Originally Posted by
RodH
Seems a bit strange that JQ seemed to get in using Auto Land ( This was procedure was transmitted by the crew to the tower ) but others missed out?
Also QF62 from Narita cleared off to Sydney after only one approach.
Gold Coast was wide open so why go to Sydney after all the flight from Narita is not that long if there are a 3 or 4 crew compliment.
Sure it's the Capt's decision but is a bit odd methinks.
There were actually 3 QF 330s that diverted from BNE to SYD after one landing attempt - QF62 as mentioned, QF52 from SIN and QF652 from PER. The aircraft that operated QF62 and QF652 eventually went back to BNE then later left for SIN and PER respectively. The one that originally arrived from Narita stayed in SYD for the rest of the day so presumably they offloaded the passengers for BNE onto some combination of the other two 330s and normal domestic flights.