Stoke City "Emergency Landing"?
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Stoke City "Emergency Landing"?
Saw on the tv, and then have seen a brief online article about an apparent "burning smell" in the cabin of their private 50 seat aircraft from SOU to EMA on Tuesday night which apparently necessitated a divert into LGW and onwards travel by road.
Does anyone have any further information? If the facts above are correct, I'm guessing that maybe an EZE Saab 2000 was the offending machine?
Does anyone have any further information? If the facts above are correct, I'm guessing that maybe an EZE Saab 2000 was the offending machine?
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I wonder as to why it was necessary for the team to use air transport for a relatively short distance in the first place.
I would imagine it would require a coach to take the team from Stoke to East Midland Airport, then after all of the security and boarding procedures, fly to Eastleigh (Southampton), then board a coach to Fratton Park (Portsmouth FC).
After the game, the same trip and modes of transport would be used on a return journey.
It surely would have been more simpler, cheaper and indeed quicker to make a direct coach trip from Stoke to Portsmouth which is only around 160 miles.
By road, I reckon a direct trip would take no longer than three hours as nearly all of the journey is motorway.
If there was a logistical or financial reason for using air AND road transportation to travel to the game, I certainly fail to see it.
I would imagine it would require a coach to take the team from Stoke to East Midland Airport, then after all of the security and boarding procedures, fly to Eastleigh (Southampton), then board a coach to Fratton Park (Portsmouth FC).
After the game, the same trip and modes of transport would be used on a return journey.
It surely would have been more simpler, cheaper and indeed quicker to make a direct coach trip from Stoke to Portsmouth which is only around 160 miles.
By road, I reckon a direct trip would take no longer than three hours as nearly all of the journey is motorway.
If there was a logistical or financial reason for using air AND road transportation to travel to the game, I certainly fail to see it.
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Newcastle United flew into EMA the other week in a proper puddle hopper (relegation eh?) and were met by a luxury coach emblazoned with club livery that had brought the luggage etc down. Bet when the players saw the coach they'd wished they'd been driven down
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As a regular driver from Liverpool to Portsmouth, I can assure you the drive is a nightmare. A lot of the journey is on the a34, not motorway, although not of a bad standard.
Yes, it can take just over 3 hours, but dont forget, coaches are limited to 60mph, which makes the journey more like 4 hours at best. However, due to congestion on the m6 and where the a34 crosses the m4 it can take literally double that at certain peak times. I know I must have done the route over 100 times in the past 10 years.
I was glad when flybe started LPL/SOU and latterly EZE. Stoke did the right thing in flying from EMA.
Yes, it can take just over 3 hours, but dont forget, coaches are limited to 60mph, which makes the journey more like 4 hours at best. However, due to congestion on the m6 and where the a34 crosses the m4 it can take literally double that at certain peak times. I know I must have done the route over 100 times in the past 10 years.
I was glad when flybe started LPL/SOU and latterly EZE. Stoke did the right thing in flying from EMA.
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From the headline I thought Stoke had suddenly acquired an airport.
Re the drive, got to agree with harbour cotter (my brother has to drive a similar route).
Flying is infinitely preferable.
Re the drive, got to agree with harbour cotter (my brother has to drive a similar route).
Flying is infinitely preferable.
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According to the AA, the distance between Stoke and Portsmouth is 201 miles with a driving time of 3 hours 27 mins.
Distance from Stoke-on-trent to Portsmouth in miles and Kilometers - Stoke-on-trent Great Britain to Portsmouth Great Britain distances between calculation
But assuming the 201 miles and time to cover that distance is correct, I wonder how long it took to travel down to Portsmouth via East Midlands and Eastleigh including all of the required formalities and whether the additional costs and time (if this were indeed the case) were worth the effort as I suspect overall it would have been quicker by a direct route by road and even faster by train.
I would imagine that when the club was in the lower divisions, the road or rail journey would have likely been the only options, however, the Premiership and all of the money that is awash in the league allows a more seemingly luxurious mode of transport to away games.
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Lots of football teams fly now. It's good business for the airlines. The team coach takes all the kit, so the players can go unencumbered. As it's generally an executive charter, they usually use the airports' biz-jet areas, so no pesky security palaver.
Lots of football teams fly now. It's good business for the airlines. The team coach takes all the kit, so the players can go unencumbered. As it's generally an executive charter, they usually use the airports' biz-jet areas, so no pesky security palaver.
It's good business for the airlines.
The team coach takes all the kit, so the players can go unencumbered.
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They probably want to limit the time that they have their legs cramped up - especially after a game.
They want to ensure that the players get as much sleep at home to maximise performance and ensure that any training the day after a game can start when the coaches/fitness people want it to start, and not because they had a long bus ride home.
Even in a moneyed industry like football, I can't believe that the clubs would spend so much money if they didn't have some specific benefit for it. Even if it were only to appease the players (increase their time at home etc), this might be enough to get a better performance from them and eventually bring more money in through wins/final league position.
They want to ensure that the players get as much sleep at home to maximise performance and ensure that any training the day after a game can start when the coaches/fitness people want it to start, and not because they had a long bus ride home.
Even in a moneyed industry like football, I can't believe that the clubs would spend so much money if they didn't have some specific benefit for it. Even if it were only to appease the players (increase their time at home etc), this might be enough to get a better performance from them and eventually bring more money in through wins/final league position.
