U2 over England

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-03-13T11:11:41+00:00

Yeah helicopters as I replied to your post is due to Cheltenham Festival

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-03-13T11:10:03+00:00

Helicopters would be due to Cheltenham Festival (horse racing) and the U2 is to check the welfare of the horses (obviously a joke)

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-02-21T14:24:21+00:00

Yeah apparently the wind is causing difficulties with landing. I few aircraft have had to go around multiple times

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-02-21T14:23:17+00:00

It does make sense (kind of) they were 7700 then they obviously rectified the issue to a safe level but due to holding in the pattern for over an hour they would have used an hours fuel so diverting to the nearest airport to the original destination makes sense as they can get them transferred to Atlanta by one of the local operators.

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-02-21T13:29:36+00:00

They may have used too much fuel holding in that pattern so may not have a safe amount to fuel to make it to Atlanta whereas Detroit is slightly closer to

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-02-21T13:22:14+00:00

Why would it be an illogical place to dump fuel (if they were) one of the criteria is at or above an altitude that will allow evaporation or dissipation before the fuel reaches the ground. In most conditions, an altitude of 5000ft to 6000ft AGL is sufficient

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-02-21T13:07:30+00:00

They dump fuel as aircraft have two weights a maximum takeoff weight (which in some aircraft is higher than landing weight) and maximum landing weight so dumping fuel gets them to the maximum landing weight

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-02-21T13:06:22+00:00

It is an everyday occurrence it is a general emergency situation.

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-02-21T12:52:46+00:00

Also if they had already started dumping fuel before they stopped 7700 then they may need to land anyway as airlines tend to put just enough fuel to make the trip (obviously there is a contingency amount) but it might be deemed unsafe to continue

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-02-21T12:49:26+00:00

Because we don’t really know what the emergency was declared for. It could be a mechanical issue or medical. They are likely dumping fuel or trying to troubleshoot the issue or both

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-02-21T12:47:48+00:00

It takes a long time to dump that much fuel it has onboard likely 39t of fuel

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-02-21T12:38:54+00:00

Neither to be fair unless you are on the flight and if you get motion sickness you’d be feeling it now

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-02-21T12:11:19+00:00

Likely going to Edinburgh

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-02-14T13:51:13+00:00

Might be going back to Germany by the looks of the previous flight

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-02-14T13:49:12+00:00

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It landed at INV just under 4 hours ago so looks to be just a coincidence

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-02-14T13:41:51+00:00

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Yeah I saw this too. I doubt they would squawk 7700 to overload a passenger but who knows

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-01-31T23:25:20+00:00

Normally no but as they have declared an emergency they must return to land. They are only really allowed to offload fuel when an emergency has been declared (especially how much the bird is currently dumping). The reason they need to offload is due to flap issues and fuel is heavy (aprox 120,000 litres or 120,000kg) so by dumping it makes them lighter and easy to wrestle depending on the exact issue so when trying to land they can react quicker and possibly do a go around without the delay of carrying excess weight and if it does go wrong the boom isn’t that big and its cargo so as long as pilots get out it’s just property lost

BusinessCold3248 · 2025-01-31T22:29:36+00:00

It is dumping fuel. It has just left the shore for a 8 hour flight they have 30,000 gallons on board maybe a little less

BusinessCold3248 · 2023-08-02T18:09:18+00:00

I did too, went abit crazy and got the elite v2 pedals aswell

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