My brother-in-law booked a holiday with 7 days on Christmas, then 7 days on Cocos-Keeling. Arrived on Christmas last week, and he was lucky enough to see the crab migration. But bad weather meant his flight to Cocos was cancelled, and apparently Virgin wanted to refund his return fare(!) because there were no seats available out of Christmas - all flights booked solid. So he was stuck on Christmas until he was told he could fly back to Perth on Fri 3rd. Plane was an hour late, and when it did land it was declared U/S - something to do with the gear?? He finally made it back on Sat 4th, but had to go via Learmonth - apparently there was a shortage of fuel at Christmas?
So i was interested to know:
- if anyone can say what the problem with the Friday plane was?
- what the story is with jet fuel on Christmas? Brother-in-law had heard that the rough weather meant the supply ship couldn't unload jet fuel. Can a 737 tanker enough fuel out to Christmas to make it back to Perth?
Anyway - it's a holiday he'll never forget
