DUBLIN
 

What was the problem at DUB this morning? I understand it was closed for a short time for an "emergency"?

Hansol from what I hear, a major emergency plan in operation at Shannon, and "emergency landing" due in the next hour. Local radio mentioned an aircraft with 5 on board. Sorry, that's all I have at present.

Apparently someone spilt some Guiness in the terminal. Could have heard a pin drop. :p

This is from the RTE Website re DUB:
Passengers have been evacuated from a plane at Dublin Airport after fears of a fire on board.

Aer Lingus flight EI432, bound for Milan, was about to take off when the pilot reported there was smoke in the cabin.

61 passengers were evacuated via the plane's emergency chutes.

Smoke in Cabin
 

According to reports, the Aer Lingus 432 flight to Milan was delayed due to wx in Milan. While on the ground, smoke was reported in the cabin.

Shutes were deployed and all evacuated. 1 CC member sustained injury, but otherwise all ok and having breakfast while awaiting replacement aircraft.

No fire found, and cause of smoke is being investigated.

Re: Shannon emergency

Heard it is a Galaxy east bound. Reported tyre fire (where fire occurred I don't know) 61 souls on board. Landed uneventfully, all OK, emergency services stood down.

The Shannon Emergency was a C17 Loadmaster with hydraulic problems. Circled over Cork for an hour to burn down fuel and landed without requiring further assistance.

Well that's the one I was got out of bed for.

Looks like they changed aircraft and continued on with one less passenger! Scheduled departure time is 07:20, left over 3 hours late.

AER LINGUS - EI 432


Operational Flight Information
Airport Hour FLIGHT INFORMATION
Dublin (DUB), Dublin, Ireland 09:00 NEXT INFO WILL BE AT
Dublin (DUB), Dublin, Ireland - RCRAFT DEFECTS
Dublin (DUB), Dublin, Ireland 10:25 ESTIMATED TIME OF DEPARTURE
Dublin (DUB), Dublin, Ireland - RCRAFT DEFECTS
Dublin (DUB), Dublin, Ireland 10:21 LEFT THE GATE
Dublin (DUB), Dublin, Ireland 10:30 TOOK OFF
Dublin (DUB), Dublin, Ireland - NGERS ON BOARD 60)
Dublin (DUB), Dublin, Ireland 03:01 PLANE IS LATE IN HOURS MINUTES)
Dublin (DUB), Dublin, Ireland - CHANGE
Linate (LIN), Milan, Italy 13:49 ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL
Linate (LIN), Milan, Italy 13:41 AIRCRAFT LANDED
Linate (LIN), Milan, Italy 13:46 ARRIVED

one less crew maybe,a cabin crew member was takin to hospital.

An earlier report stated 1 crew member was injured in the evacuation. Hope they are all right.

60 passengers isn't very many. What type an aircraft would be used on this flight, A320?. They can't be making much money with a load like that.

Emergency at Shannon
 

Sorry Rotorbike ,

But I think you mean a C-17 Globemaster,not a Loadmaster

well maybe called a loadmaster when you consider the ammunition it was carrying!!

on the aer lingus incident,it was just precautionary the cc member going to hospital,think it was just a leg injury.

It's not on the website yet, but according to Irish media, Ryanair have announced Dublin-Kaunas.

Also, this may be old news, but Centralwings will launch Dublin-Lodz and Dublin-Gdansk

18 new Ryanair routes announced today. 5 New based B737-800's. 1.5 million extra Ryanair passengers each year at Dublin

New routes

FRANCE - Marseille, Nantes and La Rochelle
GERMANY - Baden (Stuttgart) and Hamburg
POLAND - Krakow, Poznan and Wroclaw
ITALY - Milan and Venice
SWEDEN - Gothenburg and Malmo
SPAIN - Valencia
PORTUGAL - Porto
AUSTRIA - Salzburg
SLOVAKIA - Bratislava
LITHUANIA - Kaunas
UK - Humberside

Increased Frequencies

Dublin – Frankfurt increases to twice daily
Dublin – Barcelona increases to daily
Dublin – Faro increases to daily
Dublin – Malaga increases to 8 per week
Dublin – Carcassonne increases to 5 per week
Dublin – Biarritz increases to 4 per week
Dublin – Lodz increases to 3 per week

Dublin City Airport? Options?
 

What are the possibilities for a City Airport in Dublin? Apart from the obivious, the price of property, why hasnt there been a case for a City airport. Belfast have one, why not Dublin, or even Cork. The congestion at DUB puts off a lot or people. Why take a flight when in just over 2 hours, you could be in Befast or Galway. If any of the Irish boys can answer that, its appreciated!

airbourne

the property men are making way too much money building apartments and financial blocks to allow docks to be paved over. Plus if flightpaths were anywhere near Dublin 4 the delicate souls there would have a fit!

Dublin City Airport
 

The idea was around some years back,shortly after LCY opened,someone in Dublin proposed the building of a LCY style airport at a sight near Fairview Park,which is about 3 miles from O'Connell Street,I d'ont know what happened,but a new road was built on the proposed sight.

That and the fact that when there is no traffic you could technically be in o'connel street in about 15 mins from the current airport...of course, I am talking theoretically here!!! :p

DAA (owned by govt remember) would go ape at any capacity being removed from DUB to "Dublin City" since that would reduce the case for 10L/28R. (edit:oops got my runways wrong way round!)

BHD is the Shorts runway, isn't it? In which case they were only making more use of what was already there.

Also - BHD has continual trouble with strict opening hours, hostile pols and has reached the passenger cap.

Dublin Aiport is only 5 miles from the city centre, hardly miles away. A decent rail link would obviously be a cheaper and better solution than a city airport.