The LA to SYD flight is a new low.
A new low for... newspaper reporting.
The reliability of new generation weather radar antennae is outstanding. I used to have to replace faulty ones every second month. Now I hardly ever hear of a failure... but it's still not what one would call "newsworthy".
Today's Australian Daily Telegraph article on this referred back to the Airbus incident, claiming that it suddenly dropped 2000 meters (even after the DFDR data had been released to the public). According to this particular newspaper, Qantas is now responsible for manufacturer faults. Huh?
Also reported was the fact that the aircraft arrived four hours late... which is probably about six hours sooner than it would if it had turned back to LAX.
The crew showed some initiative, but it's not like it's never been done before.
The expression "flying blind" has been bandied about.... as if the pilots could lose their way, flying in cloud
Maybe they haven't heard of IRS, GPS, Satcom weather reports, TCAS....
Another slow news day....