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smith

28th Oct 2016 16:24

Lost Coms at Prestwick

Aircraft lost Coms, escorted to PIK by fighter jets. Prob a non-story but thought I'd post anyway. Only know because police have closed the dual carriageways at both ends of the runways and traffic in Prestwick is a nightmare.

KelvinD

28th Oct 2016 16:39

The unfortunate thing about this incident was the aircraft being on its delivery flight, to Mexico via Iceland. A spot of embarrassment for the crew perhaps?

smith

28th Oct 2016 17:02

What kind was it?

DaveReidUK

28th Oct 2016 17:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by smith (Post 9559443)

What kind was it?

A320 on delivery to Volaris.

https://images.stv.tv/articles/w768/...ey-collage.jpg

scotneil

28th Oct 2016 19:21

Volaris

I drove into Ayr along Prestwick bypass just before 1700 BST and got a good view of the aircraft - wondered what was happening until it was mentioned on radio news a few minutes later. Traffic seemed pretty normal for that time of day; a Cargolux 747 landed (Rwy31) about 1650, just after a 737 (probably Ryanair) departed, so PIK seems to be working normally too.

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