I live just north of Heathrow and occasionally get go-arounds coming straight overhead and other aircraft en-route to central London including VVIP helicopters so close that I can see the occupants of them including Marine One escorted by Ospreys.
On Friday 8th June at about 12:02 (BST), I was in the garden when an A330 came overhead on a strange track, both direction and altitude which I guessed was maybe 5000 to 6000 feet and there was something very odd about it.
So, back at my desk I check for aircraft in the vicinity and found Aeroflot SU 2578 was the aircraft in question. It was in the hold over Brentwood in Essex the released and was on a track of 265 to take it across to the West of London and join the approach in over Windsor. When overhead Enfield, it appeared to make a significant left turn to heading 237 aiming direct for the Heathrow terminal and continued on the course for a few minutes until over Hayes and close to the M4, when a very sharp right turn was executed, bring it right over here. The aircraft continued north westerly before turning left again to join the path of the original track of 265
I cannot post a link to the data for teh flight, however, the flight reference is: su2578#11a6e03e
Any thoughts on what might have been happening - it certainly appeared strange and the tracking confirms it.
On Friday 8th June at about 12:02 (BST), I was in the garden when an A330 came overhead on a strange track, both direction and altitude which I guessed was maybe 5000 to 6000 feet and there was something very odd about it.
So, back at my desk I check for aircraft in the vicinity and found Aeroflot SU 2578 was the aircraft in question. It was in the hold over Brentwood in Essex the released and was on a track of 265 to take it across to the West of London and join the approach in over Windsor. When overhead Enfield, it appeared to make a significant left turn to heading 237 aiming direct for the Heathrow terminal and continued on the course for a few minutes until over Hayes and close to the M4, when a very sharp right turn was executed, bring it right over here. The aircraft continued north westerly before turning left again to join the path of the original track of 265
I cannot post a link to the data for teh flight, however, the flight reference is: su2578#11a6e03e
Any thoughts on what might have been happening - it certainly appeared strange and the tracking confirms it.
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