Qantas Airbus A380-800, registration VH-OQK performing flight QF-94 (scheduled dep Apr 17th, actual dep Apr 18th) from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Melbourne,VI (Australia), was enroute at FL340 about 150nm north of Honolulu,HI (USA) when a second fuel pump failed prompting the crew to abort the Pacific crossing and return to Los Angeles for a safe landing about 9:20 hours after departure.
The flight is currently expected to reach Melbourne with a delay of 36 hours.
Passengers reported the crew announced two fuel pumps in one fuel tank had failed.
Qantas (QF) #94 ? 17-Apr-2014 ? KLAX - YMML / MEL ? FlightAware
Just interested on the opinion of those who fly for a living. Is flying back 2000nm to LA over open ocean, with this tech problem, an issue with this aircraft? Given it was your decision, would you have set it down in HNL, turned back to LAX or kept going, at least to SYD?