Etihad Plane in Trouble - Melbourne

[Sprucegoose]

There seems to be an issue with the Etihad flight leaving Melbourne this evening—it's circling over the bay and dumping fuel.

 

[Sprucegoose]

Its EY461

 

[Sprucegoose]

 

[FlyingFiona]

It's landed back at MEL...

 

[MooTime]

Yep we saw it from our backyard. Dumping fuel and flying by..standard procedure for whatever reason.

Today's Melbourne heat 33° got to someone??

 

[Aussie_flyer]

Quite a sensational headline

 

[Forg]

Did they light up the fuel they dumped, like an F-111?

 

[Archipelago]

I'd say there's a slight difference between

ETIHAD PLANE IN TROUBLE

and

'there seems to be an issue.. it's circling over the bay and dumping fuel'

 

[Sprucegoose]

Did they light up the fuel they dumped, like an F-111?

Not on this occasion.

Post automatically merged: Yesterday at 9:10 PM

I'd say there's a slight difference between

ETIHAD PLANE IN TROUBLE

and

'there seems to be an issue.. it's circling over the bay and dumping fuel'

Spruce is a trainee reporter....

 

[Saab34]

Playback on ATC has them saying they had an engine issue.

 

[Sprucegoose]

Playback on ATC has them saying they had an engine issue.

Thanks, Saab34 - can you post the recording?

 

[p--and--t]

I wonder if it will get even a mention in the media as opposed to the blanket coverage on all stations for days on end when the QF plane had an engine failure

 

[serfty]

...
Spruce is a trainee reporter....

Fixed that for you ...

 

[Saab34]

Well it ended up departing 2328pm local after an assumed engineering check. Sure will be one heck of a long duty for the crew.