Originally Posted by
Going Nowhere
ZNB was struck by lightning enroute MEL-DRW on Sunday.
if struck enroute to Darwin why the need for the unusual routing back to Melbourne? Did they land at Darwin and fuel up for London before realising the aircraft would be required to return to Melbourne?
I’m no expert but wouldn’t it have been prudent to assume the worst and not put on London fuel in Darwin I assume until they knew that would be the destination?