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QF1 now on the ground in BAKU
Just landed in Baku
How exciting for Planespotters in - I hope someone is out there for us!QF1 now on the ground in BAKU
Radio is 7600.The squaw code 7700 is for an emergency which can be involving the aircraft or a medical emergency onboard. Also from a dimming memory loss of radio communication.
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Medical emergency?QF1 now on the ground in BAKU
Per AskThePilot thread, apparently cargo smoke indication - probably explains why they were on the ground so quickly.Medical emergency?
Apparently scheduled to take off again for London in 20 minutes, so a very quick stop
You can't just use any 380 ground engineer...so it probably doesn't matter if there is one there or not. Do a search for SQ diversions to Baku. Being allowed off the aircraft/terminal is an issue in itself. Trabzon might have been much more interesting, or perhaps even Tbilsi.Looks like GYD does have an A380-capable gate, but no regular A380 services , so I wonder if they have the ability to service it there. Will be quite the trip to write home about if they get stuck there (if the issue can't be fixed very quickly and the crew runs out of hours... which would be fairly likely if there is no A380 mechanic at that port).
Intermittent cargo smoke warning, apparently.
It would have been about 8am local when you posted this. I expect that it's just a rolling place holder. I'd not be planning on anything soon, but happy to be wrong.GYD-LHR has been scheduled(perhaps optimistically).
Some talk...based on what. The system is not prone to false alarms, though anything intermittent is always suspect.Some talk around it was a lithium battery. But may have been a false alarm.
So basically, everyone waits until an engineer, perhaps some parts, and a spare crew is flown from LHR? Would Qantas need to charter a jet for this? I've heard of this happening in other diversions but not sure their practice.You can't just use any 380 ground engineer...so it probably doesn't matter if there is one there or not.