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The track I saw looked like the aircraft turned back at around 49N009W. Obviously got a lot of priority with traffic being backed up into the stacks.
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IanW Any priority traffic is threaded under the holding areas and fitted in with the normal sequence, perhaps with a little more room ahead of an behind, depending on what the problem is. The holding stacks don't simply pile up and wait - normality continues until the priority aircraft is closer in.
Was this item not news?
This is the Rumours and News forum!
This is the Rumours and News forum!
I suspect that even the denizens of the Spotters Forum would get rapidly fed up if every one of those was similarly reported.
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Considering the extreme reluctance of pilots of scheduled carriers to declare emergencies, squawking 7700 and diverting to Heathrow is more than a weather/fuel diversion and indicates a level of concern that is far from normal. A valid thing to put into this section of the forum.
I don't recall constraining my comment to "over there" (wherever that is). If every 7700 squawk worldwide produced a post on PPRuNe's R&N, they would outnumber all the other threads put together. I'm sure that's not what you would want.
Looks like the mods share my view that stuff like this didn't belong there (R&N).
Looks like the mods share my view that stuff like this didn't belong there (R&N).
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Moderators?
You call them moderators (good to keep on the right side, I suppose). I'd call them censors. What you see, is what they want you to see!
The item was no more or less newsworthy than half the posts on Rumours and News.
Perhaps we need an "Approved by DavidReidUK" endorsement.
The item was no more or less newsworthy than half the posts on Rumours and News.
Perhaps we need an "Approved by DavidReidUK" endorsement.