Tracking a flight??

[Drisgirl]

I am trying to track my sons flight back from Japan -he assured me that it would be easy -in that I can see where he is at any given time.
I have now spent an hour trying to track it and quite simply cant.

Its BA0008 -can anyone please give me help and if possible a link.

Thanks x

[ChuckFickens]

Are you sure that's the right flight number?

What airport did it depart from and what one is it arriving at?

http://www.flightstats.com/go/Home/home.do

[JoolsTwo]

Try this one - although most of them seem to do only flights over America. Worth a try though. :-))

http://www.flytecomm.com/cgi-bin/trackflight

[lorri24601]

put "live flight arrivals" plus the airport he is landing at into google,from there you can find a link to the real time arrivals board for the airport he is landing at :-)

[grasscarp]

The flight is due in at 5.14pm, which is shown on the BA website. As it is just under 3 hours away it will be somewhere over the east Mediterranean right now I imagine.

[Drisgirl]

He left Tokyo at 13.20 he lands at Heathrow 17.15 our time.

Funnily enough that flight doesnt come up for me either -i'll go and check again.

Thanks Chuck

[Drisgirl]

oops -sorry -got a phone call mid post there -thanks all -i'll try again.

He will have landed by the time I work this bleeder out lol

[ChuckFickens]

it's just called BA8 on the site

http://www.flightstats.com/go/FlightStatus/fli ghtStatusByFlight.do?id=140566593&airlineCode= BA&flightNumber=8&departureDate=2008-10-05

[Roo_power]

with around 2hr left to fly, using the great circle mapper would place the aircraft somewhere around northern scandinavia.

[Drisgirl]

Thanks Chuck -that'll be why I couldnt even track it but I wanted to see where he was but Roo had told me that he is possibly over Scandinavia -how cool is that.

Its just -as some may recall -he had such a horrific journey out there -fogbound at Heathrow -ended up in HK and then flew into a typhoon which meant loss of cabin pressure and a severe drop -everyone -cabin crew were belted in for the flight and then the lights went out and soothing music went on -how horrendous was that??

He is a really calm guy but he thought his number was up.

He has receive 10,000 Air Miles from BA because he lost a day of his holiday -he travelled for 26hrs and was mentally and physically shattered.

Im just naturally worried now -thats all -thanks everyone -fingers crossed xx

[terambulan]

Yeee gads......didn't realise it was Hrow....probs T3.....will roll out red carpet across fields to welcome him.

[Drisgirl]

Seriously terambulam -is there a problem???

[terambulan]

No problem at T3; probs = probably. Carpets out, over the runway...hope it doesn't rain else the color will run;)

[terambulan]

u can see flight arrivals on teletext p183 for T3.

[Drisgirl]

O thanks -see how anxious I am -would usually have read that as probably -no easy being a mum -even worse having me as a mum lol

Thanks teramulam x

[Drisgirl]

He arrived in Heathrow safely and is now en route to Edinburgh -no details of flight yet but he got there safely -phewww!!!

[terambulan]

You never met him? Looked out for his flight on teletext but couldn't find it.....glad he's home for you ;)

[Drisgirl]

Aw thanks -spoke to him in Heathrow -im not in Edinburgh -or really nearby so next call will be when he is safely at home in Edinburgh.Been a long day -not as bad as the 2 days it took him to get there tho :)