Thomson 787 just landed at Heathrow. Cyprus to LGW

[ukdean]

Can anyone confirm the above just tracking on flight radar 24. Glitch maybe!!

[EGLD]

see my thread, there's issues with the runway at gatwick, hole/crack

[hatton]

I think it's true. I believe it's a hole in the runway at Gatwick, again!

[ukdean]

Originally Posted by hatton

I think it's true. I believe it's a hole in the runway at Gatwick, again!

Strange divert for Thomson. No ops at Heathrow. Never seen this before.

[EGLD]

Maybe the Thomson pilots wanted to land at a big boy's airport??

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by ukdean

Strange divert for Thomson. No ops at Heathrow. Never seen this before.

Where would you suggest they ought to have landed to make it easier to get the pax back to Gatwick ?

[shugrover]

Originally Posted by DaveReidUK

Where would you suggest they ought to have landed to make it easier to get the pax back to Gatwick ?

Was this the one that's departed this morning from Heathrow at 08.31? (G-TUID?)

[T250]

Where would you suggest they ought to have landed to make it easier to get the pax back to Gatwick ?

Erm Bournemouth or Luton would probably have been better options, at least for having some rapid ops for the aircraft to be received and sent back to where it is needed... Seeing as Thomson has bases at both these airports too.

Heathrow may well be nearer, however this is irrelevant if there is no Thomson base at LHR and therefore no one readily available to process or handle the inbound pax baggage and transfers etc.

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by shugrover

Was this the one that's departed this morning from Heathrow at 08.31? (G-TUID?)

Yes (although the B788 in question was G-TUIB, rather than D).

It looks like it managed to position back to Gatwick without any problem.

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

<<Erm Bournemouth or Luton would probably have been better options,>>

Suggest you drop a line to the Captain via the airline so that he becomes aware of your suggestion should he find himself in a similar situation in future.

[oceanhawk]

T250.

Heathrow is the standard alternate for Gatwick on all fleets at Thomson.

[T250]

Heathrow is the standard alternate for Gatwick on all fleets at Thomson.

Might want to check the AIP on that one. You can't just flight plan any alternate and just expect to be accepted there by ATC. Unless of course you are declaring an emergency (in this case it was not an emergency, just a diversion).

See here for more info, we discussed it recently in ATC forum.

http://www.pprune.org/atc-issues/581...alternate.html

[RAT 5]

Heathrow is the standard alternate for Gatwick on all fleets at Thomson.

There are fuel alternates for legal planning purposes and alternates for company diversions. I suspect LHR is the former; but I would expect the captain to be in contact with the handling agent at LGW and execute company instructions. The responsibility of gaining permission from LHR would be on mission control not the crew. "I was only obeying orders, guv," comes to mind.