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Old 23rd October 2010, 10:33 AM
matthew mcdonald matthew mcdonald is offline
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Default Unusual flight path

Hi all, I have just noticed Qantas 63 to Johannesburg flying directly over my house at penirith and then flying directly to Katoomba. I have never seen this flight take this route before as I believe it should be over 100km further south than this. Can anybody please tell me why it took this bizarre route today.

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Old 23rd October 2010, 11:23 AM
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There's quite a bit of thunderstorm build up going on right now...perhaps it was to scoot to the north of that first?
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Old 23rd October 2010, 11:37 AM
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It looks to be taking a far more northerly route than usual, currently near Adelaide. Looks like it will pass just to the south of Perth.

Must be avoiding a jet stream or something in the Southern Ocean.
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Old 24th October 2010, 09:35 AM
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Was QF64 diverted yesterday due to the weather?
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