BA ERJ145 doing a little waltz at Southampton
I was photographing aircraft at SOU early this evening when I saw a curious incident with an ERJ. The aircraft taxied off the ramp as normal, and looked like she was going to do a regular backtrack down the runway to depart when the aircraft stopped (in the middle of the runway as far as I could tell) and commenced a series of turns on the spot, at one point turning right round.
I suspected a change of rwy, but then the a/c piroutted gently again, then stopped, then turned again. There was a pause and then it turned round and scooted back to the gate.
I was just curious what it was. Perhaps the DI's weren't 'swinging', or disagreed?