation and bussed to Intercontinental Hotel . In room after about 3.5 hours from landing .
Hopefully they will get some rest .
According to friends onboard told as Sigwx reports.
Slight delay on departure because of a technical issue then Pilot said the weather system failed 3 hours into the flight .
Landed back in SCL , collected bags , queued for accommodation and bussed to Intercontinental Hotel . In room after about 3.5 hours from landing .
Hopefully they will get some rest .
Mar 23, 2024, 6:13 am
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Intercon Santiago is a nice touch; I'd have expected them to be deposited at the Holiday Inn attached to the terminal at SCL.
Thanks all .
According to friends onboard told as Sigwx reports.
Slight delay on departure because of a technical issue then Pilot said the weather system failed 3 hours into the flight .
Landed back in SCL , collected bags , queued for accommodation and bussed to Intercontinental Hotel . In room after about 3.5 hours from landing .
Hopefully they will get some rest .
According to friends onboard told as Sigwx reports.
Slight delay on departure because of a technical issue then Pilot said the weather system failed 3 hours into the flight .
Landed back in SCL , collected bags , queued for accommodation and bussed to Intercontinental Hotel . In room after about 3.5 hours from landing .
Hopefully they will get some rest .
Mar 23, 2024, 6:43 am
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Well done to BA and the ground handler. 3.5hrs to the hotel is extremely good.
Less well done to BA that they are flying aircraft across the network, on this occasion on a 14hr sector, with 1 weather radar inoperative, thus when inevitably, another fails this is the consequence.
Some of the other regulars who are closer to the detail will confirm, but this particular aircraft, BKC, won’t be the only one carrying a similar - allowable - defect.
Less well done to BA that they are flying aircraft across the network, on this occasion on a 14hr sector, with 1 weather radar inoperative, thus when inevitably, another fails this is the consequence.
Some of the other regulars who are closer to the detail will confirm, but this particular aircraft, BKC, won’t be the only one carrying a similar - allowable - defect.
Mar 23, 2024, 7:01 am
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Yes I thought 3.5 hours was not bad at all .
The hotel has told them that they have not yet heard from BA about their departure but they are booked in at the hotel until Sunday .
The BA website now says departing today at 1500 but passengers have heard nothing .
Does any one here have any further information ?
The hotel has told them that they have not yet heard from BA about their departure but they are booked in at the hotel until Sunday .
The BA website now says departing today at 1500 but passengers have heard nothing .
Does any one here have any further information ?
Mar 23, 2024, 11:05 am
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They have had no communication at all from BA and it’s all getting a bit confusing . They have tried ringing BA who have been unable to give them any useful information. The poor hotel reception is the only place that people have to go to to ask .
It was delayed until 1500 today then 2130 and on the app it now says 1500 again but I am not sure if that’s today or tomorrow.
They need to be back by Tuesday as their Dad / Grandfathers funeral is then . Travelling as married couple and adult son .
It was delayed until 1500 today then 2130 and on the app it now says 1500 again but I am not sure if that’s today or tomorrow.
They need to be back by Tuesday as their Dad / Grandfathers funeral is then . Travelling as married couple and adult son .
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Mar 23, 2024, 11:37 am
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I would suspect - and I’m not sticking up for them - but they are trying to secure a replacement weather radar, fit it and then test it. Without doing so, they can’t really set and communicate an ETD.