Skipness One Echo.
Thanks for your post # 611 but politely I can see no worthy contribution to the facts for the benefit of readers relating to the topic in hand I`m afraid.
If there are any viewers they will have made their own judgements already from the posts & other info now have they not?.
I make no apologies for my own posts relating to the subject concerned with nought more to add or repeat.
More generally I feel I do not require to apologise either for my "positive view" of news concerning STN.
I really really do attempt to add "news" tho once in a while..It could be construed that some do not.
The only news input I can offer from your post is that... yes I am aware that some flights were departing & as has been reasoned must have been fully boarded prior decisions already related were taken.
STN ATIS was transmitting full normal airfield info with the added "closed to arriving a/c".
FDX MD11F arrived during the event I believe too.