A380 at ADL

[Deleted User]

Qantas A380 at ADL now. Anyone know what that's about...?

 

[Undercover Brother]

ADL is often listed as the diversion airfield for SY and ML A380 arrivals. My guess is if there is cough weather is SY, there is a fair chance it may be the same in ML.

BN is an A380 alternate for Emirates flights into SY as well.

 

[markis10]

QF10 diverted inbound to MEL.

 

[Deleted User]

Here's the bird...

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[markis10]

Popped in for a top up apparently, only 250 pax onboard.

 

[nlagalle]

Popped in for a top up apparently, only 250 pax onboard.

Yup. My friend is onboard and sms'd me. Suspect fuel leak according to what they were told from the flight deck.

 

[milehighclub]

Engineers say there was no leak or other technical issues

Qantas flight forced to divert to Adelaide after burning through fuel | News.com.au

 

[MiLK_MaN]

Is this the plane scheduled for QF9 today at 15:30? If so, is it back in Melbourne yet?

 

[milehighclub]

Is this the plane scheduled for QF9 today at 15:30? If so, is it back in Melbourne yet?

QF10 was 2 hours and 44 minutes late into Melbourne, so yes it arrived just over an hour ago.

QF9 today is still scheduled as an A380

 

[Austman]

I saw it fly directly over the Melbourne CBD about an hour ago.

 

[pauly7]

Biggest most exciting thing that's happened in Adelaide all year

Will no doubt make front page news of The Advertiser (it's a no news rag right?).

 

[jb747]

It's not an uncommon event for an aircraft to go down on the projected flight plan fuel. Temperature a couple of degrees higher than expected, winds not as forecast, or unable to get the flight levels you need. There are lots of reasons for an aircraft to burn more fuel than the plan says, though, it must be said that the plans are normally uncannily accurate.

So, if you have an aircraft that is burning more than expected, and you cannot find an explanation, you might then start to suspect the fuel system. Again it should be possible to resolve whether, and where, you have a leak, but in some circumstances you won't be able to conclusively resolve the situation. So, you're left with going down on the planned fuel, and unable to explain why. Prudence then steps in....

 

[markis10]

So, you're left with going down on the planned fuel, and unable to explain why. Prudence then steps in....

With Australian trained aircrew it does .

 

[ButFli]

Good to see the MSM reporting this as "Qantas A380 forced to land because it ran out of fuel".

Meanwhile there are plenty of non-Qantas planes heading for Sydney or Melbourne that land in Brisbane all the time. No one bothers reporting it because they are just "routine" fuel stops.

 

[russ]

With Australian trained aircrew it does .

Huh? Are you implying that Australian trained aircrew all show prudence? If so, I disagree: I've seen some Australian trained shockers in my time!

 

[LiamR]

Huh? Are you implying that Australian trained aircrew all show prudence? If so, I disagree: I've seen some Australian trained shockers in my time!

I can't speak for all Australian pilots. But I like to think that Qantas Pilots are a cut above the rest!

 

[markis10]

Huh? Are you implying that Australian trained aircrew all show prudence? If so, I disagree: I've seen some Australian trained shockers in my time!

I am implying that Australian trained airline pilots at major carrier level would in general show prudence ( note the absence of the word "all"), certainly not all Australian pilots, when it comes to fuel exhaustion the trend has been decreasing in terms of accident rate over the last 20 years but they still average around 6% of all accidents in Australia! I certainly include the Australian pilots in the recent CX A330 incident in the prudence section, they were an example of our best IMHO.

 

[jb747]

There's an old saying pertinent to this..."I'd rather be on the ground wishing I was in the air, rather than being in the air wishing I was on the ground".

 

[medhead]

That's kinda like my BIL's saying about food, I'd rather be looking at it, then looking for it.

 

[Flying Fox]

Annoyed that I missed it.

I'm assuming that it pulled up to the terminal etc as per a normal aircraft?

I only ask as I have only seen the A380 in ADL during trials when she never connected to the terminal.