QF10 Interesting routing tonight
Non-ETOPS (or whatever it's called these days) with Alice unavailable? We did some convoluted tracks like this on the 767 from Japan to Cairns when Port Moresby wasn't available and only 120 mins ETOPS. Mind you there was no ADSB 'watching' either so a few corners might have been straightened out…..avoiding weather of course.
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I would presume before - so why fill it up ?
if struck enroute to Darwin why the need for the unusual routing back to Melbourne? Did they land at Darwin and fuel up for London before realising the aircraft would be required to return to Melbourne?
I’m no expert but wouldn’t it have been prudent to assume the worst and not put on London fuel in Darwin I assume until they knew that would be the destination?
I’m no expert but wouldn’t it have been prudent to assume the worst and not put on London fuel in Darwin I assume until they knew that would be the destination?
The B787 can be defuelled; however, fuel that is removed from an aircraft must be stored in a separate tanker. It cannot be mixed with other fuel to reduce the risk of contamination that might affect other aircraft. They would not have been able to defuel the aircraft unless they had an empty tanker or two on hand. Many years ago, I had to defuel a B777 after a refuelling error at a Middle Eastern airport. It took the engineers several hours to find a single empty tanker.
It cannot be mixed with other fuel to reduce the risk of contamination that might affect other aircraft.
I am sure plenty of local operators would have welcomed some free fuel.
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As mentioned in an earlier post…….
Aircraft was filled with fuel for London but had to go to Melbourne for maintenance after lightning strike. So yes it was purely a fuel burning exercise.