NEWS FLASH
Air Serbia’s flight from Belgrade to Guangzhou was forced to divert back to Nikola Tesla Airport mid-air earlier today due to the closure of Guangzhou Airport as Super Typhoon Ragasa, the strongest storm on earth this year, heads towards China. Guangzhou Airport has cancelled all flights until Wednesday evening, similar to others nearby, including Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macau. Cathay Pacific has evacuated its aircraft from its home base. Air Serbia’s passengers bound for Guangzhou took off from Belgrade just after seven in the morning yesterday local time. However, after crossing the Caspian Sea and entering Kazakhstan, the Airbus A330-200 was forced to return back to the Serbian capital. In total, passengers spent close to eight and a half hours in the air.
Such scenarios are not uncommon in the aviation industry. Earlier this year, a Qantas flights from Perth to Paris was forced to return back to Australia following the abrupt closure of airspace across the Middle East, with passengers enduring a fifteen hour flight back to their city of departure. Last November, a British Airways plane turned around while halfway across the Atlantic Ocean meaning passengers endured a nine-hour flight to nowhere.
Passengers will accrue their miles anyway.
ReplyDeleteProbably, but compensation will not be possible
DeleteWhat do you want to be compensated for?
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ReplyDeleteI know that Guangzhou is south east but they could have landed somewhere in China at least...
Granted, i'm not familiar with the pros and cons.
Could they have been redirected to Beijing, for example if Shanghai wasn't available?
Why would JU strand a plane in China for the sake of a few hours?
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DeleteOf course they could, but I assume that they didn't want to risk if shutdown at CAN continues. By returning to base the aircraft is able to do next rotation on time.
Anon@20:27 Aren’t YU planes spend 20 hours for crew rest in China anyway?
DeleteShanghai yes, Guangzhou no.
DeleteIt is common to have this kind of diversion in case of unexpected events, like military situation in Middle East, but failing to foresee the biggest storm this year at the destination, happening just few hours after departure? Not sure…
ReplyDeleteThey should know about this weather before departure
Delete^ loving experts like this here 😂😂😂
DeleteThis flight was delayed seven hours on departure.
ReplyDeleteAnd China Southern's flight to Budapest is delayed over 12 hours.
DeleteI was on that plane. Will be refunded in full.
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ReplyDeleteSay hello to your students, and say them to stay in Sprdia to improve expertize in shitty thinking.
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