VA562 misses Sydney curfew but lines up for approach anyway

[WilsonM]

Seems like VA562 on 8 May was delayed out of Perth, and had the fun task of racing the clock against the Sydney curfew.

It got close, but why did it still line up for an approach at Sydney, before then diverting to Brisbane?

It's not like they were seconds away, or missed their first go. It attempted to land at 11.23pm.

I'm sure there's a good explanation that I've missed though

 

[Mattg]

I just listened to the ATC recording of the approach and go around, and there aren't really any clues as to why they started the approach after 11pm in the first place, nor why they went around at the last moment.

In the ATC recording, the plane is cleared to approach runway 34L and cleared to land. At some point the pilot calls ATC and says "Velocity 562 going around", and is told to contact departures. The pilot then requests a further climb and direct track to a waypoint to the north, and the plane goes straight to BNE.

 

[markis10]

Probably proceeded with approach pending dispensation being given and then got word from company ops it would not be forth coming.

 

[MarkD]

they reslly need to get rid of the curfew. This is just insane, the wasted fuel and associated coats of an aircraft in the wrong city, crew out of position, accomodation costs etc etc. these things are so quiet when, when you compare to the old 707/727/dc9 and early 747s. Plus coming in over the bay, very few homes under them. Its just insane. Western sydney airport cannot open soon enough. Looking at Flightradar, it got pretty close but never slowed to landing speed anyway, but depends on how accurate FR is, as it shows zero feet 180 knots. So not very accurate by the looks.