What did actually happen here to warrant such a reaction from the authority?
As far as I understand the posts here, the aircraft departed IOM for BFS. So far, so normal. The crew found the weather at BFS not to their liking, so they returned to IOM, which, I presume, was either their nominated alternate or well within their endurance. Again, this is not extraordinary.
But then it gets odd. The aircraft has landed rather normally, appears to be in one piece and not in an unusual position/attitude. Noone mentioned anything about a declared emergency either. It is nevertheless surrounded by emergency vehicles and was told not by ATC, but by CAA, to shut down in position and desist from moving the aircraft under its own power. This would normally, in case of an emergency, be the Captains call and noone elses. And to top this off, the airline has been shut down, at least temporarily, rather quickly.
Why?
Last edited by Tu.114; 24th Feb 2017 at 10:55.