Jordan D
23rd Dec 2003, 16:45
Was flying LGW-RAK (Marrakech) last Tuesday. Just before take off, plane landed and was followed in by fire crews to remote hold. Looked like a BA jet ... can anyone give me more information?
My flight itself was not without incident. Left LGW, and within 45 minutes above Bay of Biscay had to delcare emergency to divert to Nantes Atlanique, due to smoke/fumes in the cockpitof the A320. Pilots were on Oxygen (could here them breathing heavily from their masks when the talked to the cabin). Well executed landing, and we were on the ground within 10 minutes.
Full marks to crew/cabin staff for all their help (especially with giving us something for our ears: 39000ft down to sea level in 10 minutes is not fun). Full marks for the replacement crew who flew a 737-300 down from Gatwick to pick us up then go on to RAK - FO of that crew said they were meant to be going to East Midlands to deliver aircraft to new owner.
Zero Marks for Nantes Staff, who were unfriendly at best, and unhelpful most of the time. Even worse marks for treating soem diplomats very badly. And no marks to Brussells, who refused the Nantes-Marrakech flight plan 3 times, leading to the pilots having to get their charts out and do the plan by hand!
Jordan
My flight itself was not without incident. Left LGW, and within 45 minutes above Bay of Biscay had to delcare emergency to divert to Nantes Atlanique, due to smoke/fumes in the cockpitof the A320. Pilots were on Oxygen (could here them breathing heavily from their masks when the talked to the cabin). Well executed landing, and we were on the ground within 10 minutes.
Full marks to crew/cabin staff for all their help (especially with giving us something for our ears: 39000ft down to sea level in 10 minutes is not fun). Full marks for the replacement crew who flew a 737-300 down from Gatwick to pick us up then go on to RAK - FO of that crew said they were meant to be going to East Midlands to deliver aircraft to new owner.
Zero Marks for Nantes Staff, who were unfriendly at best, and unhelpful most of the time. Even worse marks for treating soem diplomats very badly. And no marks to Brussells, who refused the Nantes-Marrakech flight plan 3 times, leading to the pilots having to get their charts out and do the plan by hand!
Jordan