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7th Feb 2015, 08:32
From Holiday jet passengers diverted to remote Canadian airport on flight back to Manchester - Manchester Evening News (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/holiday-jet-passengers-diverted-remote-8572942)
Holiday jet diverted to Canada on flight back to Manchester after passenger falls ill
A holiday jet flying back to Manchester from Jamaica has been diverted - to a remote airport in the far north of Canada.
Thomas Cook flight TCX109 had to take the diversion after a passenger fell ill onboard.
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But when a passenger became ill it diverted to the remote Gander Airport in Labrador.
Gander Airport is actually on the island of Newfoundland, which is part of the Canadian Province of "Newfoundland and Labrador".
Flight radar shows the Airbus plane taking off from Jamaica, heading north along the west coast of America.The WEST coast? Guess they overflew Los Angeles and Vancouver on their way to ...
But instead of crossing the Atlantic it continues north, over Nova Scotia, then doubles back on itself to fly back south for a time.
Er, Nova Scotia, is actually to the South West of Newfoundland (the island), It is to the south of Labrador.
It then turns north east to land in Labrador, the most northerly point of Atlantic Canada.
Gander is on Newfoundland, a long, long way south of the most northerly point of 'Atlantic Canada'. It fact Gander is at 48 degrees N, slightly to the south of that most northerly city of the UK - London.
Edited to add: Here is FlightAware's track: Thomas Cook (MT) #109 ? 02.02.2015 ? MKJS / MBJ - EGCC / MAN ? FlightAware (http://de.flightaware.com/live/flight/TCX109/history/20150202/2205Z/MKJS/EGCC)
Holiday jet diverted to Canada on flight back to Manchester after passenger falls ill
A holiday jet flying back to Manchester from Jamaica has been diverted - to a remote airport in the far north of Canada.
Thomas Cook flight TCX109 had to take the diversion after a passenger fell ill onboard.
[...]
But when a passenger became ill it diverted to the remote Gander Airport in Labrador.
Gander Airport is actually on the island of Newfoundland, which is part of the Canadian Province of "Newfoundland and Labrador".
Flight radar shows the Airbus plane taking off from Jamaica, heading north along the west coast of America.The WEST coast? Guess they overflew Los Angeles and Vancouver on their way to ...
But instead of crossing the Atlantic it continues north, over Nova Scotia, then doubles back on itself to fly back south for a time.
Er, Nova Scotia, is actually to the South West of Newfoundland (the island), It is to the south of Labrador.
It then turns north east to land in Labrador, the most northerly point of Atlantic Canada.
Gander is on Newfoundland, a long, long way south of the most northerly point of 'Atlantic Canada'. It fact Gander is at 48 degrees N, slightly to the south of that most northerly city of the UK - London.
Edited to add: Here is FlightAware's track: Thomas Cook (MT) #109 ? 02.02.2015 ? MKJS / MBJ - EGCC / MAN ? FlightAware (http://de.flightaware.com/live/flight/TCX109/history/20150202/2205Z/MKJS/EGCC)