Originally Posted by
bar none
As the original poster I am mildly amused by the replies to a simple question of why a A320 took off from one airport, circled three times and then landed downwind against the traffic flow at another airport.
Alf5071h decided it was not eventfull enough for Rumours & News.
Paul852 presumed a passenger became unruly as soon as the aircraft became airborne.
Lomopaseo wanted a definition of 'dived', presumably with his lawyer's hat on.
Gearlever ( a real star) decided an undefined flap issue was not an emergency.
Gearlever then decided that commonly accepted rules regarding squawking 7700 do not apply to him because he knows better.
Gearlever offered the opinion that none of us know what an emergency is.
Several contributors then had a very interesting discussion about the merits of squawking 7700 (interesting but irrelevent to the original question).
Thank you Auxtank for the answer.
You're most welcome bar none.
I tend to stay away from the initial hysteria of R and N and post a day or so later when at least the basic facts become known.
This particular thread seems to have garnered a high proportion of hysterics - must be the time of year - so has I suppose, been amusing if not informative in the slightest.
Thanks for posting.