The wind alert declared this Tuesday by the Government of the Canary Islands on four islands, including Tenerifehas affected five flights who were heading to the airport Tenerife South. As AENA has informed this newspaper, five flights have been deviant to the airports of other islands this Tuesday, although two of them have already landed on the island of Tenerife, while another three hope to land in the next few hours.
Twitter account Air traffic controllers This event has been echoed, stating that these deviations have been caused by shear, that is, a sudden change in the direction or speed of the wind.
As can be seen in the images published by the aforementioned account, taken from the web FlightRadarthree of these flights came from England, all of them diverted to the island of Fuerteventura for safety reasons.
Shear at the airport #Tenerife South. Frustrated and diversions to alternative airports for security. #SafetyFirst #Teamwork pic.twitter.com/VBVjcSLCi5
— 😉Air Controllers 🇪🇸 (@controladores) May 9, 2023
The diversions continue #Tenerife South for safety. Foiled by shear. #SafetyFirst #Teamwork pic.twitter.com/3Ax5RxEzeM
— 😉Air Controllers 🇪🇸 (@controladores) May 9, 2023