QF124 - 332 into Mumbai
It looks like the initial QF A330-200 series op into Mumbai must have been maintainence released by Wun Hung Lo and his mates, as last night's QF124 BOM SYD is still on the ground there.
Passengers were accommodated overnight when the aeroplane arrived without the necessary certification and was not allowed to perform the return leg, and after engineering staff were flown from Singapore, a fuel leak (I am told centre wing tank but this from SLF I have booked on the beast) was discovered. It would seem this led to a crew hours problem and the system is now showing a 1300 departure today.
The fuel leak is a big enough worry in itself, but how does a major international carrier send out a brand new aeroplane without doing all the checks and balances to make sure it comes home?
I have one unhappy punter on it - there would be around 250 odd others as it was a pretty full ship.
Anyone have any more info on this one??
Best all
EWL