Nothing landing DXB
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Nothing landing DXB
Flights going out of DXB off 30, but doesn't look like anythings landed for a good half hour plus and (if you believe FR24) there's holding over multiple way points including OSTIN...
Weather looks ok in that direction so is there some other reason for halting arrivals?
Weather looks ok in that direction so is there some other reason for halting arrivals?
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He kids you not, loads of flocking birds apparently.... DXB closed for over an hour for arrivals...Until a few aircraft started pissing off to DWC and SHJ, then it was miraculously opened.
I think habibi and his falcons were called out, all sorted no problem
SyB
I think habibi and his falcons were called out, all sorted no problem
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Yep, went single rwy ops for a while around midday due birds (according to ATIS)!! Inbound a/c given an ETA of "indeterminate".
Just when you though this place couldn't get any weirder!!
Just when you though this place couldn't get any weirder!!
A bit of a shower, then this place turns into a shower of sh1t. Various excuses trotted out "baggage system failure" " birds" "weather" "all left handed people called Brian" etc etc etc
The fact is you can't run a seemingly state of the art 1st world facility by putting 3rd world mentalities and intellects in decision making positions.
Anyone would think that there had been a natural disaster for fecks sake, but no merely the usual abysmal performance in this part of the world when anything in the "not knowing" category happens.
The fact is you can't run a seemingly state of the art 1st world facility by putting 3rd world mentalities and intellects in decision making positions.
Anyone would think that there had been a natural disaster for fecks sake, but no merely the usual abysmal performance in this part of the world when anything in the "not knowing" category happens.
short flights long nights
Could it be that everyone is scared to " think outside the box" due possible repercussions?
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Could it be that everyone is scared to " think outside the box" due possible repercussions?
Reminds me of when Abu Dhabi Intl was invaded by hundreds of White Storks overnight in the 80s.
After an A310 had an engine wrecked by them the police and AFS went out with shotguns. Total carnage!
After an A310 had an engine wrecked by them the police and AFS went out with shotguns. Total carnage!
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Sounds like any major airport in Europe with the first snow... Happens every winter but catches them in surprise regularly...
Ooops, sorry, that doesn't fit into the ME bashing... mea culpa!
Ooops, sorry, that doesn't fit into the ME bashing... mea culpa!
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Quite right - and they didn't. The Airport operator did.
Situation repeated after further showers in the pm when a few thousand more gulls came for a bath in the newly formed lake......
Didn't think that ATC could close an airport unless their was a crash on the only runway.
Situation repeated after further showers in the pm when a few thousand more gulls came for a bath in the newly formed lake......
Situation repeated after further showers in the pm when a few thousand more gulls came for a bath in the newly formed lake...
As ever the path to increased returns comes at the expense of having robust and definable contingencies in place, in most regions you would find a bird scare team.
Isn't falconry a national pastime in the UAE? It makes you wonder
Does this happen very often moanarch? Or would it be the first event like it in your time here?
There are some important issues that need to be argued here, but I think this isn't one of them.
There are some important issues that need to be argued here, but I think this isn't one of them.