QF28 Diverted to MEL?

[Mrmaxwell]

Any idea why QF28 has been diverted to MEL? Was about to leave for the airport to meet family...

 

[Captain Halliday]

I’m not aware of the reason, but I reckon weather is a possibility.

Current radar at about the time of diversion:

 

[goldenhorn]

I live near SYD airport and the hailstorm that just went though had hail as big as golf balls. Not over yet with more to come.

 

[33kft]

Wow, that looks nasty

 

[jb747]

One of my friends (same pilots' course) is flying them. They're in good hands.

 

[dajop]

Flightaware this afternoon MEL-SYD:

Qantas QFA456 B738 Scheduled
Thu 05:15PM AEDT

06:40PM AEDT Thu

Qantas QFA452 A332 Taxiing / Left Gate
Thu 05:00PM AEDT

06:25PM AEDT Thu

Virgin Australia VOZ867 B738 Scheduled
Thu 05:00PM AEDT

06:25PM AEDT Thu
Scoot TGW256 A320 Cancelled
Thu 04:45PM AEDT

06:10PM AEDT Thu

Qantas QFA448 B738 Cancelled
Thu 04:45PM AEDT

06:10PM AEDT Thu

Virgin Australia VOZ863 B738 Cancelled
Thu 04:30PM AEDT

05:55PM AEDT Thu

Qantas QFA450 B738 Cancelled
Thu 04:30PM AEDT

05:55PM AEDT Thu

Jetstar JST516 A321 Cancelled
Thu 04:15PM AEDT

05:40PM AEDT Thu

Qantas QFA446 B738 Cancelled
Thu 04:00PM AEDT

05:25PM AEDT Thu

Virgin Australia VOZ859 B738 En Route / Delayed
Thu 04:00PM AEDT

05:25PM AEDT Thu
Scoot TGW252 B738 Taxiing / Left Gate
Thu 03:30PM AEDT

04:55PM AEDT Thu
Tigerair Australia TGG252 B738 Diverted
Thu 03:30PM AEDT

05:10PM AEDT Thu

Qantas QFA444 B738 Cancelled
Thu 03:30PM AEDT

04:55PM AEDT Thu

 

[Mrmaxwell]

Captain diverted to MEL due to weather and low fuel. They’re now doing loops having refueled and left MEL along with many other aircraft...it’s pretty messy right now!

 

[GoldCanyon340]

Finally landed at SYD 21:07

 

[jb747]

Captain diverted to MEL due to weather and low fuel. They’re now doing loops having refueled and left MEL along with many other aircraft...it’s pretty messy right now!

Hopefully doing holding patterns. Loops might be a bit stressful for all concerned.

 

[GoldCanyon340]

Hopefully doing holding patterns. Loops might be a bit stressful for all concerned.

Might wake them up after a long flying day though

 

[BD1959]

Arrived at the SYD J lounge yesterday at 12:15 for a 14:00 flight. Asked if there was any chance of flying forward, the Service Desk Rep nearly snatched my FF card out of my hand - they were under instructions to fly forward as many people as possible and gave me a choice of flights.

Decided on 435 which was rammed.

Good mitigation by QF and a good outcome for me.

Regards,

BD

 

[Mrmaxwell]

Hopefully doing holding patterns. Loops might be a bit stressful for all concerned.

I call them loops as my partner calls them loops!

SYD international arrivals was jammed when I eventually arrived; EK, MH, CX, CA & QF all arrived around the same window!

 

[GoldCanyon340]

SYD international arrivals was jammed when I eventually arrived; EK, MH, CX, CA & QF all arrived around the same window!

Ouch!

 

[DC3]

I call them loops as my partner calls them loops! .....

I did find this on Wikipedia: A loop is when the pilot pulls the plane up into the vertical, continues around until he is heading back in the same direction, like making a 360 degree turn, except it is in the vertical plane instead of the horizontal.

... no barrel rolls?

 

[Captain Halliday]

Hopefully doing holding patterns. Loops might be a bit stressful for all concerned.

Out of curiosity is the aircraft capable?

I realise it’s very likely to be outside the design parameters and not something you’d try with pax, but I terms of the physics, could it be done?

 

[jb747]

Out of curiosity is the aircraft capable?

I realise it’s very likely to be outside the design parameters and not something you’d try with pax, but I terms of the physics, could it be done?

You could barrel roll it readily enough, but I don't think you'd be able to pull enough g to get it to go through the vertical...

 

[Franky]

I call them loops as my partner calls them loops!

SYD international arrivals was jammed when I eventually arrived; EK, MH, CX, CA & QF all arrived around the same window!

Imagine that 1000 times worse (or worserer) at Gatwick right now....

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Imagine that 1000 times worse (or worserer) at Gatwick right now....

The gall of some people to fly drones near airports.