QF1 divert to PER 16/11/13
 

Casually watching flight radar sitting in a Perth pub and noticed QF1 suddenly turned south from its flightpath while over Western Australia. She flew south then west out over the ocean (?dump fuel), then flew over my head to land safely. She came over almost silently.

I have video but cannot post attachments. If anyone wants it, PM me.

Can anyone find out reason for divert?

QF1 Diverted to PER
 

QF1 just diverted to PER. Just landed on 03 safely. Flew right overhead just now. Anyone know why diverted? Think she dumped fuel prior to land from flightpath.

Maybe this? post 4666
I don't have local times for either post so may well be wrong.
If somebody was ill then Perth sounds sensible as it has well equipped hospitals. I don't have the runway details for Broome or any of the other airports along that coast to hand apart from Truscott which has an enormously long runway but is situated right out in the bush miles from any facilities. From memory all the rest would require an onward flight courtesy of the RFDS. Remember, it is some time since I have been out there so all of this may have changed.

The pilot on comms said they had a crook passenger. They dumped fuel off shore from Yanchep. The situation was notified to Melbourne ATC on a flight path about three quarters the way to Geraldton from Kalgoorlie.
They took off again at 21:35 local (13:35 UTC)

Slight thread hijack, but anyone know what the 4-engine jet flying due West over Bunbury was? Never noticed contrails in this region before, but was around 6.00 pm on Friday 15th Nov, high level, heading out over the ocean.

Must be Bunbury's turn for some chemtrails :}

That was QF1

Flightradar24.com - Live flight tracker!

Can you not use that word please? The Feds will be all over this thread like a you know what

Some info here:

http://www.pprune.org/australia-new-...ml#post8157855

So if QF1 was SYD-DXB, routing N of Perth, and dumped fule off Yanchep, North of Perth, what was it doing trailing over Bunbury?

Joining a 110 mile final?

P1

Er,the aircraft passing overhead Bunbury did that on the 15TH of November.The aircraft which is the subject of the thread was in the Perth area on the 16TH of November.Both with a flight number of QF1 :hmm:

Surely there is another web site that caters for 'plane-spotters'.

Already exists.

"Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)" in Misc Forums down the page.