Qantas A388 over Slovakia on Jul 14th 2023, technical problem, overweight landing with max reverse needed in London

Last Update: July 15, 2023 / 14:37:42 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 14, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Qantas

Flight number
QF-2

Aircraft Registration
VH-OQI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

A Qantas Airbus A380-800, registration VH-OQI performing flight QF-2 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Singapore (Singapore), was enroute at FL330 just about to cross from Slovakia into Hungary when the crew decided to turn around and return to London reporting a technical problem. The aircraft climbed to FL340 for the return, the crew subsequently advised they would be doing a heavy weight (=overweight) landing, for landing on runway 27L they would need max reverse and would exit the runway at the very last turn off, however, no assistance was needed. They might have trouble to meet the waypoint (altitude and speed) restrictions for the assigned arrival route. The aircraft landed safely on Heathrow's runway 27L about 3:45 hours after departure.

Passengers reported they were told the navigation system did not work properly.

Residents below the approach path into London reported they did hear the aircraft at a very unusual time (during night curfew) with a strange very loud noise.

The aircraft had another problem on their flight to London the same day, see Incident: Qantas A388 over Germany on Jul 14th 2023, autopilot failure.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 14, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Qantas

Flight number
QF-2

Aircraft Registration
VH-OQI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

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