Sunday 16 May 2010 - the Icelandic Volcanic Ash Cloud is coming back again....

.... 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....

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.... and with 7 Ryanair Boeing 737's parking on Taxiway Tango

the former cross/short runway - BHX closed at 1900.....

Aurigny ATR 72-202 G-BWDB operated the afternoon Guernsey

to Manchester service to BHX while ....
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.... a number of biz jets also diverted including Learjet 40XR G-HPPY
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.... and Learjet 31A D-CSAP
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Pegasus Boeing 737-8S3 TC-APH operated their weekly flight
to Antalya - the aircraft wears billboard "flypgs.com" titles
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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

Thursday 14 January 2016 - US Air Force VC-32A 98-0002 is an evening arrival on the Elmdon apron

United States Air Force Boeing VC-32A 98-0002 was an evening arrival from Tel Aviv on the Elmdon apron....

.... bringing in US Defence Department officials for a meeting with their British counterparts

Aurigny ATR 72-212A G-COBO climbs quickly off Runway 33....

.... having started its take off run back to Guernsey from Sierra One

.... it had earlier diverted in due to a disabled aircraft blocking the runway at East Midlands

Piper Cheyenne 3A D-IOSD also diverted in from East Midlands.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... parking on the Elmdon apron - it was soon on its way back to Leipzig

Icelandair Boeing 757-223 TF-ISY operated their flight to Reykjavik/Keflavik

easyJet Swiss Airbus A319 HB-JZS operated the flight to Geneva in place of the usual G- aircraft

Bin Air Metro III D-CAVA spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron

Falcon 7X M-LJGI was an afternoon departure back to Dublin

Cirrus SR-22 N549CD was a late afternoon arrival on the Elmdon apron

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Thursday 17 June 2010 - Nouvelair Tunisie Airbus A320 TS-INN flying for Koral Blue

Nouvelair Tunisie Airbus A320-212 TS-INN operated

the Koral Blue IT flight to Sharm el Sheikh

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Malmo Aviation Avro RJ70 SE-DJP positioned in from Trollhattan,

Sweden, in preparation for a charter flight on Friday morning. The
aircraft wears the Braathens insignia on its tail and was previously

operated by fellow group company Transwede on behalf of SAS
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A disabled aircraft closed East Midlands Airport's runway during

the afternoon resulting in 12 diversions to BHX including ....

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.... Aurigny ATR 72-212A G-VZON which was operating flight

"GR 1694" from Guernsey to EMA while....
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.... Thomas Cook Airbus A320-214 G-DHJZ was operating flight
"TCX 813L" from Kos, Greece, to EMA when they diverted into BHX
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RAF BAe 125 CC3 ZD620 was an evening visitor to the Elmdon apron
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.... while Army Air Corps Apache AH1 ZJ227
overflew the airfield during the afternoon

Thursday 4 March 2010 - Aurigny ATR 72 G-VZON operates charter to Guernsey

Aurigny ATR 72-212A G-VZON was an afternoon arrival

positioning in to operate the return charter flight to Guernsey

- its first visit to BHX.. Photo: Mike Hollick

Wednesday 3 March 2010 - Aurigny ATR 72 G-BWDB operates charter from Guernsey

Aurigny ATR 72-202 G-BWDB was a morning visitor to the

Elmdon apron operating a charter flight from Guernsey....

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.... to where it positioned back to
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Citation XLS G-OXLS was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Thursday 12 March 2009 - Royal Danish AF Hercules B-538 visits on medevac flight

Royal Danish Air Force C-130J Hercules B-538 was a lunchtime

visitor to the Elmdon apron operating a medivac flight

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Aurigny ATR 72 G-BWDA which had arrived on Wednesday

was an afternoon departure back to Guernsey
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Eurowings used BAe 146-200 D-AEWE on the morning Lufthansa

service from Dusseldorf in place on the usual Canadair CRJ 200

Wednesday 11 March 2009 - Emirates Boeing 777 A6-EME operates lunchtime service to Dubai

Emirates used Boeing 777-200 A6-EME on their lunchtime

service to Dubai in place of the usual 777-300ER

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Aurigny ATR 72 G-BWDA operated a charter flight from

Guernsey parking up for the night on stand 82
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Cheltenham "Gold Cup" week resulted in the usual influx of Irish

visitors - Hawker 800XP EI-WXP was a morning arrival....
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.... joining Gulfstream 5 EI-GDL which had arrived on Sunday

afternoon on the Elmdon apron
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Ecureuil II G-BYZA was another morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Monday 17 September 2007 - "Ayline 678" emergency landing

Aurginy ATR 72 G-BWDB operating flight GR 678 from Guernsey to

Manchester made a full emergency landing at BHX just before 1815 after

reporting smoke in the cabin........

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.....the aircraft vacated Runway 33 at Bravo and then stopped - with the

Airport Fire Service in attendance - on Taxiway Alpha....

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.... where the passengers rapidly disembarked the aircraft onto the taxiway....
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.... with everyone off the aircraft and the situation now under control the passengers

walk to the bus that has now arrived to take them to the terminal

Well done to all the emergency services for their prompt action!