Smoke from wildfires in Spain and Portugal had been brought north by winds from the ex-hurricane Ophelia and turned the sky an apocalyptic yellow. G-COBO took off about 1050 but was back within twenty minutes, as passengers had reported the smell of smoke in the cabin. Other aircraft around the UK had also made precautionary landings, but by the time of our flight at 1335 (on G-LERE) the pilots and controllers were wise to the cause and merely warned us about 'bonfire smells' in the cabin. The southerly winds propelled us back early, though the light was still yellowish at Stansted.
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