Fog ymml 21/5/09

[Marty H]

Diversions to SYD thus far KE125 and CX135 and DJ1313 from HBA.

[Marty H]

EK404 maybe heading SYD way also.

[David M]

Diverions into ADL so far are,

9V-SPJ, VH-EBJ and 9M-MRO/Q

The MH 777 is parked at the terminal, while the other two are parked at the old domestic apron.

David.M.

[Adrian B]

Atis atis ymml p 202226
apch: Expect ils approach
rwy: 16 for arrs. Rwy 27 for deps
+ opr info: Low visibility procedures in progress.
Instrumented rvr rwy 16 and 27 not available.
Runway visibility assessed for rwy 16
tdz 420m, mid 240m, end not avbl, at 2225z.
Runway visibility assessed for rwy 27
tdz 500m, mid 500m, end not avbl, at 2225z.
Departure traffic metering in progress. Start
approvals required for all departures from melbourne
airways clearance delivery
wnd: 280/5. Dw max 3kts rwy 16
wx: Fog
tmp: 10
qnh: 1025

[Stefan Perkas]

Morning all,

MH149 was 9M-MRA, MH139 was 9M-MRQ, also 'Tiger 599' VH-VNC has just arrived from Perth.

A good morning in Adelaide today,

SQ 269 is 9V-STC. 1st Visit. Only 1 to go til all SQA330's have visited.

[Steve Jones]

YSCB got a couple of domestic diversions but also a G-V inbound to MEL from China. Unsure of rego - can anyone help?

[NickN]

-EBJ is airborne currently holding east of Horsham, QF409 SYD-MEL was circling/holding north east of YSCB, QF605 BNE-MEL and QF405 SYD-MEL have been turned off course obviously to give more time for the conditions to clear, and now appear to be holding.


UPDATE: 1027


-EBJ appears to have been cleared to approach YMML, descending through 10000'...... QF409 and QF605 still holding and
QF94 LAX-MEL holding east of YSCB. QF405 now holding closer to the airport at 13000'.

KE125 currently enroute from SYD-MEL. MH 149 appears to be enroute after stopping at ADL.


UPDATE: 1048

MH149 appears to be cleared in along with TR892, JQ777 ADL-MEL holding high alt, KE125 appears to be approaching but was holding prior, QF605 & 409 cleared in. QF461 SYD-MEL delayed but maintaining course..... QF63 looks to have taken the sensible option and is going to track well north of YMML and the congested area. QF94 looks to be heading for a hold too.

[Adrian B]

Hope Marty had his breakfst this morning:

ATIS ATIS YMML Y 210108
APCH: EXPECT ILS APPROACH
RWY: 16 FOR ARRS. RWY 27 FOR DEPS
OPR INFO: HIAL OPERATING
+ WND: 200/10
+ VIS: 4000M
+ WX: FG PATCHES
+ CLD: BKN003
+ TMP: 13
QNH: 1026

[David M]

Would have been a great sight to be circling up there with all those a/c!

David.M.

[Marty H]

MH149 and KE125 both arrived in the last 15 mins, yes plenty of 'downtime' to have breakfast:p

[NickN]

Things look to be getting back to normal, nice long procession of aircraft heading down from Sydney.

QF423 delayed but not far away from YMML

SQ227 has been cleared in finally
SQ237 enroute SYD-MEL
VN144 enroute SYD-MEL
EK404 '' '' ''
QF26 " " "

[Dan Hammond]

Went out to the church this morning at the end of runway 16 and did some spotting of the diversions arriving, still a bit hazy when i got there at 11 but was'nt to bad, got a few good photos.

[Owen H]

I can confirm that it was the proverbial S***fight!

Until about 5:50 it was misty, but acceptable. Shortly after there was a go around, and the fog rolled in at about 5:55. In the space of about 2 minutes it went from 7000m visibility to 240m.

Departing was very very slow... no movement at all for extended periods until about 7:30, and then it was one aircraft at a time. There were 13 aircraft in the queue for start clearance at one point, with an estimate of 5 mins between aircraft. Rather slow, as you can imagine!

[David McNeil]

On the JQ Front.

JQ677 (DRW-MEL) VH-VQT Diverted to SYD
JQ473 (NTL-MEL) VH-VQY Diverted to HBA
JQ777 (ADL-MEL) VH-VQJ Held Departure in ADL

[Ryan N]

Does anyone know if the delayed CX flight has left MEL for HKG or not? It did not arrive in MEL until 5pm.

[Ricky T]

Ricky, please do not quote the whole post directly above you, it is not necessary. Please use the reply button instead. -mod

The flight to HKG on 21 May has been delayed till tomorrow (22 May) and it is expected to depart at 07:45am. This means there will be two CX134 tomorrow.