BNE AP 01 Oct Luggage belt delay

[Hvr]

Just spent about 20 minutes in line waiting for the luggage belt to start working again. No check in possible until the electrician did his/her magic.

Lots of announcements and pax on soonish flights were pulled forward.

Hopefully there wont be a recurrence for the evening peak.

Am now in the QP enjoying the soup.

 

[Mal]

It's a day of baggage mishaps for Qantas.

SYDs baggage check-in was apparently having problems for around 30 mins this morning (and I believe manual tagging of baggage was required). It delayed several flights, and there are follow-on issues in the network.

 

[blueflamenco]

Yup - baggage problems this morning departing Syd. What a mess! Does anyone know if the problems were related?

 

[Hvr]

Nah, the problems at BNE were purely mechanical and resolved by the electrician. Once the belt moved the luggage was able to be checked in.

 

[docjames]

Any ideas on the issue in MEL - see the October meets thread - there seemed to be lots of delays ex-MEL. Maybe just 763s cascading after visiting BNE early in the day?

http://www.australianfrequentflyer....r-2010/october-2010-a-24619-2.html#post361007

 

[Mal]

Any ideas on the issue in MEL - see the October meets thread - there seemed to be lots of delays ex-MEL. Maybe just 763s cascading after visiting BNE early in the day?

A flight SYD-MEL was delayed for at least 60 mins (IIRC it was the 11:30am one) "due to technical requirements". No doubt that created further issues downstream.

Most flights ex-BNE in the morning to SYD were 15-30 mins late. Mine was 30 mins late (15 mins delayed originally, and then another 15 mins due to a minor tech issue in BNE.) Onboard crew claimed the original delay was caused by connecting International passengers on the previous SYD-BNE sector (but I presume it was actually baggage issues);

 

[docjames]

Thanks Mal.

"Due technical requirements" really is a rubbish excuse that has no real meaning (or ifyou like, a whole lot of rubbish ones).