ejet3
No, fog is not just fog, It varies widely in it's properties. In this case, it was shallow fog (less than 2m thick) with a visibility in that shallow fog of 300m. Are you suggesting that with a vis of 300m, it is not possible to see 2m? Particularly from altitude.
he would of only had seconds to gather and review and decide the best course of action
Complete bollocks. There was absolutely no hurry from that altitude, he had plenty of time to think about it.
From the report u think you would even consider going to Richmond if you head that metar on the radio! when Bankstown was cavok!
Of course you would think about it. Consider ALL the options, not just the obvious one.
I heard rumors at Bankstown that the refueler may have topped of his aux tanks with jet a1, so after takeoff he may have switched to burn his aux’s and then got detonation on both engines or something like that just rumors going around my work.
If he did it after takeoff he would never have got to the altitude he did. Also makes you wonder why, if that was the case, he didn't change back to the main tanks when he had a problem... but we will never know.