CoachClass From United States of America, joined Jan 2010, 356 posts, RR: 0 Posted (2 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 4669 times:
Has this bad winter weather caused any fuel diversions so far? I check periodically for the TXL-EWR and HAM-EWR and haven't found any? And, were there any B757's that had to be diverted because they didn't have enough fuel to circle the airport because of bad weather? I imagine that these planes take off with their fuel tanks topped off.
jfk777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 7340 posts, RR: 7 Reply 1, posted (2 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 4271 times:
Continental must have a few 757's stuck some where ?
ChrisNH From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3804 posts, RR: 2 Reply 2, posted (2 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 4129 times:
I seem to recall several Stuttgart-Atlanta Delta 767s having to stop in Bangor, Maine over the years...I guess owing to a hill near the departure end at Stuttgart that causes the flight to climb more rapidly, which means less fuel in order to do that. Not sure I have my facts straight, but that's what I heard.
But relating to the original topic, many 757s stop in Bangor as well...obviously coming into the U.S. from Europe,
airportugal310 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 3056 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (2 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 4038 times:
There were a few cases this year where the venerable 757 flew EWR-FCO-EWR and EWR-MXP-EWR with CO. It seems to me, regardless of the winter winds over the Atlantic, that this aircraft is more capable than one thinks...
Thats generalizing, but I think the point is there somewhere
seabosdca From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 4277 posts, RR: 4 Reply 4, posted (2 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 4002 times:
Believe me, if it were happening with any regularity, the crowd here that insists that 757s are deathtraps on any mission over 3 hours would be out in force. This winter, the challenges seem to have been within the United States...
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SonomaFlyer From United States of America, joined Apr 2010, 1171 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (2 years 4 months 3 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 2571 times:
The heavy jet stream winds have dipped further south than normal this year...you couple that with the normal TATL routing means the 757's aren't fighting winds quite as strong this winter.
seabosdca From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 4277 posts, RR: 4 Reply 7, posted (2 years 4 months 3 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 2525 times:
Quoting downtown273 (Reply 5): It was just a few days ago that LHR, CDG, FRA, LGW, DUB were closed...
Sorry to be unclear... I meant challenges in terms of fuel stops.
Quoting SonomaFlyer (Reply 6): The heavy jet stream winds have dipped further south than normal this year...
...thus producing things like 7 1/2 hour BOS-SFO flights.
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Bongodog1964 From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2006, 3012 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (2 years 4 months 3 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 2262 times:
Here in the UK we've had a lot of North Easterly winds as opposed to the more usual South Westerlys, I would imagine this has aided anyone operating 757's on West bound transatlantic routes.
Speedbird128 From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 1134 posts, RR: 2 Reply 9, posted (2 years 4 months 3 weeks ago) and read 1755 times:
Quoting ChrisNH (Reply 2): I seem to recall several Stuttgart-Atlanta Delta 767s having to stop in Bangor, Maine over the years...I guess owing to a hill near the departure end at Stuttgart
Aaaah yes. The 25 terrain limitations... I hate that runway at STG. I am all for removing that hill.
We accomodate DL off 07 100% of the time that weather permits...
oly720man From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 6180 posts, RR: 11 Reply 10, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 1569 times:
AA120 JFK-CDG was diverted to MAN on the 20th Dec and was on the ground about 3hrs
tonymctigue From Ireland, joined Feb 2006, 1874 posts, RR: 10 Reply 12, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 1506 times:
Quoting seabosdca (Reply 4): Believe me, if it were happening with any regularity, the crowd here that insists that 757s are deathtraps on any mission over 3 hours would be out in force.
B757 a deathtrap on missions over 3 hours? That's funny because I cannot recall a single B757 that has gone down over the Atlantic ever and only 8 hull losses from over 1,000 frames built one of which was a hijacking in China and two more were also hijacking's involved in the 9/11 attacks. How can anyone claim the B757 is a death trap in any circumstances with a record like that?
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