On Tuesday, an Aer Lingus Airbus A330 diverted to the same airport twice on a single flight. This is even wilder than the story I shared earlier in the week, where the same TUI Boeing 737 diverted twice in the same day (on different flights).
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I flew out of BDL that day and got excited that Aer Lingus might be preparing to return to BDL…although this is a somewhat interesting story too.
I flew out of Boston Logan late one night in fall on a CX flight to HKG. The rain was literally pouring almost sideways and you could hear the wind howling. Nevertheless, we pushed back and taxied and lined up. I remember seeing the wind blow an empty unsecured cargo container across the ramp like a plastic bag and really hoped one of those wouldn't hit us during our takeoff roll. Eventually we sat out the weather for an hour until the wind died down and then it was wheels up. I had my fair share of Krug on that flight. (To settle my nerves, of course.)
Many years ago I was flying with a friend from LGA to FLL on USAir. Because of thunderstorms we finally diverted to MIA for more fuel (strange as it's just 30 miles away from FLL). We finally take off back to FLL and as we come out over the Atlantic and back in thunderstorms roll in so we divert to MIA again. At that point they allowed people to get off at MIA or wait again for storms to clear. Finally 4 hours after this all started we took off again back to FLL only to do circles around the Everglades for 30 minutes waiting to get into FLL.
When you can't get the first diversion / emergency landing right, (stall) try for a second one!!
Fortunately, it was a precleared flight. I doubt BDL could handle international arrivals today.
I was on this flight. We were delayed about 30-45 leaving the gate. Then a passenger fainted while taxiing. So we returned to the gate to have paramedics attend to him and eventually offload him.
The pilots and crew did a great job for the entire long day. The experience on the ground was a little rough. I have no idea how long it took them to organize buses to Boston. But there didn't seem to be anyone there to help passengers rebook or communicate what to do next. There were very few food options on the unsecured side of BDL. My next flight on a separate ticket with Delta and I was able to book out of BDL for $16 cheaper than my original flight.
My wife was on that nightmare flight I had to drive to Connecticut the following day to retrieve her.
Pilots and flight crew did an admirable job however true Aer Lingus form after the passengers disembarked they pretty much abandoned them in an Airport that is rural with little facilities or methods of transportation
Classic Aer Lingus for you !!!!
I’m at BDL right now on 8/14 and the plane is still here, unless Aer Lingus restarted service.
It definitely was the same plane. One of the engines was disassembled and people were working on it and also coming in and out of the cabin. It was kind of cool to see.
I was on the flight. The crew was outstanding, as were all the passengers. No one panic, screamed, cried, or got upset. Everyone reached out to calm and support others.
But once on the ground, the crew took off...getting a rousing cheer from the passengers...many of us stuck for 4 hours waiting to get luggage as there was NO ONE able to handle 300+ passengers. The terminal was closed, so we had to stay overnight and re-book, at our own expense. Aer Lingus is yet to pay us back.