Qatar A388 at Sydney on Jan 13th 2024, not cleared for the approach

Last Update: January 13, 2024 / 17:38:32 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 13, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Qatar Airways

Flight number
QR-908

Departure
Doha, Qatar

Destination
Sydney, Australia

Aircraft Registration
A7-APD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

Airport
Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport, Sydney

Airport ICAO Code
YSSY

A Qatar Airways Airbus A380-800, registration A7-APD performing flight QR-908 from Doha (Qatar) to Sydney,NS (Australia), was on final approach to Sydney's runway 34L when about 20 seconds after reporting on tower the crew advised they were going around. The aircraft stopped the descent at about 1000 feet AGL and climbed back to 3000 feet. After being handed off to departure the crew complained they were not stabilized due to a congestion in the communication, while they did receive a clearance to intercept the localizer, they never received a clearance for the approach and didn't even have a chance to request a visual approach. The aircraft positioned for another approach to runwqy 34L and landed safely about 15 minutes after the go around.

Metars:
YSSY 130900Z 08010KT 9999 FEW013 BKN270 25/21 Q1015 RF00.0/000.0=
YSSY 130830Z 06013KT 9999 FEW014 BKN270 26/21 Q1014 RF00.0/000.0=
YSSY 130800Z 05013KT 9999 FEW013 BKN270 26/21 Q1014 RF00.0/000.0=
YSSY 130730Z 07015KT 9999 FEW013 BKN270 27/20 Q1013 RF00.0/000.0=
YSSY 130700Z 05015KT 9999 FEW018 SCT270 28/20 Q1013 RF00.0/000.0=
YSSY 130630Z 05016KT 9999 FEW018 SCT260 29/19 Q1012 RF00.0/000.0=
YSSY 130600Z 05017KT 9999 FEW040 SCT240 29/19 Q1012 RF00.0/000.0=
YSSY 130530Z 06018KT CAVOK 29/19 Q1012=
YSSY 130500Z 06018KT CAVOK 29/20 Q1012=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 13, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Qatar Airways

Flight number
QR-908

Departure
Doha, Qatar

Destination
Sydney, Australia

Aircraft Registration
A7-APD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

Airport
Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport, Sydney

Airport ICAO Code
YSSY

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