MERGED: Air Asia Turnback Perth 25 Jun 17

[Awol57]

Originally Posted by WingNut60

Unlikely to block the runway. They had one good engine; good enough to return to Perth.
And no shortage of taxiways. See following.

Learmonth RAAF Base in WA - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Anyway, it has all been said already.
As Piltdown Man suggested, let's see what comes out in the wash.

I have been to the airport there a few times, I guess I was just playing a bit of "what if" as well.

Living in the NW I have a fair idea of the resources available and I just suspect it wouldn't be as straightforward as some people seem to think if it did all go pear shaped I guess was more my point. Sure if you have no options I'd be headed there but I can only presume at the time with the information they had they decided PH or somewhere further south was a better option was all.

An extra 359 in a town of about 2500 is a fair impost even with an airline potentially throwing money around.