TokyoNarita From Palau, joined Aug 2003, 570 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (7 years 10 months 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 4609 times:
Well Delta serves MAA so it's easier there to get customer service, ground handling and fuel support...it was probably planned as the destination alternate prior to the departure...I would say diverting to an off-line airport is probably done as absolute last resort especially in a foreign country. Just because there was an airport close by does not necessary mean it's the best place to go from the operational standpoint.
HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58 Reply 8, posted (7 years 10 months 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 4242 times:
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A Very Tough & Abnormal day at Mumbai [Bombay] yesterday.The Rains started Pouring & just did not stop.Never seen such flooding before out here.Thousands stranded.In fact Electricity just restored a few hrs ago after 28 hrs.
No Electricity,No Cellphone coverage a few Landlines Functioning the whole of yesterday Evening.
regds
MEL
TRVYYZ From Canada, joined Oct 2004, 1311 posts, RR: 11 Reply 9, posted (7 years 10 months 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 4211 times:
The AI flight from DEL to YYZ has been delayed indefinetly as DEL didn't have the a/c to fly, which was stuck up at BOM. What happened to the one that flew previously from YYZ (on Sunday)?
Karan69 From India, joined Oct 2004, 2786 posts, RR: 19 Reply 11, posted (7 years 10 months 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 4191 times:
Its around 10pm and i just got electricity in my locality, which was gone from 430pm yesterday over 30 hrs without electricity, which was just pathetic.
My dad walked around 15kms through the water and reached the domestic airport where he slept for 3 hrs and continuoed his journey and reached home at 10am after leaving office which is 22 kms from our house at 6pm.
Me and mom were simialarly trapped and it took us 9hrs to cover a distance 7km to reach my house.
I just looked at NDTV and they are showing aerial pics of BOM airport and cargo vehicles are covered and the tires of all 320s and 73Gs looked entirely submerged.
This has been the worst rainfall at Mumbai in the last 100 yrs.
Airish From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2004, 259 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (7 years 10 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 4148 times:
What happened to the one that flew previously from YYZ (on Sunday)?
On AI flights information that flight went on from DEL to BOM and AI187 was supposed to start BOM according to AI website schedules. Don’t know what is happening with AI at the moment as the website seems to be down.
My guess is AI had to position the 777 for maintenance. I was looking forward to that flight as it would have nearly been the routing of when AI used to fly to BHX in the 80s routing BOM-DEL-ATQ- Moscow -BHX. Anyway I wonder if its crew that has delayed the flight as there should be 777 with coming from Dhaka which should operated AI150 to CCU.
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Kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11956 posts, RR: 37 Reply 14, posted (7 years 10 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 4119 times:
In general, day to day operations, what is the normally used runway there? I note from one of the charts that there is a runway - 32/14 - which doesn't have a parallel taxiway. Is that regularly used?
Karan69 From India, joined Oct 2004, 2786 posts, RR: 19 Reply 16, posted (7 years 10 months 3 days ago) and read 4094 times:
Quoting HAWK21M (Reply 12): Hows the Subway level now.I needed to go East.What about Bandra Flyover
Think of travelling only tomorrow morning, the subway is flodded till my chest and i am 5'11, as for Bandra Flyover---traffic is moving but at the rate of Inches the problem is that all the Heavies--trucks and busses have occupied WE. Express Highway.
AirIndiaOne From India, joined Mar 2005, 146 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 3996 times:
Quoting Karan69 (Reply 18): BTW, heard that the first flights just landed at BOM, any news on that.???
Localizer for 09 was available for sometime around 9 pm. But it shut off again and there is no activity at the airport.
Not sure which act. landed (if any).
NDTV has falsely reported that airport is operational.
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9V-SPJ From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 740 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 3951 times:
I know this is not aviation related, but what is the situation like in Andheri West? My grandparents live there and we havent been able to contact them. What is the flooding, electricity and water situation like over there?
Thanks in advance
AirIndiaOne From India, joined Mar 2005, 146 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 3937 times:
Quoting 9V-SPJ (Reply 20): what is the situation like in Andheri West?
Situation is easing up...water is receding. Electricity has been restored in 90% area of Mumbai. Im not sure about cell phone networks, most of them still appear to be jammed while landlines are completely out in many parts of the city. No rains since the evening of 27th uptil now
One VLC just landed at 27. Commercial airlines will only operate from 10 am on 28th.
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Karan69 From India, joined Oct 2004, 2786 posts, RR: 19 Reply 22, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 3895 times:
Quoting 9V-SPJ (Reply 20): What is the flooding, electricity and water situation like over there?
AFAIK, andheri west got electricity about 20 mins ago but then again my friend who lives there told me that all buildings in his area do not have it fully restored as yet.
Mobile networks have just begun to come back online---i suggest giving them a try now,
Airish From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2004, 259 posts, RR: 1 Reply 23, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 3856 times:
Nice to hear things starting to come back. Maybe AI will then be able to get their website up. Lets hope commercial airlines will operate from 10 am on 28th. I know the weather forecast on http://uk.weather.com/index.html is for more rain one hopes this does not cause many problems for aircraft.
