Originally Posted by
Ushuaia
The same reason Qantas has been making unscheduled stops all over the world for the past 100 years.
So a medical diversion no longer equals a gas-n-go to continue on to the destination? There’s about 3-4 hours buffer on duty limits on a SIN-LHR sector, should be plenty of time (assuming crew agreed to extend).
Maybe the real reason is because Qantas has lost so much experience in the IOC and behind the scenes that we just aren’t that capable anymore.