Air China diversion this evening
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Air China diversion this evening
CCA174 SYD-PEK B777 from west of TSV (north-east of Cloncurry) observed to have turned towards CNS for a while now looks like it’s heading to ADL
….. nope, now heading west
….. nope, now heading west
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Fkn lol. If they were flying under some carriers’ fuel policies, they would have run out of fuel near Manila after that effort.
I’ve seen Chinese carriers do some weird s$&t around convective weather, including flying straight through the middle of it at night, or going 90 degrees around stuff that wasn’t actually there when you looked out the window.
But yeah, that’s awesomely incompetent. Couldn’t pay me enough to sit down the back of one of those things.
I’ve seen Chinese carriers do some weird s$&t around convective weather, including flying straight through the middle of it at night, or going 90 degrees around stuff that wasn’t actually there when you looked out the window.
But yeah, that’s awesomely incompetent. Couldn’t pay me enough to sit down the back of one of those things.
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window), the Chinese aircraft ahead requested a weather diversion and then kept diverting further and further left of track. They could only have been avoiding the coastline. I also saw one of 'em fly right through the upper part of a large Cb near Hainan Island. We were flying the opposite direction and, having diverted around said Cb, had a very clear view as they flew right through it. 
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What also interested me was that it was at the same level as an Emirates A380, converging at the same level.. while deviating, and lateral course was an unknown?
Seems that the level change F340 to F330
was very last-minute
Seems that the level change F340 to F330
was very last-minute
Is there a way to filter that flightaware display by time and allowing multiple aircraft to be displayed, to show what other aircraft were doing in the area at the time?
Would be interesting to see.
Would be interesting to see.
What happened in the end:
One very good way to get rid of all of your reserves....
https://www.flightradar24.com/2024-0...22.62,139.47/6
Playback from 13-Feb 1140UTC.
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I wonder how that would have worked out in TIBA……..
Hopefully they'd have been the only ones there.
Hopefully they'd have been the only ones there.
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Good work with the replay. 
Would've made interesting reading if something did happen downroute, like that Singapore flight that peeled off to Indonesia last year.
Would've made interesting reading if something did happen downroute, like that Singapore flight that peeled off to Indonesia last year.
Not sure if this will work but if you use FlightRadar24’s playback feature, you can watch it all unfold.
https://www.flightradar24.com/2024-0...22.62,139.47/6
Playback from 13-Feb 1140UTC.
https://www.flightradar24.com/2024-0...22.62,139.47/6
Playback from 13-Feb 1140UTC.
Just imagine you’re the captain and you come back off your break to see you’ve lost half an hour and four tonnes of fuel.
Last edited by DirectAnywhere; 14th Feb 2024 at 05:23.