Originally Posted by
aussieflyboy
I was surprised they got in a position where somewhere that’s only 1800m long with no appropriate ground support was the place they had to go.
Not enough juice for the extra 50nm to Canberra? Perhaps a 200nm line of storms was in the way. Sounds like a ****ty position to be in that’s for sure.
CBR charges airlines to filed as an alternate airport. So, perhaps they didn't have CBR as an option.