United Airlines flight UA929 London to Chicago makes emergency landing
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United Airlines flight UA929 London to Chicago makes emergency landing
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<<Did they ask for the fire equipment to be standing by the runway for their landing?
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They wouldn't have to. ATC would have made that decision.
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They wouldn't have to. ATC would have made that decision.
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It was not a good day for trans-Atlantic flights from Heathrow yesterday. AA105 departed for JFK at around 16:55L, got as far as Swindon, squawked 7700 and returned to LHR where it remains this morning. It has been rescheduled for departure today at 19:30.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-fife-36785899
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-fife-36785899
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UAL2081 returning to EDI squawk 7700
Plane makes second emergency landing at Edinburgh Airport - BBC News
Plane makes second emergency landing at Edinburgh Airport - BBC News
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There were a number of points about the original diversion which are interesting. The diversion commenced near Lochgilphead northwest of Glasgow close to the ocean. United have flights and support at Glasgow yet the diversion was to Edinburgh where there they have a similar set up.
The flight then proceeded to orbit at between 12000 ft and 9000 ft for a substantial time over southern Fife, Edinburgh and the Lothians before approaching Edinburgh after one eastbound leg extended over the North Sea.
Two questions arise With plenty of over water airspace seemingly available for dumping available close to Lochgilphread and Glasgow, why go to Edinburgh? When Edinburgh was chosen why was the dumping not carried out over the North Sea given the CAA's latest guidelines dated April 2015? viz:
Manual of Air Traffic Services Part 1 Civil Aviation Authority, Section 5 Chapter 1 page 12.
(1) the route to be flown which, if possible, should be clear of cities and towns,
preferably over water and away from areas where thunderstorms have been
reported or are expected;
As there were no restrictions over water to the west or east as far as could be seen and Edinburgh arrivals and departures had to be sequenced between orbits, what was going on?
The flight then proceeded to orbit at between 12000 ft and 9000 ft for a substantial time over southern Fife, Edinburgh and the Lothians before approaching Edinburgh after one eastbound leg extended over the North Sea.
Two questions arise With plenty of over water airspace seemingly available for dumping available close to Lochgilphread and Glasgow, why go to Edinburgh? When Edinburgh was chosen why was the dumping not carried out over the North Sea given the CAA's latest guidelines dated April 2015? viz:
Manual of Air Traffic Services Part 1 Civil Aviation Authority, Section 5 Chapter 1 page 12.
(1) the route to be flown which, if possible, should be clear of cities and towns,
preferably over water and away from areas where thunderstorms have been
reported or are expected;
As there were no restrictions over water to the west or east as far as could be seen and Edinburgh arrivals and departures had to be sequenced between orbits, what was going on?
Notwithstanding the BBC report, has it been confirmed that they did actually dump fuel, rather than burning it off to get down to a suitable LW? Not all 767s have a fuel dump capability - early ones certainly didn't , and this was a 25-year-old airframe.
