Originally Posted by
Trevor the lover
Well that's an unbeatable argument Das
1. The flight would have easily arrived before runway closure
2. The runway closure on wed morning is not tightly adhered to. On the day in question several jet flights operated within the closure period, despite muppets in here heroically highlighting jepp plates
3. The departure would have been delayed by about 4 hours. That's basically early for the 787.
4. Flight plan a/c type submission is not the same paperwork as Indonesian FIR overflight approval.
This conspiracy drivel being bandied about, that the pilots didn't know about or allow for the runway closure is one of the dumber failings of the pprune brains trust, and that's saying something.