I was flying in that area that night, we diverted to Girona. Nothing on the forecasts, everywhere was supposed to be CAVOK...
Spanish ATC was at its best as usual
, giving priorities to departing traffic (Spanish Airlines with slots
) rather than bringing the holding airplanes safely to the ground.
The Transavia was low on fuel, he opted to land on runway 02 in GRO (20 was the one in use).
I talked with the pilots of the plane parked next to us, they were given the number 15 in the queue for the hold over BCN, they diverted to GRO.
Quite a night, almost made me miss Christmas at home
