QF A380 diverts to Baku due to medical emergency

[Adrian B]

Source 9 News

Hundreds of Qantas passengers are stranded in Azerbaijan after a flight was forced to divert.
The Airbus A380 is understood to have been flying from London to Singapore when a medical episode forced the diversion.
"Our London to Singapore service diverted to Baku in Azerbaijan yesterday due to a medical incident onboard," a Qantas spokesperson said.

[James Smith]

The QF A380 in Baku (GYD) is VH-OQB.

[Laurent Sanhard]

pretty sure QF1 , also diverted to Azerbaijan about 2-3 yrs ago , due a tech issue , or smoke alarm in cargo ?
so not the 1st time the QF A380 has been there .

[MarkR]

Originally Posted by Laurent Sanhard

pretty sure QF1 , also diverted to Azerbaijan about 2-3 yrs ago , due a tech issue , or smoke alarm in cargo ?
so not the 1st time the QF A380 has been there .

23 Dec2022, OQH diverted due mechanical, OQD also flew in to complete the flight

[James Smith]

Hi Lauren, the Baku diversion in December, 2022 is reported on in the QANTAS Fleet & Operations thread of this site, pages 39 & 40, posts 384 - 392 if you would like further information.

[Laurent Sanhard]

thanks James ,

This QF2 diversion showing as delayed by 35hrs , , so are the crew as well as pax put in hotels , so as not to exceed flight hours ?

also has this QF2 flight now landed SYD ,?

thanks

[James Smith]

Laurent, according to FlightAware the A380, OQB arrived in GYD at 7:56 local time on Monday morning 9/6/25 and departed GYD at 18:25 on Tuesday 10/6/25. It arrived in SYD via SIN at 19:21 on Wednesday 11/6/25 as QF2D, nearly 38.5 hours late.

The A380 tech crew and possibly the cabin crew would have been out of flight hours if they had departed Baku after the sick passenger was taken to hospital, as LHR to SIN is a long 14 hour flight made even longer as this flight overflew GYD and had to fly back there, so the crew and other passengers were accommodated in hotels in Baku.

[Laurent Sanhard]

thanks James , that makes sense as aircraft did not divert due tech issue .,