I remember that day, just, was the famed OC Ops known affectionately as 'Apple'?
Several divertees arrived at Wattisham and proceeded to recount to us the whole, almost unbelievable, saga. If I recall correctly, Apple, sitting in the Barrier with career fading by the second, was desperately trying to take over ATC by instructing people to land over the top of his aircraft stuck in the Barrier. At least that direction was into wind, but nobody obliged.
And then there was Arthur, a hangar and no brakes
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