Originally Posted by
SCFC1EP
Air Tahiti still on the ground at 2030hrs
Various reports had 1500hrs 1645hrs 1830hrs departure and still on ground
Visited airport at 1630hrs and aircraft was side off old thomas cook hangar, with no steps at aircraft and doors closed
Do hope that the passengers have been allowed off and hopefully gone to hotel for the night,
If it;s a member of crew presume taken off flight that it can not depart until replacement crew arrive, and presume not many Air Tahiti staff nearby with CDG or LAX being the closest possible
Finally departed 2143, and now orbiting over Norfolk. At a guess burning off fuel in order to avoid a second overweight landing in one day before completing the return to Paris. I’m assuming that landing a 787 just over an hour into a 10 hour+ flight would be overweight if any 787-knowledgeable folks could shed any light? Long day for the pax to end up back where they started if that is what’s happened to them!