Virgin Aircraft 'Emergency' Landing

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Operator’s Flight Dispatch



1. Flight Dispatch did not proactively provide timely and
comprehensive weather information to the crew about the deteriorating weather conditions at Brisbane.

Substitute the destination as Mildura and its easy to see that nothing has changed in the last 12 years.

5. The operator advised that its flight dispatch department was in the process of updating the operator’s Flight Administration Manual (FAM) to reflect the flight dispatch active operational control support role to flight crews.

That section might need further updating.