![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXDelo6J-3-GlAa08Nh17F0LF-Gp2Lpqug-MkVCLOD7L7zZ5MffyDeRALPamgixb8sEA2lhD8NpnYM4LJxceHq6qBknpBrRfsLwqrKtFj4Sg0SMXT-G-sFvfLiDV5Vvt8EAaG1nVTNSA/s400/View_BHX_2010.05.16-1.jpg)
.... but first we have the diversions! With the Volcanic Ash Cloud
returning to UK air space many airports north of BHX closed
resulting in a large number of aircraft diverting in during the
afternoon filling the 70's and 80's stands....
.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganNEr85Wv_gcGuXfu8PPtJtCvtiuvK_8pWPl9xApdfpsnHze2WxyaAXMpDTQGksGII2yWfp4BjF6XXNNtL-kZgITGbNh8YwIWtyPo16cjDqBeGwE0njhYCgUW1QbN7Rvdj_oPfLpK7rI/s400/View_BHX_2010.05.16-2.jpg)
.... and with 7 Ryanair Boeing 737's parking on Taxiway Tango
the former cross/short runway - BHX closed at 1900.....
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5n5gpL-y_y7qy8jtjOYUA4AF-xTuwXEBwAqDFtJwhr52B_dbrfuEy0C-xdWXa9kA7dK8EY6DtWU1V1U8rmyqmU8XxnqBAdNh_IDowtMELnLZjYaRGXsE_s4WH84EwGitp8qxE4im33LA/s400/G-BWDB_BHX_2010.05.16.jpg)
Aurigny ATR 72-202 G-BWDB operated the afternoon Guernsey
to Manchester service to BHX while ....
.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTM50QQl-JUFEUwLeT6xVceC0Gmty-nBCDH2NOQg2yhrCZQVlv-5elwmDIljnZSTSrciRiAm60lcbkfZO5V4efPt9VC3DsmyCcdzS_WVQEVVGKMcoqtaJhh9kl8O7hH0XNTqHRGBu9Eg/s400/G-HPPY_BHX_2010.05.16.jpg)
.... a number of biz jets also diverted including Learjet 40XR G-HPPY
.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCts4r5dRbPUji_QXtd60URrI0a5Zh-kNzxFRksRVZ9Urpp9tL-KewIHpkUfPMvJqgdDpD239AjVqowTm2EoA-wciHfPaf_oY6UmFb3IFZU9ibHYkLEM0HwrN1ioUnYpZYmfBHI1XpTU/s400/D-CSAP_BHX_2010.05.16.jpg)
.... and Learjet 31A D-CSAP
.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHC09IT0XkcVGJwNbIVhKCO2Tqo73hRNFAzxapDQ3xoPAPnXg8WVj0uhgX8XQ1hZZ3B247tybGJBe4n-YiuXRjpSqaVye1Q_4gUe59VPJRaJhobH8FX0HFE7v7yrEmqaPzf-heGfZXHGg/s400/TC-APH_BHX_2010.05.16.jpg)
Pegasus Boeing 737-8S3 TC-APH operated their weekly flight
to Antalya - the aircraft wears billboard "
flypgs.com" titles
.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixbw4gpIQ5cvbY_LEHnYJ0E7Sdthdsm6aL4hFIPdtVUwYnINEje5eNCc-UNulBNtHKPF49wxycdFRAR1MNS3odIImqgGPemHpSQkC-kJ5PxhmPTydL9ET8B5EHfq5Lncbjo_nNa24opmA/s400/EZ-A007_BHX_2010.05.16.jpg)
Turkmenistan Boeing 737-7GL EZ-A007 was an early morning
visitor as it made a fuel stop on its way back to Ashkabad from
Lackland in the US where it had been for maintenance