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Old 30th Jan 2003, 12:38
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Post Norwich Airport Closed.

Title says it all really. Cause: snow.

Any other disruptions in the UK due to snow?

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BBC1 Ceefax reports severe disruption in North Surrey.

Mentions Egham as being particularly badly hit. Looked out of my Egham window - not one flake of snow !!??
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Hi
Was looking out the window this afternoon and I saw a Britannia 757 on final approach to rwy 32 at leeds Bradford. Its very windy here at the moment. No snow yet. Then about 10 mins later I saw it again on final approach. I am assuming a go around was done.....probably due to the wind??? or maybe an earlier flight did not depart the rwy in time.
Hope this is relevant by the way!
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Gatwick isnt good, 3 out of the past 4 approaches have gone around - strong wind and snow causing low vis
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Most of the airports in the NE of the UK were snoclo this morning: INV, ABZ, WIK, LSI, KOI for sure, and probably a few others. I don't know if they're open yet.
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Sunny here at East Mids if a little fresh! Wind is gusting up to 50kts with snow forecast on the TAF.

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Old 30th Jan 2003, 15:25
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What a Surprise!!

Luton also closed around 15.20 in heavy snow showers and RVR's of only 400m.

Current estimate for opening is 17.15 .. but not holding my breath!!
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In fact its positively barmy here today isnt it ? Havent been out yet though - bet its a wee bit nippy !
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Stay indoors it's damn cold out there. A few inches of snow and the country hits gridlok. In fact you could have flown to Cape Town in the time it took a friend of mine to travel 1 mile on the M11 last night!!!
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Thought I would use the dreaded AIS site to get some Notam's, snowtam's for Gatwick and Stanstead to find out what was going on - for me & a collegue on sepreate EZY flights in the next 24 hours. Surprise surprise - no info from Stanstead at all.
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Old 31st Jan 2003, 14:59
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The closure was originally short term for snow clearance, later on in the evening it became a bit longer term when an Eastern airways EMB135 went off the end after landing (no injuries, just hurt pride,) AIB investigating............
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One off the end on landing? Sounds familiar, didn't this happen to a Brit World 1-11 in the 90's also?
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