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Post by satcom on Aug 7, 2010 18:35:48 GMT 1
BAW 269 on a 7700E and now dumping fuel over the Irish sea....off the Lancs coast FL330
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Post by Biggles on Aug 7, 2010 18:52:25 GMT 1
What freq is he using ?
Watching it in flightradar24.com
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Post by satcom on Aug 7, 2010 19:14:23 GMT 1
Sorry , non radio at the moment, but he's still holding possibly for a divert into Manchester
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Post by Biggles on Aug 7, 2010 19:30:38 GMT 1
Right now, 19.30 over BHM heading back to LHR descending. Anyone know what the problem was with this flight  I couldn`t get any RT as I watched it rtb LHR via flightradar24. appeared to land back at LHR around 8pm.  |
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Post by Monvillez on Aug 9, 2010 11:25:46 GMT 1
Suspect it may be related to this story in the Daily Star; www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/148262/POSH-S-40-000FT-TERROR/Turns out Posh Spice was on it when it developed technical problems with the fuel system. It really annoys me how the papers have typically bummed it up to be some big drama when in fact it actually dumped it's fuel in the Irish Sea and then flew all the way back to Heathrow, bypassing countless suitable airfields for an 'emergency landing'! I'm no expert by a long shot but I'd say the issue was fairly minor and as a pre-cautionary measure the Captain took the decision to get the aircraft back to the best base to deal with the actual system problem, not a full scale, get me down now, emergency! Regards, Garry |
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Post by Biggles on Aug 9, 2010 20:40:56 GMT 1
Just beat me to that info, I agree on the statement about it being a precautionary incident. The Sun ! say no more stated passengers where panicking well except Posh that was who changed her clothes from shorts into a dress ? I would sensible if your going to panic or maybe have done.  |
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I couldn`t get any RT as I watched it rtb LHR via flightradar24. appeared to land back at LHR around 8pm. 
