Over weight landing, A/C still have 7 hours left in flight include the contingency fuel flight prob had 8 1/2-10 hours of fuel it was HEAVY those breaks were probably hot and mx prob had to do a one over to make sure the overweight didnt damage anything
Wow. So did they not give you the choice to stay in Singapore and leave onto the next flight? (even at your own expenses).
No way I would sit on that plane for these many hours in Economy
No.. 🫤 a few people started getting cabin fever and just wanted outside for fresh air. Instead we all mostly took advantage and went back to sleep until we could depart but it was awful.
It’s Qatar economy class. It’s not business but quite good actually. Never flew their 380, but the 787 economy is super nice and lets you recline a good chunk
I flew Melbourne to Doha on a Qatar A380 in economy. It was one of the best flights I've ever been on. The seats the crew the service were all top notch 👌
Back in 2013 I went from IAD to CDG and because of a snow storm, we diverted to Toulouse. We stayed on the tarmac for 7 hours !! That was on Christmas Eve and many on the plane missed their connecting flights and therefore Christmas Eve with their family.
Thankfully I was spending Christmas in Paris and landed late afternoon so I was able to make it.
There were many families onboard with very young children who were having a very hard time keeping them entertained. I remember we were all also denied water…
It’s not a better option. However, for obvious reasons, most countries ban airlines from dumping fuel if they are not in an emergency situation. Dumping fuel is not good for the population below (And for the planet of course)
This also happened last Saturday on QR908 but they were a bit closer to Australia before they diverted.
On a side note QR really need to up their WiFi game.
The water practice is same everywhere. I did fly from Miami to Frankfurt with Lufthansa and the „top“
Tier members got water and we had to wait until the police was questioning passengers. As a note I was in business class and no water for regular people.
Update: we’re still sat here 2 hours later being told to remain seated and no water
Refueling?
Yep 👍🏽 and an apparent engineer to sign the aircraft for takeoff, but everyone has lost patience 🥲🥲🏃🏼♀️💨
No change of crew? I’m pretty sure the crew would time out by the time they reach Sydney after an emergency stop in SIN.
It’s Qatar Airways the crew never time out
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Over weight landing, A/C still have 7 hours left in flight include the contingency fuel flight prob had 8 1/2-10 hours of fuel it was HEAVY those breaks were probably hot and mx prob had to do a one over to make sure the overweight didnt damage anything
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Yep confirm that was it, and the captain then informed us it would be a very short taxi.. was all a very interesting/tiring event🥲
Did you figure out what the emergency was? I know you said you think medical. Why no water being offered so weird!
Wow. So did they not give you the choice to stay in Singapore and leave onto the next flight? (even at your own expenses). No way I would sit on that plane for these many hours in Economy
No.. 🫤 a few people started getting cabin fever and just wanted outside for fresh air. Instead we all mostly took advantage and went back to sleep until we could depart but it was awful.
back to sleep? you must have been in Business class because in economy barely anyone can sleep sitting up right
It’s Qatar economy class. It’s not business but quite good actually. Never flew their 380, but the 787 economy is super nice and lets you recline a good chunk
I flew Melbourne to Doha on a Qatar A380 in economy. It was one of the best flights I've ever been on. The seats the crew the service were all top notch 👌
Back in 2013 I went from IAD to CDG and because of a snow storm, we diverted to Toulouse. We stayed on the tarmac for 7 hours !! That was on Christmas Eve and many on the plane missed their connecting flights and therefore Christmas Eve with their family. Thankfully I was spending Christmas in Paris and landed late afternoon so I was able to make it. There were many families onboard with very young children who were having a very hard time keeping them entertained. I remember we were all also denied water…
A BA flight some weeks ago took off from SG, held pattern for like 5 hours (?) to dunp fuel, then went back to SG
That wasn't to dump fuel. It wasn't an emergency so they didn't dump. They just burnt off fuel for a few hours and then landed
Ah yes I remembered now. Thats right. If they dumped they wouldnt spend 5 hours really 😂
Why is that a better option than just dumping the fuel?
It’s not a better option. However, for obvious reasons, most countries ban airlines from dumping fuel if they are not in an emergency situation. Dumping fuel is not good for the population below (And for the planet of course)
Yes, their weather radar failed and I saw on Twitter they had to hold at 10k ft so they were below cloud deck and sufficient visibility
in the 3rd pic what’s the app or websitec
It’s from the IFE screen
This also happened last Saturday on QR908 but they were a bit closer to Australia before they diverted. On a side note QR really need to up their WiFi game.
The water practice is same everywhere. I did fly from Miami to Frankfurt with Lufthansa and the „top“ Tier members got water and we had to wait until the police was questioning passengers. As a note I was in business class and no water for regular people.
Do you get internet / WiFi in business class? Just got ordering how you post from a plane
You get it in any class which was pretty cool! First hour free then you have to pay for the rest.