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Boeing 737 Max 8 Turkish Air aircraft turned back

Posted: Tue 12 Mar 2019 4:37 pm
by Mowgli597
A TA flight from Istanbul to Birmingham has been turned back because of a ban on the Boeing 737 Max 8 overflying the UK’s airspace. Ireland has also joined the ban, as have several other countries.

More info here.

From Flightradar24 - 12th March 2019 @ 15:34 UTC (Zulu), 17:34 TRNC time
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Re: Boeing 737 Max 8 Turkish Air aircraft turned back

Posted: Tue 12 Mar 2019 4:51 pm
by Trigger
Mowgli597 wrote:A TA flight from Istanbul to Birmingham has been turned back because of a ban on the Boeing 737 Max 8 overflying the UK’s airspace. Ireland has also joined the ban, as have several other countries.

More info here.

From Flightradar24 - 12th March 2019 @ 15:34 UTC (Zulu), 17:34 TRNC time
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Wow, it looks like it got over half way there. You would be livid. You would have thought they would have given a notice period.

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8 Turkish Air aircraft turned back

Posted: Tue 12 Mar 2019 5:13 pm
by alphamike
I'm getting page not found for that link. Found this https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47536502