cbfh

Flight diverted to Paris—odd smell in the cockpit and forward part of cabin the captain said. Captain made decision to divert to CDG. Met by fire engines and emergency vehicles on arrival—usual routine i guess when a plane is diverted. I was seated in first row, personally did not smell anything nor did the person sitting next to me. All passengers now sitting in a departure lounge in terminal 2B, waiting for BA to tell us what next—been more than an hour and nothing from BA as yet. Other than just sitting here and waiting what are my options? We have not entered the EU, so we are just stuck I assume.

Can I help you

Showing around a 4 hour delay into Athens.

PUCCI GALORE

It was supposed to leave for ATH at 10.00. It is probably a nightmare getting paperwork and a new slot. The return flight was showing a four hour delay.

cbfh

Thanks i see a scheduled departure for 10:11 on Flightradar—it’s well past that now so looks like we are not leaving anytime soon. Looking at the bright side, at least they haven’t cancelled the flight—yet!

DYKWIA

This seems to be happening quite a lot on BA A320 series. Do other airlines have the same sort of issues?

Can I help you

Think you may have spoken too soon.

cbfh

indeed! Flight cancelled.

scottishpoet

I do not see it mentioned on other forums. LH has a large a320 fleet. I do not recall this topic ever coming up on that forum

jmd

That may have more to do with differences between the two forums than between the two airlines

scottishpoet

can you show me any other forum that has regular reports of a320s frequently returning or divering due to smoke or smells on the cockpit?

the BA forum has had at least 2 this week alone.

If this was happening sonregularly on lh, i firmly believe it would have cropped up on that forum on that

13901

Here's what the Aviation Herald (a site worth sponsoring, I say it without being associated to it) shows when searching for 'fumes': https://avherald.com/h?search_term=f...x=0&search.y=0

Or for odour: https://avherald.com/h?search_term=o...x=0&search.y=0

jmd

[QUOTE=scottishpoet;36258318]can you show me any other forum that has regular reports of a320s frequently returning or divering due to smoke or smells on the cockpit?

the BA forum has had at least 2 this week alone.

If this was happening sonregularly on lh, i firmly believe it would have cropped up on that forum on that[/QUOTE

You may be right, but I suspect it is more to do with the BA forum being more active and more interested in talking about more general aviation issues. That to me is more likely than the fact that BA’s A320s somehow have issues which other airlines don’t.

cbfh

So to update on this, the flight was cancelled and it seems most people are going back to London today and will try for Athens tomorrow. I must say that BA proactively rebooked me, so by the time i made to head of the queue to be reaccomodated, I was all sorted, so the very put upon BA agents here in Paris were relieved. I must commend them for how they dealt with all the angry people in front of them. However to top it off, BA kindly left my checked bag in London, so it was never put on the original flight. Also since I was connecting to Athens, it means I have to get a hotel for the night in London—but BA has shown no signs of covering this cost. As well, I was booked in my hotel in Athens and now have to pay for one night that I will not be there. Does BA owe any compensation for any of this? Just wondering.

scottishpoet

ba has to cover duty of care

A hotel room up to Ł200 will paid without question (one example...the 'off airport' hilton t5 tonight is currently Ł151), along with meals, but no alcohol.

Alternatively, The transfer desk at lhr may be able to arrange something directly by BA. Often the Rennaisance. They would also provide vouchers for the hoppa bus etc...

The cost of the hotel night in Athens is consequential loss and not covered by BA. Your travel insurer possibly.

You are probably also be entitled to the UK equivalent if EU261 compensation

atcodave

And have a look at CWS lovingly created wiki here Disruption Assistance thread - signposts and what you need to know