Captain_Snor
26th Sep 2014, 07:31
Last night I was watching BA054 flying a very odd departure route out of JNB. It took off on 03L and then instead of continuing north towards Europe, it turned back, went around the south of the field. It stayed on an altitude of 9'000ft for all of this time. At this point I thought it was turning back and dumping fuel (because it went south almost 50 miles to the south of the field). Here is the track on Flightaware:
http://imgur.com/P7joPiv
My question is: Why? Surely the most economical thing to do would just to continue north and keep climbing? Or would there have been a pending issue that the crew was making a decision on whether to turn back or not?
I would love if someone can solve this mystery for me!
http://imgur.com/P7joPiv
My question is: Why? Surely the most economical thing to do would just to continue north and keep climbing? Or would there have been a pending issue that the crew was making a decision on whether to turn back or not?
I would love if someone can solve this mystery for me!