ZQN ATC had a fit when the a/c departed so PB were aware asap that the incident occured.
Huh?
"Cleared for take off runway 05.... and boy are you in trouble!"
How did ATC bring themselves to let them Taxi or T/O?
Fine, the same crewroom scuttlebut that informed me of this incident also told me that a Jetstar flight advised ATC they were going to fly the VOR approach and then proceded on down the RNP approach. Which I think is just a little unusual.
I think you will find
a) It was an RNP approach that then switched to circling in the basin
b) It was a non revenue validation flight
ZQN Tower are pretty damn good, there to help, and given the diversity of approaches, trials, operators and departures coupled with WX do a fanbloodytastic job I think.