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

[quixoticguide]

FI454 to LHR diverted back to KEF

[Frederic_K]

LH440 returning
Oil leak in engine

Isn't that a long way to go with a leak in the engine, all the way from Iceland to Frankfurt? It's true that the A380 has four of them and can easily miss one...

Easier/faster* to bring back plane and repair in FRA.
I was on that flight
Not to mention the understaffed customer that which had to rebook an entire A380

*for Lufthansa

[quixoticguide]

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FI454 to LHR diverted back to KEF

Was a technical problem

[sn26567]

LH440 returning
Oil leak in engine

Isn't that a long way to go with a leak in the engine, all the way from Iceland to Frankfurt? It's true that the A380 has four of them and can easily miss one...

Easier/faster* to bring back plane and repair in FRA.
I was on that flight
Not to mention the understaffed customer that which had to rebook an entire A380

*for Lufthansa

Can you tell us on which flight you were rebooked and your delay on arrival in IAH compared to your initial schedule?

[Frederic_K]

Can you tell us on which flight you were rebooked and your delay on arrival in IAH compared to your initial schedule?

Sure!
We were notified when flying over Iceland safety is crucial and we would return because of the reasons I stated earlier.
Upon arrival FRA airport was quite chaotic, as all people had to go to the 16 service desks to have an individual solution. I was at the first 20% of the row and still I had to wait for 2 hours, so people standing at the back will have been there a lot longer.
I heard 3 options:
-fly out to Munich in the evening, stay in their back up hotel and take the MUN-IAH leg in the morning
-stay in FRA, go to the hotel and at 6.45 take the FRA-MUN flight and then do MUN-IAH
-stay in FRA, go to the hotel and take next days 10.00 FRA-IAH flight.

I was lucky enough to get option 3, so exact delay was 24 hours.

[sn26567]

Thanks for your testimony. That's a case for an EU261 compensation.

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lufthan ... in-engine/

[Stij]

I'm wondering... do you get miles twice now? You have two boardingpasses... so...

Cheers,

Stij

[Passenger]

Thanks for your testimony. That's a case for an EU261 compensation.
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lufthan ... in-engine/

Me thinks that an inflight engine failure is an extraordinary circumstance, thus excluding the compensation.

It also seems that Lufthansa arranged assistance and offered rerouting possibilities. So one can only blame them for not having an A380 and crew in backup...

[sn26567]

Wizzair flight #W6-1898 from Reykjavik, Iceland to Wroclaw, Poland (A320 reg. HA-LPH) returned to Keflavik 40 minutes after take off. The reason was a fire in one toilet, according to @visir_is on Twitter. Somebody has been smoking where he shouldn't?

[Passenger]

Vueling VY-8318 (A320-200 EC-MAH) just has done a city trip out of Amsterdam, to Antwerp and Ghent. Original destination out of Amsterdam was Barcelona:

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... ah#eddbed4

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ec-mah

[Passenger]

Vueling VY-8318 (A320-200 EC-MAH) just has done a city trip out of Amsterdam, to Antwerp and Ghent. Original destination out of Amsterdam was Barcelona:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... ah#eddbed4
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ec-mah

Technical issue: bleed air problem.

[sn26567]

Malaysia Airlines flight MH3 (A380-800 reg. 9M-MND) from London LHR to Kuala Lumpur) is squawking 7700 and diverting back to LHR. Medical emergency.

[Frederic_K]

I'm wondering... do you get miles twice now? You have two boardingpasses... so...

Cheers,

Stij

Nope. Only once

[sn26567]

Germanwings flight 4U5258 from Berlin Tegel to ... (Airbus A319 reg. D-AKNQ) is squawking 7700 ( General emergency) and diverting to Nantes.

[HQ_BRU_Lover]

What happened to the HQ flight BRU-ACE? U-turn above Angers and returned to BRU. Reached ACE with 3 hours delay.

[sn26567]

China Eastern Airlines flight #MU780 (Auckland-Shanghai, A330-200 reg. B-6537) is diverting to Brisbane to get more fuel, because of fuel shortage in Auckland (see article https://www.aviation24.be/airports/auckl ... ellations/).

[sn26567]

Due to fog at Shannon, several flights diverted to Dublin this morning

[Kapitein]

UA932 777-200ER N206UA IAD - FRA diverted to BRU due to medical problem

[sn26567]

Norwegian #DY7064 from Oakland to Oslo (Boeing 787-9 reg. LN-LNJ) diverted to Edinburgh earlier today due to a medical emergency.

[sn26567]

British Airways #BA168 (Shanghai-London Heathrow, Boeing 777-200ER reg. G-YMMP) diverted to LGW to avoid a fuel mayday after 1h ground hold at PVG and 1/2h holding for LHR.