Another day, another QF incident
Calm down children,
Even Steve Purvinas from the ALAEA, who we all know isn’t shy about speaking his mind, has said the current media reporting is overblown:
Nothing ‘too out of the ordinary’ in Qantas turnbacks
Even Steve Purvinas from the ALAEA, who we all know isn’t shy about speaking his mind, has said the current media reporting is overblown:
Nothing ‘too out of the ordinary’ in Qantas turnbacks
That he is, but also he’s saying the last week of overly sensationalised reporting is not indicative of a widespread problem.
So I saw on facebook some interesting comments, apparently they turned around due to a compliance issue. Another comment was they turned around because they didn't have all paperwork signed off
Originally Posted by Saintly
QF887 (A330-200), VH-EBA, was on its way to PER earlier today from ADL....turned around and flew back to ADL.
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Oh dear. I was looking at their flightpath on FR24 and wondering why they initially turned north for about 30 minutes before returning to ADL. As soon as I saw the above post the penny dropped: they probably weren't signed off for ETOPS. The northly track would have kept them within 60 minutes of ADL. I'm guessing they were looking to see if they had enough fuel to get to PER non-ETOPS. The answer being no, so back to ADL.
QF887 turned back because of "incomplete paperwork"
ABC news report:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-...work/101888324
"Adelaide Airport confirmed flight QF887 departed for Perth at 3:35pm and almost made it to the Nullarbor near the West Australian border before it circled back over the Great Australian Bight, landing back in Adelaide at 6:50pm. The flight departed again to Perth at 7:30pm.
A Qantas spokesperson confirmed there were no technical issues with the plane, and the delay was due to incomplete paperwork by the airline's staff."
Makes you wonder if the report is some kind of joke.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-...work/101888324
"Adelaide Airport confirmed flight QF887 departed for Perth at 3:35pm and almost made it to the Nullarbor near the West Australian border before it circled back over the Great Australian Bight, landing back in Adelaide at 6:50pm. The flight departed again to Perth at 7:30pm.
A Qantas spokesperson confirmed there were no technical issues with the plane, and the delay was due to incomplete paperwork by the airline's staff."
Makes you wonder if the report is some kind of joke.
Another one
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-...sues/101889308
Another one. But it was the right decision to turn back. I still say the media are just reporting on everything and trying to scare the public.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-...sues/101889308
Another one. But it was the right decision to turn back. I still say the media are just reporting on everything and trying to scare the public.
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Would certainly explain why they hugged the coastline on the way back.
they didn't have all paperwork signed off
I would have thought the PIC could sign the paperwork.
Oh dear. I was looking at their flightpath on FR24 and wondering why they initially turned north for about 30 minutes before returning to ADL. As soon as I saw the above post the penny dropped: they probably weren't signed off for ETOPS. The northly track would have kept them within 60 minutes of ADL. I'm guessing they were looking to see if they had enough fuel to get to PER non-ETOPS. The answer being no, so back to ADL.
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Prior to every ETOPs sector, a LAME has to check that all the ETOPs critical systems are serviceable and endorse the Tech Log that the check has been carried out and the aircraft is ETOPs capable. This is not something the CPT can do mid-flight.
