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Old 6th February 2017, 07:45 PM
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Default QF10 diverts to SIN

It seems that QF10 has pulled into SIN on its DXB-MEL leg, due engine failure/shutdown...
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Old 7th February 2017, 07:02 PM
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Aircraft in question operated the last SIN service, she must be missing the place.
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Old 9th February 2017, 08:54 PM
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I flew from Siem Reap via Singapore to Sydney overnight and spotted a QANTAS A380 in the Singapore Changi cargo area after landing. When later walking from terminal 2 to 3 I saw from terminal 1 the A380 taxiing, possibly for take off at appoximately 22:30 - 22:45.

There is a flight QFA6003 operated by VH-OQB which is listed as a positioning flight on 16R today (thanks Grahame for a great service). It then operated the late running QFA127 today.
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Old 10th February 2017, 01:47 PM
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Seems like they were almost the same distance from Perth as Singapore when deciding to divert. Any reason for a preference to go to Singapore. Better A380 facilities?
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Old 10th February 2017, 02:45 PM
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You'd expect so, possibly maybe able to get a loan engine from SQ (?) and also based on the time they would have been arriving better alternatives for customers, as I think arriving in Perth there would have been some pretty extensive waits for east coast bound customers
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Old 10th February 2017, 03:48 PM
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Yeah, as Zac suggests, it seems like the arrival of QF10 dovetailed well with at least some of the SIN-Australia departures, meaning many of the QF10 pax would've been re-accommodated fairly easily.

I also believe there is a RR presence at SIN so that may have been a factor in getting the engine repaired or replaced (as may a loan from SQ). Actually I think QF & SQ both have power-by-the-hour agreements with RR, so good chance of a replacement engine one way or the other!
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Old 10th February 2017, 04:02 PM
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Thanks for the info.
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Old 10th February 2017, 07:27 PM
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Seems like they were almost the same distance from Perth as Singapore when deciding to divert. Any reason for a preference to go to Singapore. Better A380 facilities?
Flightaware has them a lot closer to Singapore, being over the main Indonesian island of Sumatra??
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Old 11th February 2017, 04:20 PM
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From the attached plot it looks like they were heading into the southern part of the Indian Ocean and diverted way south of Cocos Is.

2017-02-11 17_09_31-VH-OQB - Airbus A380-842 - Qantas - Flightradar24.jpg
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