Monarch A320 go around due to plane on runway

by flugsnug yo

Published on 25 Aug 2012
Anyone on board Monarch flight MON5485 (ZB5485) from Venice or Ryanair RYR3KY (FR1212) to Bydgoszcz on 21st August 2012 might be wondering what happened at the Birmingham end of their flights. Here is the answer. You might also like to watch a playback on Flightradar24.com from about 11-30am UTC on that date (which doesn't show the Ryanair) or better, on planefinder.net from 12-30pm local time which shows all planes.

Ten landings at BHX on 16th August 2012

by flugsnug yo

Published on 19 Aug 2012

These are all ten landings on runway 15 in a 20-minute period at BHX. The gusty 16 knot crosswind from the right was similar to the one which created some difficulties for pilots in video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN27CUrdow4. In at least a couple of the landings here extra thrust had to be applied on the approach because of sudden speed drops due to the wind conditions - listen how the pilot whacks on the power from about 1 minute 20 seconds in the fourth landing (Monarch A320).

The planes in order are: Airbus A321, Boeing 757, A321, A320, AT-72, A321, Boeing 737, A320, Boeing 777, 752.