Monarch done some nifty scheduling Saturday at BHX when "BP" went
tech in Larnaca on Friday.
They managed to postion in a 321 from Gatwick in the early afternoon
and got the schedule back on track by Sunday.
However another one today has back-fired at BHX after aircraft "BI"
was taken this afternoon for a service elsewhere delaying the BHX-
Tenerife three hours.
The TFS had to wait for "RA" from Heraklion, which night-stops at BHX some weeks or operates a later HER.
However "RA" took off on the Tenerife at 18.56 followed by two loud bangs
on rotation and emergency landing back at BHX (19.09)
I was watching it on flightradar24.com and it appeared to level out at 2500 ft and didn't hang around - would that be an overweight landing with TFS fuel on board?
I assume another headache for ZB ops and a story to tell for the pax!
BBC News - 'Engine fire' on Monarch plane at Birmingham Airport
Pete