Air Austral?

Phil M. · #1 4th December 2009, 10:25 AM

I had an Air austral 777 track over my house (Gosford,central coast) this morning at 0953, with its landing gear down. It was heading west towards richmond/blue mountians.

Just wondering what it was doing? as it Air Austral came up on ACARS

Quote:

F-OMAY UU0771 04/12/2009 09:14 Air Austral B777-2Q8(ER) CDG-Reunion-Sydney-Noumea

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Phil

Phil M. · #2 4th December 2009, 10:29 AM

A picture of it going over my house

Phil M. · #3 4th December 2009, 10:34 AM

im not sure

Phil M · #4 4th December 2009, 10:53 AM

Hydraulic problem. It dumped some fuel I believe and then returned and landed 16R at Sydney. It closed the runway for about 15-20 minutes.

Sarah C · #5 4th December 2009, 06:08 PM

Not surprisingly, the flight was cancelled. The aircraft has been towed to the GA area.