Saudi MD-11 heading for Sydney

[Stefan Perkas]

Evening all,

A Saudi Arabian MD-11 is due from Tahiti at around 2115. Its f/n is SVA 007.

[Blake Riley]

heard it on my scanner few minutes ago coming in 16R, any idea how long its in sydney for ?

[Stefan Perkas]

Blake,

Have no idea of how long in Sydney for. According to FlightAware it went LAX-Tokyo-PPT-LAX-PPT-SYD.

[Gerard M]

Does anyone have a rego? Couldn't see one on 16right.

What would be even better is if someone had a photo from tonight/tomorrow?!!!:p

[BernieL]

Looks like quite the trip. Will it be parked over at GA?

[Tim Bowrey]

Landed at 9:07pm (to be exact) about 30mins late:rolleyes: and now is south facing at GA taxiied via B10, C, D so nice and close past mound;) Got some pics but pretty aweful haha.

Rego is HZ-HM7.

What would be even better is if someone had a photo from tonight/tomorrow?!!!:p
How could you doubt me Gerard? :D

[Tim Bowrey]

This one will go streight to the "At least I saw it" collum. ISO 800 and 1/10th doesnt really work for me.

Number 1 is where it is now and Number 2 is when it was taxiing about to shut then engines down and get pushed back into parking. Soooo loud :D Pics from the mound were useless

[Gerard M]

LOL. Tim, doubt never once slipped into my mind that you wouldn't get a shot of it! And none of this pretty awful stuff, its an MD-11, you can't make it look bad if you tried!!! But ill be waiting for the photos to be posted here!!!;)

Oh just realised the photos are already here! Not all that bad though! I think they could get some more people in yellow jackets onto the stair cases though.

[NickN]

Jeezus Bowrey don't you have a home? (I mean apart from the airport....!):D:D

[Tim Bowrey]

Please refrain from quoting the whole post above in your post - mod

Yeah acctually I live in the old aerobridge at the mound.

[Gareth Forwood]

Please refrain from quoting the whole post above in your post - mod

well that explains the smell... I'm surprised you haven't been joined in there by crazy *****

[Tim Bowrey]

Tim, you appear to be a repeat offender, please refrain from quoting the whole post above in your post - mod

Hahaha G Forewood! We need a thread on this forum about "Crazy (lady) Spotting and Movements" from the Beach.

[Lee G]

Crazy ***** at the beach says lets start a thread about Tim Bowrey! :D

[NickN]

Sydney Airport Corporation says Tim Bowrey has to vacate said airbridge immediately! :D

[Craig Murray]

Please come back on topic guys.

[Lee G]

OK, enough joviality - back to the serious stuff - Does anyone know when this aircraft is departing or has it already gone?

[Tim Bowrey]

YEAH! Back on topic:D

One of the tugs must have wanted to take it for a drive becuase its no longer at GA. It has been moved slightly to the west and now at DHL(facing north). Dont quote me on it, but all her lights were on and had some staircases against her.

[Tim Bowrey]

Pic from today. Too bad from the heat haze even though its freezing.

[Nigel C]

YEAH! Back on topic:D

One of the tugs must have wanted to take it for a drive becuase its no longer at GA. It has been moved slightly to the west and now at DHL(facing north). Dont quote me on it, but all her lights were on and had some staircases against her.

I think you'll find it was being refuelled on Bay 93. There are no hydrants available on Dom-6, and if the upload required was large then they generally wouldn't tanker it there.

[Chris Primmer]

Here is my effort Friday morning.

ChrisP

[Gerard M]

Any word on whether it has departed yet? or When and where to?

Cheers

[matthew mcdonald]

Is there still no word on a departure time yet if it is still there?

[Nigel C]

I can't see it here.

EDIT: It departed on Friday back to Jeddah.

[Tim Bowrey]

Its gone. Looked like it was being loaded up on friday night at DHL building. not at GA or even Jetbase from what I could see.

[Andrew P]

www.smh.com.au

Stephen Smith has become the first Australian foreign minister to visit Saudi Arabia since 2003.

Mr Smith met with King Abdullah, Second Deputy Prime Minister Prince Naif and his Saudi Arabian counterpart Prince Saud Al-Faisal.

The delegations from Australia and Saudi Arabia discussed trade, education links and counter-terrorism.

Mr Smith said he would meet with Saudi Arabia's Commerce Minister Zainal Alireza on Tuesday to discuss negotiations towards a free-trade agreement between Australia and the Gulf Cooperation Council, made up of six Persian Gulf nations.

The Arab states of the Persian Gulf are major customers of Australian-made cars, buying almost 40 per cent of vehicle exports in 2008.

guess was here to pick up Saudi Ambassador etc

[Nigel C]

It wasn't picking anyone up, but rather bringing them out here.

[Steve Bottom]

This aircraft SVA-07 is showing comming to Cairns on Thursday ariving from Jeddah around 14.00.