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Tag: london heathrow
August 5, 2018
Press – May 2018
Date: 26th May 2018
Flight: SWISS LX327 London Heathrow to Zurich (Airbus A320 HB-IJH)
Incident: Returned to LHR due fire alarm warning.
Publication & Link: Blick.ch
Date: 30th May 2018
Flight: Various.
Incident: Storms delay flights in and out of Zurich Airport.
Publication & Link: Arcinfo.ch
Date: 31st May 2018
Flight: Aer Lingus EI432 Dublin to Milan/Linate (Airbus A320 EI-DVE)
Incident: Diverted to London Gatwick with a medical emergency
Publication & Link: DublinLive
August 5, 2018
Press – January 2018
Date: 15th January 2018
Flight: British Airways BA882 London Heathrow to Kiev/Boryspil (Airbus A320 G-EUYM)
Incident: Diversion to Berlin/Tegel.
Publication & Link: Blick.ch
Date: 22nd January 2018
Flight: Various
Incident: Heavy snow causes delays and disruption at Tokyo Haneda and Tokyo Narita airports.
Publication & Link: SputnikNews
Date: 20th January 2018
Flight: United UA71 Amsterdam Schiphol to Newark Liberty (Boeing 767-300ER N644UA)
Incident: Oxygen supply issue leading to illness; burst tyre on landing.
Publication & Link: Haarlemsdagblad
December 6, 2016
Press – September 2016
Date: 28th September 2016
Flight: Ryanair FR817 Edinburgh – Dublin, Boeing 737 EI-EPC
Incident: Indication of oil overheating.
Publication & Link: Irish Examiner
Date: 12th September 2016
Flight: British Airways BA274 Las Vegas – London Heathrow, Boeing 747 G-CIVC
Incident: Squawked emergency code on radar, received priority landing with a medical emergency.
Publication & Link: Metro.co.uk – Daily Record
April 12, 2016
Press – February 2016
Date: 12th February 2016
Flight: Alitalia AZA4000, Havana to Mexico City, A330 EI-EJK.
Incident: AW published an audio clip from LiveATC.net of Pope Francis’ flight into Mexico City being targeted by a laser from nearby hills. Other flights were similarly targeted. Hear the audio recording uploaded by AW. Story widely reported worldwide: Google Results
Publication & Link: Daily Mail
Date: 14th February 2016
Flight: Airbus ‘Beluga’ Super Transporter F-GSTD from Toulouse to Hawarden/Airbus UK Broughton.
Incident: Suffered flaps problem inbound to CEG so diverted to Liverpool John Lennon due to it having a longer runway.
Publication & Link: Deeside.com
Date: 14th February 2016
Flight: Virgin Atlantic VS25 London Heathrow to New York JFK, Airbus A340 G-VWKD.
Incident: Flight crew struck by laser from the ground while climbing out of LHR. Flight continued over Ireland before deciding to return. AW uploaded the audio edit from LiveATC.net, and it quickly went viral. It was already the top story on the next morning’s breakfast programmes and remained a major story all day, with interviews and questions posed from Government ministers to aviation experts. Hear the audio recording here. Incident was a major story worldwide: Google results.
Selected Publications & Links: Daily Telegraph – BBC News – ITV News – CNN – Guardian
April 11, 2016
Press – January 2016
Date: 22nd January 2016
Flight: SAS SK1530 Boeing 737 LN-RGK London Heathrow to Stockholm Arlanda
Incident: Diverted to Gothenburg following a bomb threat.
Publication & Link: Sputnik News
Date: 24th January 2016
Flight: Flights across SW and Central Japanese airports.
Incident: Heavy snow affected many airports. Tweet showed Kagoshima and Toyama Airports.
Publication & Link: Sputnik News
Date: 29th January 2016
Flight: Flights in & out of Shetland Sumburgh Airport.
Incident: Flights affected by Storm Gertrude.
Publication & Link: Glasgow Evening times
December 30, 2015
Press – November 2015
Date: 3rd November 2015
Flight: Various flights.
Incident: Flights delayed and diverted from Luxembourg Findel due to fog. Departures heavily affected.
Publication & Link: L’Essentiel.lu
Date: 9th November 2015
Flight: British Airways BA632 London Heathrow to Athens, Boeing 767 G-BZHA
Incident: Suffered a fuel leak and shut down one engine. Flight returned to Heathrow.
Publication & Link: TheTOC.gr – Korrespondent.net
Date: 11th November 2015
Flight: Mitsubishi MRJ JA21MJ
Incident: First flight of Japan’s first airliner since the 1960s, livestream from Nagoya Komaki.
Publication & Link: Gazeta.ru
August 31, 2015
Press – August 2015
Date: 3rd August 2015
Flight: China Southern CSN303, Guangzhou to London Heathrow. Boeing 787 Dreamliner B-2737
Incident: Diverted to Amsterdam Schiphol due to low fuel caused by avoidance of sudden military zone over China causing re-routing. Numerous flights had to divert to Stockholm and Copenhagen for the same reason.
Publication & Link: Huffington Post; Daily Mail; Daily Express; TravelPPulse
Date: 22nd August 2015
Flight: Shoreham Air Show
Incident: Crash of Hawker Hunter WV372 (G-BXFI). Witnessed by AW on Shoreham webcam. AW tweet seconds after crash picked by Daily Telegraph in its timeline of the tragic events.
Publication & Link: Daily Telegraph
Date: 23rd August 2015
Flight: British Airways BA356, London Heathrow to Nice. Airbus A320 G-EUUR.
Incident: Returned to LHR with main gear locked down. AW reported on social media via ATC that pilot reported “lost all flight guidances”. Made a fast but safe landing on Runway 27R.
Publication & Link: City AM
March 1, 2015
Press – March 2015
Date: 6th March 2015
Flight: British Airways BA49. London Heathrow to Seattle. Boeing 777 G-RAES.
Incident: Returned to LHR after possible pressurization problem. AW tweeted webcam capture of the aircraft on finals to Heathrow.
Publication & Link: Daily Mail; Daily Record; Daily Telegraph
Date: 31st March 2015
Flight: Various
Incident: Strong winds at Leeds-Bradford Airport causing aborted landings, cancellations and diversions. AW tweeted capture from flightradar24.com of aborted landings.
Publication & Link: Bradford Telegraph & Argus
December 6, 2013
London Heathrow Airport Webcam
London Heathrow Airport, W. of London, England, UK
IATA: LHR ~ ICAO: EGLL
UTC: 0 ~ TYPE: International
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Cam Location: Off-Airport. Personal Residence.
Cam View: NW at Runway 27R arrivals & SW at 27L arrivals/09R departures.
Cam Refresh Speed: Streaming.
Web site 2
Cam Location: Off-Airport. Building North of airport.
Cam View: SE to SW at Runway 09L/27R.
Cam Refresh Speed: Streaming.
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