Heathrow Approach - Handling the snow closure

[JSOwens]

great find. would be good to know if anybody else had some recordings of London this day!

[wlewis06]

Some audio of EGLL Approach handling some holding/diverts during today's extreme weather; nothing significant, just thought people might get a kick out of it!

Cheers.

Nice audio, thanks for posting.  I wasn't traveling over the last couple of weeks (except by car locally) but I really feel for the passengers and crew.  The Delta flight was number 16 in sequence.  And I think the controller said something about a 90 minute delay before the airport reopened.  The controller did a fine job of keeping the pilots informed admist a difficult situation.

[lareneg]

When Heathrow Approach says that their diversion has been approved, does that mean that the airport has said they'll accepted the aircraft, or does it just mean that they've contacted the adjacent sector to co-ordinate the aircraft in that direction?

[Casper87]

It generally would mean that they have contacted the Airport Authority and got the nod from them to say that they will accept that particular aircraft. The co-ordination with the other sectors would happens aswell, most likely electronically, with DIV messages being distributed appropriately.

C

[Dream747]

Does anybody know where I can find more archives on LHR recordings?

[becker_11]

Hi I've only just registered despite having the app on my phone for ages. How are you listening to EGLR when it isn't covered by LiveATC also is this non coverage temporary or is it always the case? Thanks

[becker_11]

Okay I have done some reading and it appears Heathrow and other UK airports are offline since approx xmas 2005 due to government regulation. Are you listening via scanner handsets then?