Before some of you lads jump on the "it didn't happen" bandwagon (QF ditching), I suggest you do a little more research. ATCO's I know say it did indeed happen and it was so close to ditching that it just aint funny. "SOP adherence gone mad" was one suggestion. There is a name of an off duty checkie that was on the flight who instigated the change of attitude to perform an auto-land. This is "common knowledge" in Perth.
Don't shoot me, I am simply the messenger. At a bar b recently I suggested it was a "tale". I was subsequently put back in my box. It was as real as you sitting in front of your computers right now!