NZFF

Hi everyone,

I went on an interesting flight this morning, from Christchurch intl. airport to Sydney, in my new Emirates 777-300er. I set the weather to stormy, the time to 5:15am and the season to winter. I took off into some strange weather patterns and on take off my 777 was being blown around like a baloon. The sky was a cool reddy colour as the sun was rising. I set off on my flight and as i reached the West Coast of NZ the wind and rain got heavy and stronger. I was being blown far off course by the extremely strong Southerly winds. At the midway point i cheched my fuel gauge. Oh no - my tank was all ready 1/2 empty. Would i have enought gas?? I kept plugging through the stormy weather and as i drew nearer to Sydney..............guess what?? the weather got worse! I hit a big tropical storm! I started to decend into Sydney. I finally touched down after a battering 52kt crosswind (the biggest i've ever been in) landing. Tomorrow i'll depart on my journey home. hopefully the weather will be a bit better!!

Half Full in a 777-300ER Will get you a very very long way

Is 52knots past the maximum Crosswind Allowed?? I think you would normally divert to YSCB,YMML or YBBN in those sort of Conditions-

benwynn wrote:

QUOTE(benwynn @ Sep 2 2007, 05:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Is 52knots past the maximum Crosswind Allowed?? I think you would normally divert to YSCB,YMML or YBBN in those sort of Conditions-

YSCB, na uh..

YMML & YBBN for diverts from SYD.

Interesting flight report Scotty, some screenshots another time would be cool.

YSCB, na uh..

YMML & YBBN for diverts from SYD.

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6016422
Remarks: Starting to become a more common sight. 747's in Canberra. Diverted here do to fog in Melbourne.

its cargo not pax.

If its foggy in SYD chances are its foggy in CB

benwynn wrote:

QUOTE(benwynn @ Sep 2 2007, 07:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Half Full in a 777-300ER Will get you a very very long way

Is 52knots past the maximum Crosswind Allowed?? I think you would normally divert to YSCB,YMML or YBBN in those sort of Conditions-

Sorry, i ment 1/2 og what i had put in. Not 1/2 a full tank.