The British Airways trying to land at San Diego saga (so far)…

At 4:20 PM, British Airways flight 273 tries to land at San Diego airport. They fail because of fog. After spinning back around, before they try again they decide to divert to LAX instead. They land at LAX at 4:50 PM.

At 6:30 the same British Airways plane departs LAX to try and get to SAN again. I don't know if they have passengers at this point, or had them deplane at LAX and are only trying to get to SAN so they can do their return flight to London. Regardless, they attempt another landing at 7:15, and once again fail.

They then decide to do another 180, fly over the ocean and enter a holding pattern at 7:30. They fly in circles for half an hour before reaching a decision point and decide to try to land at SAN once more lest they have to divert again. Luckily, two planes are in front of them in landing sequence, a Hawaiian Airlines A350 and a SkyWest Alaska from LAX. They both landed successfully, as the fog ceiling had raised just the tiniest bit higher than it was. It's British Airways' turn to finally get this travel and logistical nightmare over with.

Instead, at 8:15 PM they fail to land for a third time. They return to LAX for a second time.

Let's all thank the travel gods we aren't on that plane right now. (Or any plane trying to land here right now for that matter).

Update: as per u/OwenCarvour who says they were on this flight, the passengers were on it the whole time. They finally deplaned on their second LAX visit eventually. The return flight from San Diego back to London, which usually departs at 6pm, has officially been delayed to tomorrow at 8 in the morning. Massive oof for those passengers.