Changi airspace closure
 

Hi all,

Just heard that Changi airspace has been closed from 02:30 to 03:00UTC.

Is this a 'normal' thing?

Cheers...

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Yeah, it's normal mate for ATC to have a smoko break during the day ... :p

hmm... interesting

When the RAAF are on exercise in Malaysia it was not uncommon for Singapore to ask them to "attack" Singapore as a self defence exercise. Often resulted in RAAF fast jets ending up going down the runway at SIN below 100 ft very very fast.

Maybe it was something like that.

Actually the engine on a Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 caught fire in midair Monday, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Singapore. No one was injured in the incident.
Flight CX715 took off from Singapore heading to the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, at 1:12 a.m., but soon turned around after engine trouble and landed at 1:57 a.m., Singapore's Changi Airport said in a statement.
Firefighters extinguished the fire and normal flight operations resumed on the runway about an hour later, the airport said.
It was the second time in six months an Airbus had to make an emergency landing in Singapore because of engine problems. A Qantas A380 turned around shortly after takeoff Nov. 4 when one of its Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines disintegrated.
The airport would not say how many passengers were on board Monday's flight or what kind of engines the plane used. A spokesman for Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific was not immediately available for comment.

Thanks for your reply's guys however the time was between 02:30 & 03:00 'GMT" (not local)..

Cheers...

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Our national day is coming up. They could have closed it for the rehearsal for the air segment of the parade. Low level flights by the fighters and helis.

Yup, the air space closure is due to the national day parade flight rehearsal all right. F-15s in formation flew over changi airport at low altitude and at low speeds a few times. Would have been cool if it could have been captured with the iconic control tower in the same frame :)