Sunday, October 5, 2025

Flight in a storm

 A flight to Glasgow had a somewhat fun day out.

While trying to land in the bad storm and high winds, it had a go around. It then made a second attempt 30 minutes later. This also failed due to the weather. 

The aircraft then diverted to its alternate airport of Edinburgh  ( about 25 miles away) trying to land there a little over an hour after it's first attempt at Glasgow.  This also failed as conditions were bad there too.

The crew then diverted to Manchester and after declaring a fuel emergency they landed safely,  but over 200 miles from the destination. 

That said the weather was very bad, and safety first on a flight is a good thing.

I'd rather land in the next country than crash in the right one.

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