Qf94 26/2

[Gerard M]

Todays LAX-MEL A380 diverted in the early hours to HNL from what i've read as a result of a medical emergency. One sight has stated that fire rescue was waiting at the runway for it once it landed?

Then continued onto Sydney and is due to depart for Melbourne around 1450 this afternoon.

Would this would have been a first for an A380 into HNL?

Anyone know why it continued onto Sydney instead of HNL-MEL?

[Jason H]

QF94 was VH-OQE which is currently in MEL after a ferry flight this afternoon, and will depart as QF93 at around 1800. The passengers from the 94 continued from SYD to MEL on an A330; VH-QPD, departing around 1630.

Also, VH-OQA, was to operate the QF11 today, but went U/S due to an undercarriage problem, and now is delayed until 2200, due to it being operated by VH-OQB, which will be arriving as QF32 at 2000.

[Grahame Hutchison]

QF32 VH-OQB is currently overhead RIVET at FL147 375kts 079 degrees on approach into YSSY.

[Jason H]

VH-OQA is still out of action today, and today's QF11 will be operated by the arriving VH-OJG as QF32 this evening, and then depart around 2200. First 747 on QF11 since Jan16

[Adam.S]

QF94 was VH-OQE which is currently in MEL after a ferry flight this afternoon, and will depart as QF93 at around 1800. The passengers from the 94 continued from SYD to MEL on an A330; VH-QPD, departing around 1630.


Jason/all,
Is it known why the passengers off QF94 were not able to continue onto Melbourne with VH-OQE....if this was the same a/c which brought them into Sydney earlier in the afternoon?

The only reasons for ferring the aircraft that come to mind would be:
1/ no passengers to reduce turn-around time in Melbourne re. cabin cleaning.
2/ no passengers so aircraft could fly on minimum fuel to Melbourne
:confused:

[Jason H]

I'm not entirely sure, maybe someone else might know? But my guess is to quicken the turn around time for the already delayed QF93. I still have no idea why the aircraft landed in SYD in the first place.

PS. QF32 arriving tonight is VH-OJO not VH-OJG as i stated above. VH-OJO will operate QF11

[Mark W]

The aircraft came to Sydney due to technical crew flight duty limits.

[Adam.S]

Is it known why the passengers off QF94 were not able to continue onto Melbourne with VH-OQE....if this was the same a/c which brought them into Sydney earlier in the afternoon?


After further research it has been suggested that

VH-OQE had to be ferried to Melbourne Friday afternoon instead of continuing on from Sydney with passengers as QF94, due to the fact there was not an A380 qualified crew available to be put together on short notice in Sydney (obvious now when I think about it); hence the reason for passengers off QF94 being put on the A330 instead.

As someone unfamiliar with day-to-day flight crew workings, does this mean there was an A380 crew already in Melbourne on the morning of Friday 26/2, rostered to work on that day's QF93? If so does that mean there are A380 cabin crews based in Melbourne as well as Sydney?