Diversions from around the globe (medical, technical, ...) 2017

[Kapitein]

KL643 AMS - JFK diverting to St John, Canada
PH-BFT 747-400
Reason unknown

Captain incapacitated - was taken to hospital at St Johns, but is now 'stable'. Source: Dutch forums.

KL643 back on route to JFK

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Iran Air A300-600 reg. EP-IBD operating flight IR710 to Tehran IKA is returning to London Heathrow for the second time, reason unknown.

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KL643 back on route to JFK

A replacement crew had to be flown to St. John's from JFK and was delayed by poor weather. While waiting for the replacement crew the passengers had been taken to hotels. That should also mean some 24 hr delay for them.

Story in The Aviation Herald: https://avherald.com/h?article=4a575886&opt=0
Story on CBC (Canadian TV): http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/newf ... -1.4000203

The plane waiting in St. John:

[Passenger]

According to sources on Twitter, British Airways BA481 (A321 G-EUXG) Barcelona-Heathrow declared medical emergency. Apparently a medical emergency with the captain.

[Passenger]

Story on AvHerald.com: A LOT Boeing 787-800, performing flight LO-6523 from Warsaw to Mauritius, was enroute at FL370 over the Mediterranean Sea when the crew decided to turn around and return to Warsaw due to engine (Trent 1000) vibrations... A replacement Boeing 787-800 departed Warsaw about 4 hours after SP-LRF landed back and is estimated to reach Mauritius with a total delay of about 10 hours.
More details:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4a58373a&opt=0

[Charlie Roy]

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingne ... 79091.html

Yesterday a United flight from Paris (CDG) to Newark (EWR) diverted to Shannon (SNN) with a cracked windscreen.

[quixoticguide]

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Story on AvHerald.com: A LOT Boeing 787-800, performing flight LO-6523 from Warsaw to Mauritius, was enroute at FL370 over the Mediterranean Sea when the crew decided to turn around and return to Warsaw due to engine (Trent 1000) vibrations... A replacement Boeing 787-800 departed Warsaw about 4 hours after SP-LRF landed back and is estimated to reach Mauritius with a total delay of about 10 hours.
More details:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4a58373a&opt=0

It's Boeing 787-8 not 787-800

[quixoticguide]

Iran Air A300-600 reg. EP-IBD operating flight IR710 to Tehran IKA is returning to London Heathrow for the second time, reason unknown.

I will ask my Iranian friends about this.
Aircraft still in LHR at the moment.

[Passenger]

Story on AvHerald.com: A LOT Boeing 787-800, performing flight LO-6523 from Warsaw to Mauritius, was enroute at FL370 over the Mediterranean Sea when the crew decided to turn around and return to Warsaw due to engine (Trent 1000) vibrations... A replacement Boeing 787-800 departed Warsaw about 4 hours after SP-LRF landed back and is estimated to reach Mauritius with a total delay of about 10 hours.
More details:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4a58373a&opt=0

It's Boeing 787-8 not 787-800

The Aviation Herald always reports 787 incidents as 787-800 787-900.
Same for 747-8, which are reported as 747-800.

[quixoticguide]

Iran Air A300-600 reg. EP-IBD operating flight IR710 to Tehran IKA is returning to London Heathrow for the second time, reason unknown.

I will ask my Iranian friends about this.
Aircraft still in LHR at the moment.

It was a technical reason.

[sn26567]

Emirates A380 A6-EOC operating flight EK85 from Dubai to Zurich is diverting to Frankfurt after 2 go-arounds due to high winds.

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Norwegian flight DY7125 (Boeing 787-8 reg. LN-LNH) from Copenhagen to San Juan (Puerto Rico) is diverting to Shannon due to medical emergency (72-year old diabetic man)

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Oman Air flight WY123 Muscat-Munich (A330 reg. A4O-DI) has diverted to Sofia, Bulgaria due to smoke from the entertainment system.

[Passenger]

A medical emergency for TUI Fly (NL) OR-337 Amsterdam-Varadero: divertion to Manchester. The 787-8 (PH-TFM) continued OR-337 to VRA after two hours at MAN.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ph-tfm

[sn26567]

Aeromexico flight AMX7 (Boeing 787-8 reg. N965AM) from MEX to LHR diverted to Brussels, reason unknown.

See more details in this topic: viewtopic.php?f=21&t=61071

[Passenger]

Aeromexico flight AMX7 (Boeing 787-8 reg. N965AM) from MEX to LHR diverted to Brussels, reason unknown.

See more details in this topic: viewtopic.php?f=21&t=61071

There are a lot of holdings near Heathrow right now, so probably no fuel enough to enter a holding. Example: this A380:

[sn26567]

Oman Air flight WY123 Muscat-Munich (A330 reg. A4O-DI) has diverted to Sofia, Bulgaria due to smoke from the entertainment system.

Reported in The Aviation Herald: https://avherald.com/h?article=4a5c9d76&opt=0

"The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Sofia for about 23 hours, then continued the flight as WY-123D and reached Munich with a delay of 23 hours."

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Lufthansa flight LH758 (Airbus A340-300 reg. D-AIFD) from Frankfurt to Chennai is diverting to Munich. Very short flight indeed!

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Oman Air flight WY123 Muscat-Munich (A330 reg. A4O-DI) has diverted to Sofia, Bulgaria due to smoke from the entertainment system.

Reported in The Aviation Herald: https://avherald.com/h?article=4a5c9d76&opt=0
"The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Sofia for about 23 hours, then continued the flight as WY-123D and reached Munich with a delay of 23 hours."

There is more in the story. Oman Air blamed the IFE system for being responsible for the smoke in the cabin. Thales, the supplier of that IFE, categorically denied that the system was responsible for the incident.

Then, the pilot said the plane would take off after the stop in Sofia, but later he declared the aircraft unfit to fly and passengers had to spend the night in hotels, with little help from the airlines and its handling agent.

Full story: https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2017/03/0 ... -on-wy123/

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Jet Airways flight 9W234 (Boeing 777-300ER reg. VY-JEV) from Amsterdam to Toronto is diverting to Shannon. (Last year, it would have taken off from Brussels...)