Qantas Delays/Cancellations

[jb747]

In June 2011 I was on QF93 and a medical emergency 45 minutes after takeoff meant that we had to circle and dump fuel for I think 20 to 30 minutes (I'm sure JB would know exactly how long it takes), sadly I think the passenger died before landing in SYD. We were back on our way to LAX in less than an hour after landing in SYD.

You can land immediately if you really, really, want to. But that's for an aircraft emergency, and will require lots of checks for the overweight landing before it goes anywhere again. If you can get the landing weight down to less than 60 above the maximum, then, assuming you do the landing properly, there won't be any further delay.

The aircraft would have been at about 540 tonnes at take off. Max landing weight is 391. They'd have burnt about 20 tonnes before the turnaround, and would need to get rid of about another 70. So about 30 minutes. Advertised dump rate is 150,000 kgs/hr. There's about 80 tonnes that can't be dumped, so it's quite likely that you can't dump to max landing weight, even if that was the aim. As a contrast, you could dump just about everything in the 747.

 

[Quickstatus]

And who would you ring?

131313

I actually prefer 0398346479 as a non geographical number. Sometimes mobile phone plans consider a 13 number to not be part of the cap/included calls.

 

[Quickstatus]

As a contrast, you could dump just about everything in the 747.

Hehe,

Even certain passengers? or "self loading freight" as is oft expressed?

AF1 (747-200) can dump a president and a few terrorist according to the movie.

Whats the price of 1 tonne of jetfuel?

 

[mannej]

Cynical me says she was unwell before boarding. Did your son mention if she was able to deplane under her own steam?

To be fair I find this part of the comment fairly disrespectful considering it is 100% speculation.

 

[jb747]

Whats the price of 1 tonne of jetfuel?

Dunno...I assume about the same as car fuel, so perhaps $1,500 or so.

 

[JessicaTam]

Cynical me says she was unwell before boarding. Did your son mention if she was able to deplane under her own steam?

I wonder how proactive a family member on the ground can be in assisting the airline to effect a reconnection for a passenger in the air? Might be worth a call to QF to see if they will put him on an AA flight. Unless of course he is P1. Sometimes QF11 will wait but I dont think so in this case.

Specifically:
AA32 departs 1430 arrives 2254
AA180 departs 1645 arrives 0059
both are transcontinental A321

The news was reporting tonight that the woman fell and broke her hip (leg?) causing the diversion.

So no need for cynicism - this time!

 

[Quickstatus]

The news was reporting tonight that the woman fell and broke her hip (leg?) causing the diversion.

So no need for cynicism - this time!

ok just this one time!!! except they did not say why she fell. Elderly fall because of a mechanical issue - tripped over. Sometimes its due to some other - like fainting due to a heart problem/stroke

 

[mannej]

ok just this one time!!! except they did not say why she fell. Elderly fall because of a mechanical issue - tripped over. Sometimes its due to some other - like fainting due to a heart problem/stroke

With all respect there is no need to further speculate IMHO

 

[marki]

QF10 delayed today about two hours as some bloke heavily tattooed off loaded in Dubai not sure about the reason the crew were talking about some sort of medical reason. But not sure! Anybody have any knowledge as to why this guy needed to be offloaded © delaying the whole flight which just landed in Melbourne at 11:00 p

Any can help with this one on the 27th from Dubai

 

[Quickstatus]

Any can help with this one on the 27th from Dubai

I would be speculating :mrgreen:

However it delayed the departure of QF9 by 2 hours with arrival into LHR 1 hour late which is actually not too bad

 

[Melburnian1]

The Monday 1 February 2016 QF73 from SYD to SFO has been delayed from its usual 1500 hours departure to a forecast 1730, which was 15 minutes ago.

 

[whatmeworry]

QF93 delayed 20 minutes today.

 

[Quickstatus]

QF93 delayed 20 minutes today.

Not unusual.
Would be interesting to know whether there is any padding in the flight times like QF9

 

[docjames]

Not unusual.
Would be interesting to know whether there is any padding in the flight times like QF9

I've followed this flight on and off over the years as I use it intermittently.

It does seem to often be "delayed" on departure 20-40 mins but arrives largely on time - I suspect they aim for a target slot time on landing in LAX and fudge the departure time to meet the slot as the flight time does seem to vary.

 

[whatmeworry]

QF93 running 2 hours late now.

 

[Quickstatus]

131313

I actually prefer 0398346479 as a non geographical number. Sometimes mobile phone plans consider a 13 number to not be part of the cap/included calls.

Correction : 131313 and the like are NON-geographical numbers.

Mobile phone plans sometimes do not included non-geographical numbers in their included calls.

The geographical number for 131313 is as above

The geographical number for QF platinum is 02 9433 xx_x

I convert all non geographical numbers to geographical numbers in case I am put on hold using my mobile phone as I have unlimited calls to standard (geographical) and mobile phone numbers.

I use this website to find the actual real numbers:
Non-Geographical Search

 

[whatmeworry]

QF93 running 2 hours late now.

Looks like made up time, don't know why it was indicating 2 hours late.

 

[Dmac6345]

QF93 was ready for takeoff this morning on Rwy16 and then stopped short of crossing Rwy27 for approx 10 mins. It then taxied back to the terminal.

 

[Melburnian1]

QF23 from SYD to BKK today (Tuesday 9 February 2016) departed 54 minutes late at 1049 and should arrive at 1615, 40 minutes behind time. This should not however delay QF24, the redeye back to the Harbour City as it is not timetabled to leave until 1815 hours BKK time.

The Monday 9 February QF10 ex LHR overstayed a little at DXB with departure 39 minutes late but arrival in MEL should be only 20 minutes down, making it possible for QF9 to depart on time if all goes well as the best recent observed turnaround for a QF A388 has been about an hour and 40 minutes - which is impressive given the scale of tasks required in such a short time.

 

[Melburnian1]

Wednesday 10 February's QF10 did not depart LHR until 1444 - two hours and 39 minutes late, quite unusual, as this flight is often punctual ex the world's financial capital - and arrived DXB this morning (11 February) at 0120, two hours and five minutes behind time. It then departed at 0319 hours instead of 0100 so is expected in MEL at 2325 tonight, again two hours and five minutes tardy. As a result QF9 is officially delayed according to QF until an 0100 Friday 12 February departure, but an hour 35 minutes would be a very fast turnaround for the A388.

Given the slower northern winter timetable QF introduced on this route, picking up time on the way to LHR is often the case - but as always 'it depends.'