BY4660 LGW-RHO - diverted to MAN?!

[andyhargreaves]

Seems odd?

[Magplug]

Why? The aircraft is probably broken with something that will ground if after it's first landing..... And the only avialable spare to continue the service is in MAN?

[andyhargreaves]

Guess so. Looks like a return to LGW initially, then perhaps as you say new information, need to get to MAN, hence the turn over the North Sea.

[Halcyon Days]

More likely there was a "spare" aircraft there and a full crew available on standby-so they could switch
passengers across with the minimum of delay.

[Council Van]

If there is a stby aircraft and crew they have still not departed. Do they have airport stby crew or just home stby?

​​​Turns out they are being put in a hotel til 4.30am with a 7.30 am departure.

Now if they had the odd B73 and B75 stby aircraft at Manchester's with associated crew on airport stby like one of their competitions does

[scifi]

What with the 4 orbit holds at LHR, it is probably a shorter distance to go direct to MAN.

Or, the crew might be based at MAN.