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Not great flying East tonight
As has been reported many diverts South tonight due worrying escalations. 3 staff on various airlines all going over Egypt heading into ME. I hope Cairo ATC are on the ball.
Be careful boys and girls out there Cheers Mr Mac |
Lots are diverting to Cairo, I’m assuming for fuel.
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Not to worry, FlyDubai and Emirates are back to flying through Iran, only hours after Iran fired 200 or so missiles at Israel. It’s not like we can expect anything warlike flying in the other direction anytime soon?
Money before safety. |
The return trade wouldn't be going anywhere near where UAE traffic would be routing I wager.
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Originally Posted by ManaAdaSystem
(Post 11744157)
Not to worry, FlyDubai and Emirates are back to flying through Iran, only hours after Iran fired 200 or so missiles at Israel. It’s not like we can expect anything warlike flying in the other direction anytime soon?
Money before safety. |
You guys think Israel will sent out a NOTAM with attack information if they strike back? You think FlyDubai og Emirates have detailed information about possible targets in Iran and know how to route around these?
Profit before safety. No respect for lives. |
Originally Posted by ManaAdaSystem
(Post 11744272)
You guys think Israel will sent out a NOTAM with attack information if they strike back? You think FlyDubai og Emirates have detailed information about possible targets in Iran and know how to route around these?
Profit before safety. No respect for lives. |
Found this video elsewhere that may apply to this thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/co...e_airline_due/ |
Well this is even worst:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/avi.../?feedView=all Lokks like wizzair 7188 (A6-WAA) from EVN to AUH just flew through it, and they kept flying throught Iran till destination. Wondering if the crew is gonna be questioned ? |
Israel seeks to reverse EU’s advice to avoid its skies as foreign carriers nix flightsAfter briefly resuming services to Tel Aviv, many European airlines suspend their flights for longer periods, leaving Israelis stranded abroad with local airlines fully booked.The European Commission and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued a warning over the weekend “not to operate within the airspaces of Lebanon and Israel at all flight levels,” citing “an overall intensification of air strikes and degradation in the security situation.” |
More extraordinary video of flying below the barrage of ballistic missiles.
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I don’t think it was a BA Aircraft, nothing was in the area at the time, only EK416/206 seemed to pass by Shiraz at around launch time. That is certainly Shiraz in the video.
Certainly was some other aircraft who seemed to be in the launch area however, lucky this time it seems, certainly a stark reminder to ops departments moving forward, no notice given here it seems, just fire away. |
Originally Posted by nomess
(Post 11744522)
I don’t think it was a BA Aircraft, nothing was in the area at the time, only EK416/206 seemed to pass by Shiraz at around launch time. That is certainly Shiraz in the video.
Certainly was some other aircraft who seemed to be in the launch area however, lucky this time it seems, certainly a stark reminder to ops departments moving forward, no notice given here it seems, just fire away. |
Just pax’d DXBLGW on EK. Crew advised slightly longer flight time due avoiding certain airspace. According to Airshow we flew up the gulf well away from Iran then virtually due west across Saudi staying well south of Israel, Lebanon etc and then turned north over Egypt.
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Willy Wombat
Thats the standard route at the moment for a lot of carriers. With all the issues in Africa it must be making life difficult / busy for Egyptian ATC, as anything routing to Eastern Africa is going that way as well due to issues in Algeria and central Sahara areas. Cheers Mr Mac |
Greece , Cyprus and Cairo are taking a hit ATC wise, at the moment, it should not last much longer . Staff shortage in Athens ACC meant they were already working round the clock this Summer, and now this. Not good :(
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AF662 on 01 Oct :makes the news in France today
Flight AF662, from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Dubai, was flying over Iraq at the time of the attack. The pilots ‘saw the missiles from the cockpit’, according to LCI. As far as we are concerned, the company's security department is entirely responsible. They asked some aircraft to turn back, but not this one’, said Laurent Veque, a board member of the Syndicat national des pilotes de ligne, section Air France. ‘As the risk is known, it is impossible to take it’, he lamented on LCI on Wednesday 9 October. ‘Light must be shed (...) The health, safety and working conditions committee (CSSCT) will certainly be called in today, we want to know what happened’, he added. Ballistic missiles travel at a higher altitude than airliners. But according to LCI, the pilots of flight AF662 ‘saw the missiles from the cockpit’, information that Air France did not wish to comment on. According to the news channel, Iraqi air traffic control even wished the plane's crew ‘good luck’ as they began their flight over the country. Translated , source AFP/LCI website |
Originally Posted by ATC Watcher
(Post 11748360)
AF662 on 01 Oct :makes the news in France today
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According to the news channel, Iraqi air traffic control even wished the plane's crew ‘good luck’ as they began their flight over the country. |
Originally Posted by Lonewolf_50
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That was nice of them. :)
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