Merged: Qantas Airbus On Indian Ocean Rescue Mission.

[compressor stall]

Actually Abby was outside our patch....by about the amount you mention. Off the top of my head the Aust SAR region stops at 075E.

Overall map with distances here. GC Mapper

[The The]

AMSA picked up the beacons and notified La Reunion (French) MRCC as it was in their patch. La Reunion initially coordinated the search.

La Reunion requested assistance due to the remote location and the QF A330 was dispatched. They were also directing the fishing vessel to the location.

The yacht then drifted into RCC Australia territory so AMSA became the coordinating authority.

[teresa green]

Could well have done Stationair, but as I said it happened every so often to both TAA and Ansett. I was directed to a sinking fishing boat off CNS in a DC9, seems his net snagged a underwater object and pulled the whole box and dice under, the crew of three were hanging on to a float, and we buzzed them (I am not quite sure what I actually did, other then keep them company and perhaps the noise of the DC9 kept the sharks away) (the DC 9 would wake the dead!) anyway the Navy turned up and we went on to BNE. Many TAA and Ansett pilots would have had some sort of experience during their careers, as it seems they called on more civil aircraft to assist then they do now. Probably due to cost, insurance, or the Sea, Air and Rescue are better equiped. The flight crew certainly enjoyed the flying in those periods, and a brief break from line flying!

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

Re Stallie's
"Off the top of my head the Aust SAR region stops at 075E."

Correct. The western boundary is from (old - maybe still) posn. LATEP at around 6S 75E, all the way down the 75E to 'infinity and beyond'.....

The other side of the border is Mauritius FIR, so I guess the 'maritime' boundaries are the same.....

FJDG (Diego) is in Mauritius FIR also.

[compressor stall]

'infinity and beyond'

That's one way to look at it Actually, coincidentally, E075 longitude passes through my favourite ice shelf.

[B772]

Interesting to read there were only 2 cabin crew on the flight operated by the A330-300.

[Capt Kremin]

Why is that interesting? With the Tech crew on board thats at least 5 people qualified on the doors. Way more than required for the number of POB.

[Icarus2001]

Two CC sounds fine to me.

[OhForSure]

I understand it was -300 QPF involved.