View Full Version : Gibraltar Bomb Scare
djfwells
1st Sep 2012, 20:31
Bomb scare outside Gibraltar airport forces BMIBaby diversion to Malaga
Gibraltar bomb scare (http://www.tumbit.com/news/articles/5948-gibraltar-bomb-scare.html)
P6 Driver
1st Sep 2012, 20:38
If the jet flies from Malaga to Gib will it have to land at Faro or Tangiers first, or are the Spanish more flexible nowadays when it comes to flight into/out of Gib?
MKY661
1st Sep 2012, 22:08
They just go straight to Malaga now if they cant get into GIB
chevvron
1st Sep 2012, 22:38
Yes but what P6 was getting at was the Spanish childishly didn't used to allow flights to go direct from Spanish Territory to Gib; have they relaxed that rule?
P6 Driver
2nd Sep 2012, 06:14
easy...
Destination FAO.. Alternate Gib http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/evil.gifhttp://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/evil.gif
A nice try, but the Spanish ATC used to see right through that one!
The rule that Chevvron kindly explained (and with hindsight, I should have done in my first post...) used to be very rigidly enforced for both civil and military aircraft, but it's a few years since I was familiar with them, hence my question.
Mr @ Spotty M
2nd Sep 2012, 08:07
No longer an issue, you can divert to AGP and then operate AGP-GIB when weather improves.