Originally Posted by
Teddy engineer
Curious what you pilots take is on this as I am questioning whether they should have attempted this flight in the first place given how bad the weather was.
The royals aren't the first passengers to end up back where they started because of thunderstorms at/around destination, and they won't be the last....it's not a massively exceptional event and it's only news because of those involved
If airlines avoided flying through areas where Thunderstorms were forecast, and /or avoided departing for destinations where thunderstorms were forecast, then fro example India would be closed through out the Monsoon season, parts of the Caribbean would be shut down for months.
The important thing is having a plan avoiding the weather (radar/Mk 1 eyeball) that is actually there, carrying enough fuel to cater for weather avoidance and extended holding and most importantly being prepared to divert or return to point of origin if that is an option if that is an option it is a short sector.