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Qantas grounds all flights | LiveATC.net
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YSSY Twr feed for 29 October at 0600-0630Z, about 10:40 into the stream.
Interesting exchange between Sydney tower and a Qantas flight taxiing for takeoff just as the company gounds all flights. At Controller advises Qantas to contact company before continuing taxi ... about a minute later the Qantas requests a return to the terminal.
Also, in the first minute or two of the stream, QF5 heavy departs YSSY around 1702 AEST, about a minute *after* the grounding came into effect.
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