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Emirates EK 006 From London Diverted To Budapest  
User currently offlineEK156 From United Arab Emirates, joined May 2005, 765 posts, RR: 3
Posted (4 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 3632 times:

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayA...heuae/2008/July/theuae_July901.xml

When will be the day when EK flies to Budapest?

Also how does this work? Wouldn't have been better for EK to divert to an airport that has regular EK Flights?

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User currently offlineEnginebird From United States of America, joined May 2007, 339 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (4 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 3577 times:



Quoting EK156 (Thread starter):
Also how does this work? Wouldn't have been better for EK to divert to an airport that has regular EK Flights?

The most important consideration is the severity of the "technical fault". If there is room for extra time to an airport with EK facilities than they would certainly try to go there, but if the problem warrants an immediate landing, the pilots (have to) go to the nearest airport with a suitable runway.

User currently offlineDano1977 From British Indian Ocean Territory, joined Jun 2008, 408 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (4 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 3458 times:

From what i have read on other forums (pprune) a smoke alarm was triggered.

So i guess that Budapest was the closest airport to land at.


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User currently offlineOHLHD From Finland, joined Dec 2004, 3962 posts, RR: 27
Reply 3, posted (4 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 3421 times:



Quoting EK156 (Thread starter):
Also how does this work? Wouldn't have been better for EK to divert to an airport that has regular EK Flights?

Well the next one could have been VIE then?  Smile

User currently offlineSwiftski From Australia, joined Dec 2006, 2701 posts, RR: 2
Reply 4, posted (4 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 3401 times:



Quoting Enginebird (Reply 1):
if the problem warrants an immediate landing, the pilots (have to) go to the nearest airport with a suitable runway.

Almost.

They also need to choose an airport with the facility to deal with the emergency.

User currently offlineEnginebird From United States of America, joined May 2007, 339 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (4 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 3344 times:



Quoting Swiftski (Reply 4):
Almost.

They also need to choose an airport with the facility to deal with the emergency.

Exactly. This is basically what i meant but did not spell it out clearly enough, as most aiports with a suitable runway would also have matching emergency services.
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