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Old Feb 19, 2009, 7:07 am
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why some flights diverted to Larnaca?
Why are some flights diverted to Larnaca today:
- LY386 from Rome via Larnaca
- OS0857: from vienna via larnaca
- LY612 from Moscou via Larnaca

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Old Feb 19, 2009, 7:29 am
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Originally Posted by LY777
Why are some flights diverted to Larnaca today:
- LY386 from Rome via Larnaca
- OS0857: from vienna via larnaca
- LY612 from Moscou via Larnaca

Any info?
One of the biggest sandstorm that have ever happened in Sinai caused a lot of fog which makes the lansings in TLV be hard then ever.

Some flights were able to land while other sent to larnaca.

SDV airport is now closed, and all the flights who were support to land in it moved to TLV.

Yours, Gal.
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Old Feb 19, 2009, 7:49 am
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thanks for the info!
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Old Feb 19, 2009, 8:18 am
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Originally Posted by gordo6
One of the biggest sandstorm that have ever happened in Sinai caused a lot of fog which makes the landings in TLV be hard then ever.
The word is Haze, not Fog. Everything is yellow outside and visibility is very low.
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Old Feb 19, 2009, 8:20 am
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Originally Posted by apirchik
The word is Haze, not Fog. Everything is yellow outside and visibility is very low.
You are right.
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Old Feb 19, 2009, 12:54 pm
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Now the sky is clear tonight, landing shouldn't be a problem at TLV...
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Old Feb 20, 2009, 12:47 am
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Originally Posted by W9London
Now the sky is clear tonight, landing shouldn't be a problem at TLV...
TLV was not closed yesterday. Because of the haze and the wind they increased the spacing between flights and on the afternoon "rush hour" 4 flights (3 LY, 1 OS) were diverted to LCA - probably because they were short on fuel and could not wait in the air for long. Landings were on 26 because of the strong wind. Other than the 4 flights, all other flights arrived TLV as planned.
Those 4 flights arrived TLV 2-3 hours later than scheduled.

Anyway, the haze is over, now were in for a stormy weekend...
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