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Mar 28, 2016, 4:10 am

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Originally Posted by ft101

2,000 feet more of runway. More fuel burned off getting there.

Also, airlines have a mandatory divert policy after 2 or 3 (depending on the airline) Go Arounds. I suspect this is why they diverted.

Mar 28, 2016, 4:37 am

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Also, airlines have a mandatory divert policy after 2 or 3 (depending on the airline) Go Arounds. I suspect this is why they diverted.

fair enough!

Mar 28, 2016, 5:21 am

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I'm not saying ignore I'm saying override - why was it safer to land in London than Manchester?

Manchester runway length 3048m
Heathrow runway length 3658-3902 m

The extra 600-850m makes a lot of difference

Mar 28, 2016, 7:36 am

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There's a post on pprune saying that the pilots had to override the 'glitch' en-route to London, as it would have shown up again on approach to LHR.

I assume they must have got permission from EK ops.

Mar 30, 2016, 2:50 pm

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Now there's a surprise :-

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Emirates' press office stated, the three go-arounds were made due to weather.

I do hope somebody does sue them if they continue with that little scam.

Mar 30, 2016, 9:30 pm

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You will have to go the legal route - EK don't just pay out on these. They will probably blame the weather.

Told you...

How do people know it was for the runway reasons - did the pilot announce it?

Mar 31, 2016, 4:32 am

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Told you...

How do people know it was for the runway reasons - did the pilot announce it?

Yes - the pilots announced it was for technical reasons according the reports I've read.

If it was due to weather, why would they have tried twice on the right hand runway, and once on the left?