Did anyone else yesterday morning hear tower questions Malindo on departure out of MEL?
Departing rwy 34 like everyone else, but just decided ‘’nuts to the SID, let’s just turn hard left as soon as airborne”.
Had the scanner up and heard tower ask them “where are you going?”, followed by absolute silence.
Finally a response, we are going to Indonesia. When asked why did they turn left instead of continuing straight, they explained that they were tracking for ATNOL. Correct SID, wrong runway.
You could hear the absolute shock in the voice of Mr Tower.
Insane considering there could have easily been traffic on downwind for 34 at the time they blasted through it..
This is why I tell my loved ones to pick again when choosing a carrier to Bali..