Qantas A388 at Sydney on Sep 10th 2013, runway pavement failure during takeoff roll
Last Update: September 11, 2013 / 19:10:55 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 10, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Qantas
Flight number
QF-11
Departure
Sydney, Australia
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
VH-OQH
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
Airport ICAO Code
YSSY
VH-OQH continued to Los Angeles for a safe landing.
The airport returned to normal operation with both main runways 34L and 34R available about 5 hours later.
Metars:
YSSY 100500Z 29031KT CAVOK 32/M05 Q1000 RMK FU - VIS REDUCED TO N FM0500 MOD/SEV TURB BLW 5000FT
YSSY 100430Z 29027G37KT CAVOK 32/M06 Q1000 RMK FU FM0430 MOD/SEV TURB BLW 5000FT FM0430 27020G30KT 9999 SCT070
YSSY 100400Z 30023G37KT CAVOK 32/M07 Q1000 RMK FU FM0400 MOD/SEV TURB BLW 5000FT FM0400 27020G30KT 9999 SCT070
YSSY 100336Z 30027G37KT CAVOK 33/M06 Q1000 RMK FU FM0336 MOD/SEV TURB BLW 5000FT FM0400 27020G30KT 9999 SCT070
YSSY 100330Z 31028KT CAVOK 33/M05 Q1000 RMK FU FM0330 MOD/SEV TURB BLW 5000FT FM0400 27020G30KT 9999 SCT070
YSSY 100318Z 29027KT CAVOK 32/M04 Q1000 FM0318 MOD/SEV TURB BLW 5000FT FM0600 25020G30KT 9999 SCT070
YSSY 100300Z 33017G27KT CAVOK 32/M01 Q1000 FM0300 MOD/SEV TURB BLW 5000FT
YSSY 100230Z 33020G30KT CAVOK 31/M03 Q1001 FM0230 MOD/SEV TURB BLW 5000FT
YSSY 100200Z 33024G34KT CAVOK 30/20 Q1002 RMK SHRA TO NW FM0200 MOD/SEV TURB BLW 5000FT
YSSY 100135Z 33023G33KT CAVOK 29/18 Q1002 RMK SHRA TO NW FM0135 MOD/SEV TURB BLW 5000FT
YSSY 100100Z 34028G38KT CAVOK 29/17 Q1003 FM0100 MOD/SEV TURB BLW 5000FT
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 10, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Qantas
Flight number
QF-11
Departure
Sydney, Australia
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
VH-OQH
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
Airport ICAO Code
YSSY
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