Originally Posted by
Awol57
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.........
Fair enough. So have I.
I'm not unaware of the inconvenience (at the very least) of diverting to Exmouth.
I guess my interest revolves around the seemingly diametrically opposed opinions being posted in this thread versus the Swissair case in Iqualuvit a couple of months ago.
It seems to me that there is wildly varying interpretation of what constitutes "suitable".
And I don't understand why that should be the case.
It seems that in the case of QF72 the crew gave priority to the condition of the aircraft and their uncertainty about that condition, above all the other factors mentioned by other contriburors.
In this AirAsia case that does not seem to have been the case.