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RAT 5
Not quite volcanic ash and 00's of cancelled flights. What was the outcome of this? A/C turned back, 'ground tested found satis', then what? Did they takeoff again or were they cancelled. And then what? Compensation? What about later flights? Reports like this need to be complete, i.e. reported to a final conclusion and not be left open ended.
VS15 I can expand on a little bit -
Departed Gatwick as usual around 1245UTC, fumes in cockpit. Passengers hear the word Mayday. Returned to Gatwick with emergency vehicles in attendance. Remained on the plane, eventually refueled and then departed Gatwick again around 17:15.
Mid-flight a baby was taken unwell so the decision was taken to divert to Bermuda. Crew unsurprisingly were out of hours so overnighted there, then bad weather prevented delay until it eventually got away and arrived at MCO at 0100UTC - so some 36 hours after it first left GLW
