JQ7992 - July 9 2015

[Adam.S]

Noticed that today's 787 ferry flight ex Melbourne was heading towards (what looked to be OOL), however just prior to flying over Orange(NSW), the aircraft VH-VKD made a U-turn,and proceeded south back to Melbourne landing just before 11:30am.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/fl...q7992/#6bfc300

Was this just a test flight, or was there a change of plans en-route resulting in the aircraft being required back in Melbourne?

[Brandon Giacomin]

She was BNE bound, not sure what the reason was for turning around.

[JamesL]

Probably didn't need the aircraft to do to DPS...

[Adam.S]

Thanks for your replies.
Yes it seems DPS was the reasoning behind the change of plans with the cancellation of Thursday's BNE-DPS flight.

The aircraft had 24 hours 'off' in Melbourne before operating a flight to Phuket yesterday afternoon.
Cheers

[MarkR]

Be interesting to see if any extra flights run this weekend, I would imagine the end of school holidays would be putting pressure on the backlog.

[Adrian B]

Hopefully so, as I have family in Bali whom may be rebooked on the earliest next spots - 28th July.