Why was an aircraft flying over my home, I am not under a flight path?
1 January, 2019Occasionally aircraft may be diverted off the normal flight path for weather avoidance. A flight will request from ATC a deviation from flight path for weather avoidance. ATC agree to the captain’s requested course whenever possible, as it is the captain's responsibility to ensure the safety of the aircraft and ATC have no recourse to that decision making.
You may also be overflown if an aircraft must carry out a ‘go-around’, these ‘go-arounds’ occur on occasion for a variety of reasons; such as another aircraft taking longer than expected on the runway, but are primarily a safety measure.
If an aircraft is off-track without instruction from ATC we contact the airline and request an investigation is carried out by them to determine the reason the pilot diverted off-track.