Problem with Strategic VC241?

[Peter JB]

Just watching on flightradar24 VH-SSA doing wild gyrations northwest of Adelaide. Big changes in altitude, heading and speed. Might be an ADSB glitch but its now settled to a heading of 123 degrees at 2,800 ft nearing Adelaide. Now stable at 2700 doing 183 kt and heading 148. Hope it's just a glitch with the ADSB. Now looking like its trying to land at Adelaide. This is a Phuket - Melbourne service

[Stefan Perkas]

Just watching on flightradar24 VH-SSA doing wild gyrations northwest of Adelaide. Big changes in altitude, heading and speed. Might be an ADSB glitch but its now settled to a heading of 123 degrees at 2,800 ft nearing Adelaide. Now stable at 2700 doing 183 kt and heading 148. Hope it's just a glitch with the ADSB. Now looking like its trying to land at Adelaide. This is a Phuket - Melbourne service

It did land in Adelaide :), 1st visit to Adelaide by this aircraft.

Also diverting this morning was...

QF30 HKG-MEL VH-OJH
QF7586 AKL-MEL N412MC
QF648 VH-OGU.

[Paul f.]

Heavy fog in MEL.

[Peter JB]

Heavy fog in MEL.

Hmmm, well Air Asia continued on to Melbourne & landed OK while Strategic dropped into ADL, would have thought they would continue on as well, given they were both in the same vicinity. Perhaps Strategic didn't have enough fuel to hold?

[Nathan Long]

Air Asia didn't get in first time.

[Stefan Perkas]

Evening all,

Here are a couple of shots from today. One is the Atlas B744 departing, also the Strategic A332 on Pushback.