Virgin A340-600 @ Egcc.

[matjr79]

Just seen a Virgin A340 landing at MAN. Anyone aware of the reason?

[KarlADrage]

Wx is pretty grim darn sarf - may have something to do with it?

Kenyan 738 on delivery diverted in there earlier when LHR was the original destination.

[overthewing]

Living near Gatwick, I'm not aware of anything approaching bad weather, unless a/c are averse to mild dampness. Perhaps there's fog at LHR?

[Big Hilly]

Living near Gatwick, I'm not aware of anything approaching bad weather, unless a/c are averse to mild dampness. Perhaps there's fog at LHR?

Bit different at Heathrow:

EGLL 141520Z 14004KT 090V200 0800 R27R/1400 R27L/P1500 FG BKN002 02/02 Q1014 BECMG 2000 BR BKN005

(EGKK 141520Z 00000KT 9000 BKN013 04/04 Q1014)

[student88]

Heaps of fog where I live in south east Essex.

[ross o carrol kelly]

hi guys,

i know that alot of our 747 are in for heavy maintanince work this year and as a result the airbus will be covering alot of the 747 routes out of lhr/lgw/man etc.....so this is/wont be too much of surprise then really.

did you happen to get the flight number? if so go to the vs web page and find out which route it is on.

rock

[Re-Heat]

Fogged out throughout London this morning - little action at City first thing

[M.Mouse]

For those unable to decipher MET reports and forecasts, the visibility has been poor all day (400 metres the worst shown below) with very low cloud. It is forecast to improve from about 1600 onwards.

If you believe that as they say!


EGLL 141520Z 14004KT 090V200 0800 R27R/1400 R27L/P1500 FG BKN002 02/02 Q1014 BECMG 2000 BR BKN005=
EGLL 141520Z 14004KT 090V200 0800 R27R/1400 R27L/P1500 FG BKN002 02/02 Q1014=
EGLL 141450Z 16004KT 120V240 0300 R27L/0600 R27R/0600 FG VV/// 02/02 Q1014 BECMG 1200 BR BKN004=
COR EGLL 141450Z 16004KT 120V240 0300 R27L/0600 R27R/0600 FG VV/// 02/02 Q1014 BECMG 1200 BR BKN004=
EGLL 141450Z 16004KT 120V240 0300 R27L/0600 R27R/0600 FG VV/// 02/02 Q1014=
EGLL 141420Z 21005KT 160V250 0200 R27L/0650 R27R/P1500 FG VV/// 02/02 Q1015 BECMG 1200 BR BKN004=
COR EGLL 141420Z 21005KT 160V250 0200 R27L/0650 R27R/P1500 FG VV/// 02/02 Q1015 BECMG 1200 BR BKN004=
EGLL 141350Z VRB03KT 0800 R27L/0400 R27R/P1500 FG BKN001 02/02 Q1014 BECMG 1500 BR BKN004=
COR EGLL 141350Z VRB03KT 0800 R27L/0400 R27R/P1500 FG BKN001 02/02 Q1014 BECMG 1500 BR BKN004=
EGLL 141350Z VRB03KT 0800 R27L/0400 R27R/P1500 FG BKN001 02/02 Q1014=

FT: TAF AMD EGLL 141456Z 1415/1518 VRB03KT 0300 FG BKN001 BECMG 1415/1417 2000 BR SCT020 PROB40 1415/1418 BKN007 BECMG 1416/1420 16010KT 6000 NSW BECMG 1502/1505 BKN010 PROB40 1504/1510 3000 BR BKN004 BECMG 1509/1512 9999 PROB40 1510/1518 SCT030=

[stue]

See, its not always "grim up north!":p

[Will Hung]

Don't you mean ooop narth ?

[Landing Lamp]

Did two Virgin A346's come in today? saw one at about 1500 and then 1520 or was it the same aircraft and it did a go around

[harrogate]

Yeah, there was two.

Both LHR diverts.

VS251 - A346 G-VGAS (PVG-LHR)
VS901 - A346 G-VFIZ (NRT-LHR)

[Out Of Trim]

Gatwick also had Fog earlier around 11:00 - 1230 ish with vis down to around 200-300 metres at times. Some aircraft got stand holds - due to low visibility delaying some departures slightly.

I also saw a VS A340 arriving at LGW around 1640 ish - Poss LHR divert?

[Landing Lamp]

It was a great sight and I would love to see more of them grace the tarmac ay MAN

[Jetset320]

I assume they diverted due to not having (enough) holding fuel. Anyone knows how long the EAT were in the thick of LVOs?