Rio Olympic Flight

[Stationair8]

Was it a Qantas 747, that operated the flight from Rio to Sydney yesterday?

What was the flight number and aircraft call sign?

[C441]

It was a 744 ER - VH-OEG
Came via Santiago as QF6032.

Technical types were sporting their shiny new uniform!

[KelvinD]

It was possibly VH-OEJ which flew to Rio as QF 6001 (The Qantas Source)

[Stationair8]

Thanks C441!

[Capt Fathom]

Flightaware shows a 2nd flight. QF28 Rio-Santiago-SYD. VHOEH.

[Stationair8]

Why did it go from San Francisco to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitz(SCL/SCEL), and not direct to Rio?


Do the crew get to bid for those flights or are they assigned?

[TWT]

Technical issue forces Qantas to send another plane to collect Olympians

[To infinity & beyond]

How did the athletes go through customs, or was the plane dragged over from international?

[Fris B. Fairing]

Spirit of Wunala

Spirit of Longreach

I'm all for naming aeroplanes but the seeds of this confusion were sown long ago.

[Ken Borough]

Fris,

Were these names true or the figment of the imagination of a NewsCorp writer?

[Fris B. Fairing]

Ken

Sorry should have been clearer. These names were used in the article referenced in post #7.

Rgds