Weather In Sydney & Melbourne

[Grahame Hutchison]

Many of the flights out of Sydney this afternoon were running vary late because of the strong winds in Sydney and Melbourne. My son's DJ flight to Melbourne was delayed by more than one and a half hours however he was lucky to get on the earlier flight. Most flights were operating from Runway 25 in the late afternoon when I was there.

Some of the ACARS transmissions...

ACARS mode: S Aircraft reg: .VH-ZXA
Message label: 86 Block id: 6 Msg. no: M06A
Flight id: QF0502
Message content:-
ARI
ETAB 2135YBBN
WHLCHR / MED
ASST MINORS PAX
SICK N
SI MORNING. SORRY WE R LATE
CHAOS IN SYD WITH STRONG
WIND...
WEATHER... NOT PILOTS
-------------------------------------[03/04/2008 07:39]


ACARS mode: S Aircraft reg: .VH-ZXA
Message label: 86 Block id: 7 Msg. no: M07A
Flight id: QF0502
Message content:-
ARI
ETAB 2135YBBN
WHLCHR / MED
ASST MINORS PAX
SICK N
SI SEVERAL STRESSED PAX WER
ON QF500 CONX TO QF970
TO TSV. WILL THEY MAKE
THE FLIGHT PLSE.
-------------------------------------[03/04/2008 07:43]

ACARS mode: S Aircraft reg: .HL7449
Message label: 36 Block id: 9 Msg. no: M11A
Flight id: KE0581
Message content:-
RKSI/YSSY/02APR08/FLT OPS/S 32.383/E151.173/26995/36700/AT THAT TIME SYD WX IS OK AND MIN FUEL IS NOT OK AND COSIDER CHANGE ALTN TO YSCB/
-------------------------------------[03/04/2008 11:31]

ACARS mode: S Aircraft reg: .HL7449
Message label: 36 Block id: 5 Msg. no: M14A
Flight id: KE0581
Message content:-
RKSI/YSSY/02APR08/FLT OPS/S 32.834/E150.917/25278/34300/SO PLEASE CHANGE ALTN TO YSCB AND GIVE US YSCB TRIP FUEL FIGURE THANK YOU/
-------------------------------------[03/04/2008 11:41]

ACARS mode: S Aircraft reg: .VH-VXD
Message label: 86 Block id: 6 Msg. no: M97A
Flight id: QF0859
Message content:-
ARI
ETAB 0440YSSY
WHLCHR 01 / MED
ASST MINORS PAX
SICK N
SI DOH EXCLAMATION MARK
WE JUST GOT HOLDING
-------------------------------------[03/04/2008 14:55]

ACARS mode: 2 Aircraft reg: .ZK-OJG
Message label: 14 Block id: 4 Msg. no: M90A
Flight id: NZ0783
Message content:-
--AIR02NZCHYSSY062004000100NNN
L1
L2
----------
HI GUYS. EXTENSIVE HOLDING. ESTIMATED LANDING TI
ME 0617
-------------------------------------[03/04/2008 16:39]


ACARS mode: 2 Aircraft reg: .N602FE
Message label: 10 Block id: 0 Msg. no: M26A
Flight id: FX0077
Message content:-
020077/OPSCTL/DA PHNL/DS YSSY/FOB 042000
/FTX LDG RWY 25 OPS ONLY
DUE WIND
-------------------------------------[03/04/2008 16:51]