Jet2 flight circling the wash

[CoolC]

What's going on here then?

http://www.flightradar24.com/EXS53F

[adam85]

Perhaps they are burning fuel before an emergency landing, sure looks like it to me.

[Paul.B]

All looks rather strange. 'Landed' in a field?

[oj113]

Yeah, I'm getting the same, just outside of Harpenden...

Curious

[Munter]

I thought it was heading to Stansted, then looked like Luton. (In an emergency you'd pick Stansted right?)

Then as you say didn't make it according to Flight Radar... which may not be accurate....

(As an aside who's this that went past it at one point. http://www.flightradar24.com/DASSAULT )

[Paul.B]

Now disappeared?

It looked like it was moving slow for a minute or two.

[CAPP0]

If you Google "Jet2 crash" there are rather a lot of results! (None current though).

[Chimune]

CoolC said:

What's going on here then?

http://www.flightradar24.com/EXS53F

You're not doing any work ?

[odyssey2200]

Chimune said:

CoolC said:

What's going on here then?

http://www.flightradar24.com/EXS53F

You're not doing any work ?

Yes he is!

He is an Air Traffic Controller

[techie757]

It landed at Luton.

The F on the end of the flight number means that it could be a ferry flight (I think it could well be as: 1. Thomson/Monarch have maintenance bases at Luton, 2. Jet2 never usually fly to/from luton, and 3. the flight number doesn't return anything on google or flightradar24).

Edited by techie757 on Friday 6th December 15:21

[Chimune]

odyssey2200 said:

Chimune said:

CoolC said:

What's going on here then?

http://www.flightradar24.com/EXS53F

You're not doing any work ?

Yes he is!

He is an Air Traffic Controller

well if anyone should be able to find out what its doing ....

[CoolC]

Chimune said:

CoolC said:

What's going on here then?

http://www.flightradar24.com/EXS53F

You're not doing any work ?

No I'm not ATC

As I gaze out of my window and see the odd vapour trail I will click to see where they're going. This time I clicked the wrong plane and noticed the looping.

[Simpo Two]

If an ATC posted 'What's going on here then?' he is either testing us, or is a bit stuck and seekng help from the PH masses (who let's face it can solve everything else!)

[5150]

Couldn't see the radar traces, but could well be a ferry flight, plus if they were tootling around the wash at high altitude, they could have been performing a flight test as this area is quite popular for that sort of thing.

[Chimune]

Simpo Two said:

If an ATC posted 'What's going on here then?' he is either testing us, or is a bit stuck and seekng help from the PH masses (who let's face it can solve everything else!)

Hey do you think crowd sourcing the ATC services would work ? id have go !
Don't tell Osbourne......

[techie757]

Chimune said:

Hey do you think crowd sourcing the ATC services would work ? id have go !
Don't tell Osbourne......

It probably would work better than ATC this morning....

[Zad]

One interesting thing I have noticed on FlightRadar; If you look at Gatwick, there are plane icons labelled LEADER3, WORKS29 etc. These are actually ground vehicles with beacons. Presumably some form of collision warning system for when they have to cross the active runway etc. Some of the location info is amazingly precise and accurate now, you can actually "see" when aircraft are being pushed back from the gate, and the precise route they take across the apron and taxi-ways.