I see that direct flights between Cyprus and Turkey are illegal.Is this because of the previous war in the 1970's between Turkey(Northern Cyprus) and Greece(Southern Cyprus)?

But it was only meant to be 4 hours 23 minutes.

If I was a pilot for anyone but united I would always thank the passengers for not flying with them

LATI Spotter I think so too...I vaguely remember seeing it but I lived in Cyprus so it was no surprise

Niki Svaizer Since Paphos and Larnaca are so close I assume that they just decided that they may as well fly to Paphos since the weather was clearer there. I was more thinking of the pilots doing overtime and getting fatigued!

James Funnell yeah you are right, the crew overtime is another aspect to be considered, since the diversion time exceeded the flight time back to LGW. I think that the LCA-LGW flight has been cancelled or delayed with pax transferred LCA -> PFO flying the next day on the same aircraft and crew.

CS:GO Peak surely they would have run out of hours?

Absolutely

LutonPlaneSpotter Absolutely. I don't know the regulations in Europe but the max amount of hours flown by one pilot (In USA and Can?) is I think 16 hours.

Yeah and I think that that was even their last flight of the day...😅

Unsub They might of done but if the crew is feeling okay the captain can issue a captaincy discretion so they can fly a little bit over their max hours to return to home base. They aren’t allowed to leave a home base though knowing they’ll enter discretion.

Dlm is not bad airport

+TheGreatFlyer Roger that, Thanks :)

John Perry that's a first lol

Sol Bambi probably not free

TheGreatFlyer Maybe you could contact one of those "Flight Claim" company's. They fill in a form for you and make sure you get the money. Even though you have arrived more than 3 hours later on your original destination, I do not think you would be able to apply for the any kind of compensation (by European Law). Unfortunately circumstances beyond one's control (such as weather conditions) are not applicable.

They hate each other...A LOT

If you knew the history about the Turks invading Famagusta in Cyprus and bombing the main tourist attraction place and taking over it, you'll understand why they hate each other

Thank you very much!! And hi from Italy ;D

TheGreatFlyer did the flight attendends say anything about sticking your phone to the window? i wanna do it too but im a little afraid.

Anıl Açıkay yes welcome I love Turkey since I was Baby tourism

Highly unlikely the Pilots weren't aware. Could of been any number of reasons. Rhodes may not have been available for a reason of their own.

Jack D easyjet flies to rhodes though so the company is familiar with LGRP.

That's not a video of the pilots as it's not an A320 but a B737 cockpit.

tomtom4867 they are on a B737-8. The video title is wrong.

I think the title is right. They are on an a320. What makes you think it's a 737?

Vasilis Kolovos they re on an a320. Stupid people go on Google and look for easyjet fleet which is all made by airbus a319-a320 if u don't know how to recognize a plane

Vasilis Kolovos look at the winglets on the end of the wings.. they are B737 wings not airbus

Hashanah don't say that godsh! Incorrectly Turkey is far from TLV so another 4 hours would of been added on so it been17 he's flight nice one

LGW - LCA it was meant to be

TylersModdingServices what airport is that?

The destination is Larnaca, but they landed in paphos, which according to the map is on the opposite side of the island.

Aiyaphol Kemapuckpong OK, thanks

I'm rather surprised that the pilot (or flight dispatcher) didn't know about this and decided to use a Turkish airport as the preferred alternate. The plane should've diverted to Athens or Paphos from the beginning.

Avantime agreed. i do also wonder why they went all the way to Athens afterwards and not a closer airport like the one in Rhodes, which is also closer to Cyprus.

Easier to find hotels or alternative flights in Athens, in case the flight got cancelled. Also Easyjet won't need to re-position the aircraft as Athens is a major destination.

yes they would. if for example if the aircraft was supposed to fly back to Gatwick that night on a regular routing from larnaca to Gatwick . the inbound service from Gatwick being diverted to Athens would result in the return service being delayed or cancelled. the aircraft would have to overnight in Athens before positioning to Gatwick. causing it to delay the next days flights. if the service from larnaca to Gatwick was not cancelled. but delayed overnight. the aircraft would have to position from Athens to larnaca to pick up passengers bound for Gatwick. both involve affecting the next days flights for that aircraft in question.its nothing to do with bases. its to do with aircraft and crews being out of position. eg. lets say a flight from New York to Dublin gets diverted to Shannon. the airline operating the route is aer lingus. yes aer lingus have bases at both airports. but if that same aircraft or crew is due to cover another route later that day from Dublin. the diversion will affect the service from Dublin regardless of Shannon being a base. it also depends aircraft type. eg the jfk to Dublin route is operated by an A330 but aer lingus only operate A320s and 757s from the Shannon base. but if the A330s crew are out of hours. what then??a new crew will have to be brought from Dublin to Shannon and this takes quite some time. and affects the aircrafts planned routings.

Actually the Alternate that goes on the flight plan is just so u can be legal to take off... it doesn't mean you have to use it, in the case of a diversion you can go anywhere that is safe!

Infinite FlightSC _ same lol 🤣 I was there I was like what is this bird doing until I found out it diverted

Probably due to the war between to countries in 1974, look it up

David Wood go pros always have a fish eye lens. I think it is better for a view out of an aeroplane because it is wider. But for the cabin shots I agree it is horrible.

James Funnell alright thanks

I think the quality is very good anyway, I love the fish eye effect! :)

David Wood the fish eye effect can be removed digitally with gopro software

Easyjet. And yes its very common they are a big airline in the UK but only a low cost airline. Although their prices aren't too low nowadays.

No I meant only common people fly with these low budget airlines.

Dr stranglove. Not true I work at Gatwick and see loads of celebrities using EasyJet.

Sometimes people dont have a choice, you couldnt fly first class to rome for example with BA or another high class airline, doesnt work like that

Stupid comment