British Airways B744 near Shannon on Jan 14th 2020, technical issue affecting crosswind landing capabilities
Last Update: January 14, 2020 / 22:21:12 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 14, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-274
Departure
Las Vegas, United States
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-CIVL
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
A replacement Airbus A321-200 registration G-EUXC reached London with a delay of about 3:15 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 4.5 hours, then positioned to London.
The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Shannon due to a minor technical problem.
Metars London (marked time landing in Shannon):
COR EGLL 141720Z AUTO 21022G35KT 190V260 4900 -RA SCT013 BKN019 OVC028 13/12 Q0993 TEMPO 6000 BKN013=
COR EGLL 141650Z AUTO 21019G30KT 6000 -RA SCT012 BKN018 OVC029 13/12 Q0993 TEMPO 4000 RA BKN012=
EGLL 141620Z AUTO 21021KT 6000 -RA BKN011 BKN017 BKN021 13/12 Q0993=
COR EGLL 141550Z AUTO 21018KT 170V240 4100 -RADZ BKN011/// OVC028/// //////TCU 13/12 Q0993 TEMPO RA BKN009=
COR EGLL 141520Z AUTO 21021G33KT 4100 -RADZ BKN010 OVC019 13/13 Q0993 TEMPO BKN009=
COR EGLL 141450Z AUTO 21019KT 4200 -RA BKN012 BKN019 OVC024 13/12 Q0992 RERA REDZ TEMPO RADZ=
COR EGLL 141420Z AUTO 21019G31KT 180V250 6000 -RA SCT012 BKN017 BKN021 13/12 Q0992 RERA REDZ TEMPO 4000 RA=
COR EGLL 141350Z 21020KT 5000 RADZ BKN012 BKN018 OVC029 13/12 Q0993 TEMPO 4000=
COR EGLL 141320Z AUTO 20019G29KT 6000 -RA BKN011 OVC035 12/11 Q0993 TEMPO RA=
COR EGLL 141250Z AUTO 19016KT 160V230 8000 -RA BKN009/// OVC030/// //////TCU 11/10 Q0994 RERA TEMPO RA=
COR EGLL 141220Z AUTO 19016KT 160V240 9000 -RA BKN011 OVC029 11/09 Q0995 NOSIG=
COR EGLL 141150Z AUTO 19018KT 170V230 9999 BKN015 10/09 Q0995 TEMPO RA=
EGLL 141120Z AUTO 20014KT 170V240 9999 -RA SCT017 BKN023 BKN033 10/08 Q0996=
Metars Shannon:
EINN 141530Z 23014KT 9999 -SHRA FEW012 SCT018CB 06/03 Q0983 NOSIG=
EINN 141500Z 22014KT 9999 FEW009 SCT018CB 06/03 Q0983 NOSIG=
EINN 141430Z 24011KT 9999 FEW006 SCT018CB BKN120 05/03 Q0982 NOSIG=
EINN 141400Z 24007KT 9999 -SHRA FEW009 SCT018CB BKN060 05/04 Q0982 TEMPO 5000 BKN008=
EINN 141330Z 23011KT 9999 FEW009 SCT012 BKN080 05/04 Q0982 TEMPO 5000 BKN008=
EINN 141300Z 23013KT 9999 -DZ SCT009 BKN012 05/04 Q0982 TEMPO 5000 BKN008=
EINN 141230Z 20007KT 9999 -DZ FEW009 SCT014 BKN021 05/04 Q0981 NOSIG=
EINN 141200Z 18006KT 9999 -RA FEW016 BKN040 BKN080 05/04 Q0981 NOSIG=
EINN 141130Z 18006KT 9999 -RA FEW012 BKN019 BKN034 05/04 Q0982 NOSIG=
EINN 141100Z 20005KT 9999 -RA FEW012 BKN019 BKN030 05/03 Q0982 NOSIG=
EINN 141030Z 19007KT 9999 -RA FEW012 BKN038 05/03 Q0982 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 14, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-274
Departure
Las Vegas, United States
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-CIVL
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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