Originally Posted by
golf yankee one one
I would question whether the diversion was "handled well"
The problem was apparantly first identified just north of Belfast, yet the diversion was to BHX. Disruption was caused to thousands of passengers (including myself, inbound on KL1431)
The possibility of a runway closure was presumably predictable with a hydraulic issue, and yet a single runway airport was selected.
Why not MAN with two runways where the subsequent disruption would have been minimised?
Could it be because Norwegian fly from BHX and therefore have some "infrastructure" to handle the diverted passengers. If so, their own company's operational convenience was allowed to cause huge disruption to passengers of many other carriers. This is simply wrong and should not be allowed.
Norwegian don't operate passenger flights from BHX, they stopped quite a while ago.
All BHX sees is the 788 and 789 regularly due to the ongoing engine issues.
I can't help with the most suitable airport around but one forum mentioned the crew wanted a long runway with a favourable wind due to the issues involved and BHX matched -
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