Looks like they’re about to have their 3rd go at it: 1st from the south, 2nd from the north and 3rd, second attempt from the north. The wind and temperature change has been pretty massive in the last 30 minutes.
smileedude on
Southerly change hit on approach? I believe go rounds are about 1 in 1000 which for an airport like Sydney is once every few days.
One_avg_dude on
How much extra fuel is required to be carried? That’s seems like a lot of extra flying for a just over 3 hour root
GuyFromYr2095 on
why is it going so far north now? Is it going to another airport?
amd2319 on
“If this wind, can’t keep its hands to itself, I’m going to turn this plane around and there will be no Sydney for anybody! THATS IT, BACK TO CHRISTCHURCH.”
I watch them take off all the time, and when I saw this one I thought to myself something strange is up as it was in the air nowhere near where it’d normally be when they take off to the west to IKEA.
Great to know the reason why now 😊
BlueCrystals_ on
Ahhh so that’s why an Emirates A380 was over the top of Box Hill; I was taking the rubbish out and it came over top of me. I thought they might’ve been doing some testing for WSI.
egdip on
It’s diverting to Brisbane
Fun_Instance_3270 on
Why would the plane divert to Brisbane rather than making another attempt to land in Sydney?
oustider69 on
It’s a part of being a pilot that I hadn’t thought about. If you fuck up an approach or landing (not saying it was pilot error in this particular case, just in general), there are several public websites where people will watch what you do and pass judgement on your job performance
BlueCrystals_ on
UPDATE: Diversion to Brisbane. Now the #1 tracked flight worldwide on FR24.
Basic-Song-5641 on
Why would it need to get diverted there? Maybe weather here and its the only major airport available?
Ok_Knowledge_6800 on
I saw this too from almost the exact same place! Hopped on flight radar to track.
It was right when the wind started gusting so suspect that was the reason.
Bit crap for them that they’re diverted to Brissie though.
asheraddict on
Did the Joburg A380 have trouble today? I didn’t think the weather had changed that much
Alex_Kamal on
Thats the crazy thing with Australia.
Can’t land in Sydney, ok lets divert you 900km.
frutiaboy on
Yeah I saw that as well in St Peter’s, my wife didn’t seem to care as much as I did 🤣
thewalrus99 on
And just landed in Brisbane! Curious to know why they diverted…
De_chook on
I’m just NE of the airport, maybe 5km. And the wind gusts here are extreme and unpredictable.
mr_cybz on
I had one today 787 JQ14 aborted due to traffic on the runway
charsachi on
Has landed in Brisbane 9
Slicedbreadandlego on
Sitting in my hotel room and saw it with the landing gear out then suddenly ascended out of nowhere and I thought how bizarre, I’ll track this flight – couldn’t for the life of me work out why it had several go arounds then went to Brisbane. Any ideas why there instead of Melbourne? Too congested in Melbourne?
calstanfordboye on
Happens ¯_(ツ)_/¯
SignatureAny5576 on
I was flying into Sydney about 3 weeks ago and it had to do a go-around because a plane in front of it hadn’t cleared the runway fast enough
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And here’s the flight tracker EK413 from Christchurch to Sydney https://fr24.com/UAE5CL/3dd802b0
Looks like they’re about to have their 3rd go at it: 1st from the south, 2nd from the north and 3rd, second attempt from the north. The wind and temperature change has been pretty massive in the last 30 minutes.
Southerly change hit on approach? I believe go rounds are about 1 in 1000 which for an airport like Sydney is once every few days.
How much extra fuel is required to be carried? That’s seems like a lot of extra flying for a just over 3 hour root
why is it going so far north now? Is it going to another airport?
“If this wind, can’t keep its hands to itself, I’m going to turn this plane around and there will be no Sydney for anybody! THATS IT, BACK TO CHRISTCHURCH.”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PuCb5-pwSwQ
That’s it, back to Winnipeg!
I saw that from my balcony in Maroubra.
I watch them take off all the time, and when I saw this one I thought to myself something strange is up as it was in the air nowhere near where it’d normally be when they take off to the west to IKEA.
Great to know the reason why now 😊
Ahhh so that’s why an Emirates A380 was over the top of Box Hill; I was taking the rubbish out and it came over top of me. I thought they might’ve been doing some testing for WSI.
It’s diverting to Brisbane
Why would the plane divert to Brisbane rather than making another attempt to land in Sydney?
It’s a part of being a pilot that I hadn’t thought about. If you fuck up an approach or landing (not saying it was pilot error in this particular case, just in general), there are several public websites where people will watch what you do and pass judgement on your job performance
UPDATE: Diversion to Brisbane. Now the #1 tracked flight worldwide on FR24.
Why would it need to get diverted there? Maybe weather here and its the only major airport available?
I saw this too from almost the exact same place! Hopped on flight radar to track.
It was right when the wind started gusting so suspect that was the reason.
Bit crap for them that they’re diverted to Brissie though.
Did the Joburg A380 have trouble today? I didn’t think the weather had changed that much
Thats the crazy thing with Australia.
Can’t land in Sydney, ok lets divert you 900km.
Yeah I saw that as well in St Peter’s, my wife didn’t seem to care as much as I did 🤣
And just landed in Brisbane! Curious to know why they diverted…
I’m just NE of the airport, maybe 5km. And the wind gusts here are extreme and unpredictable.
I had one today 787 JQ14 aborted due to traffic on the runway
Has landed in Brisbane 9
Sitting in my hotel room and saw it with the landing gear out then suddenly ascended out of nowhere and I thought how bizarre, I’ll track this flight – couldn’t for the life of me work out why it had several go arounds then went to Brisbane. Any ideas why there instead of Melbourne? Too congested in Melbourne?
Happens ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I was flying into Sydney about 3 weeks ago and it had to do a go-around because a plane in front of it hadn’t cleared the runway fast enough
i love this kind of content
It’s scheduled to head back to Sydney in 50 mins:
[https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/A6EVE](https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/A6EVE)
Found it weird that a large ass plane was flying over western sydney at low altitute
Don’t stare you’re making him nervous