Also according to the BHX website AI187A is scheduled for a 13.10 arrival.
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Vivek0072 From India, joined Jun 2005, 284 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 3783 times:
Quoting Vivek0072 (Reply 4): Forget rains, that airport should be closed forever, it sucks.
Sorry for my nasty remark, I did not know that the situation is really bad and it has beaten the Cherrapunji record. My sister told that a lot of rail + roads to Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa have been blocked.
Is the situation improving or is it still bad ?My condolences to all those lost their near and dear ones.
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26 AirIndiaOne: LATEST ON BOM: IC 687 has departing to DEL under special VFR conditions. Still no NAVAIDS available, few landings at 09 with help of PAPI. VT-TAT , a
27 Karan69: Normal commercial aircrafts like the 737s,32x,, etc etc.. not helicopters and gliders and smaller propeller aircrafts
28 Airish: According to BAA website as AI website is still down this is the information on flights from to India for Heathrow currently. 11:30 AI101 MUMBAI DELAY
29 BOEING787: Latest situation courtsey: MID-DAY: http://web.mid-day.com/news/city/2005/july/114934.htm With limited navigational aid made available by the Airports
30 Aseem: and now TOI says that Gujrat is next(again). Good luck to folks flying to AMD. rgds VT-ASJ
31 HAWK21M: Only a Few 9W & IC flt departing using 14-32.09-27 is still u/s. Landings included Nair visiting Mumbai High. Things should smoothen out by Evening. r
32 Mrniji: Just returned from TXL - FRA and checked the AI counters at FRA.. a mess as usual with 4 jumbus departing Thursday ( houndreds of mostly Westerners/Ge
33 BOEING787: Update from Lufthansa: You are aware that the unfortunate monsoon havoc in Western Maharashtra has also caused massive damage to the Mumbai internatio
34 HAWK21M: Sad case.Was Moving thru the City this Afternoon & the Devastation was tremendous.The Juhu Airport [SV Road] wall partially had collapsed.A lot of Veh
35 Aseem: hope the localizers are in place, last time somebody stole them. Who knows might being used to mend a house. cheers! VT-ASJ
36 HAWK21M: Mumbai Back on track........ regds MEL
37 Aseem: MEL!! be ready for all that extra work..pumping water out of the engine. cheers! VT-ASJ
38 LFutia: Hope things can get back to normal very soon. 1 question though.. how do u merge a flight. ive always been curious about that? and with all of these s
39 Karan69: My DAD visited our office area,Fortunately our workers survived 33 hrs in our office which was flooded upto 13feet, they also told him that if that A
40 Aseem: agreed!! Mumbai moves with the speed of its suburban trains. The moment they starts running, so does the city!! Cheers to all Mumbaikars!! VT-ASJ
41 BlrBird: Just to give a magnitude of rains BOM got on the first day! It dumped 37.6 inches in less than 10 hrs.
42 Knoxibus: This is awful. This brings back bad memories. The place I come from (RUN), has several world records for rainfall (from 12hrs to 2 weeks IIRC). We got
43 HAWK21M: Lucky for me All our Aircraft were out of BOM. Unfortunate rumours of Dam bursting & water flowing are creeping in leading to Panic in certain Areas
44 Mrniji: I was booked on AI tomorrow via BOM to DEL, but now it was changed to QR due to these unforseeable circumstances - so I will unfortunately bypass BOM
45 Karan69: In a way good for you, Subin.---Atleast you will get to try a 5* rated airline in that of Qatar---Do write a Trip Report.
46 Mrniji: My NBO Report is still due... will try my best, but time - when is yours from the 9W340 coming?
47 HAWK21M: Due 09-27 Nav Aids still under Mx,We've been optng Our Flts in the Day since Yesterday. If the Nav Aids are in Serviceable then 09-27 will be used for
48 Karan69: 40% of it is ready should be done by tom or even tonight.
49 HAWK21M: Another Setback.With the AI B744 Overrun on 14-32. http://www.airliners.net/discussions...eneral_aviation/read.main/2245970/ http://www.airliners.net/
50 HAWK21M: BOM Airport was closed for some time again today following low Visability. Right now the Suns Shining. regds MEL
51 Karan69: I finished writing it, its really long, but unfortunately myaviaiton.net have deleted some of my pics So i re-uploaded them and will post it AS soon
52 EurostarVA: Could anyone please try answering my above question on Live Flight Information being available on the net for Mumbai Airport?
53 HAWK21M: To common public Unfortunately NO. regds MEL
54 AirIndiaOne: AAI has been working on that for over 3 years ) What flight do u want to know about ?
55 HAWK21M: It happened yesterday & again Today.Visability dropped & Flights circling above. When will Mumbai return to normal.Maybe another 2-3 days. regds MEL
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