A ‘mayday’ call signalled to Sydney Airport air control has been recorded after a FedEx aircraft was forced to abort a landing during its final approach to the runway shortly before 10.30pm on Saturday.
The FedEx flight FX9075 on a journey from Singapore was on its final approach to Sydney, according to the Sydney Morning Herald,when the pilot reportedly changed course just kilometres from the runway.
According to the FlightRadar flight tracking map, the pilot clearly changed course during the decent and diverted west over Brighton-Le-Sands before ascending again to nearly 3000 feet, the data shows.
A ‘mayday’ call signaled to Sydney Airport air control has been recorded after a FedEx aircraft was forced to abort a landing during its final approach to the runway shortly before 10.30pm on Saturday.
The FedEx flight FX9075 on a journey from Singapore was on its final approach to Sydney when the pilot reportedly changed course just kilometres from the runway.
According to the FlightRadar flight tracking map, the pilot clearly changed course during the decent and diverted west over Brighton-Le-Sands before ascending again to nearly 3000 feet, the data shows.
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In a statement provided to news.com.au, the Australian Transport and Safety Bureau said further investigations into what occurred are ongoing.
“The ATSB is gathering further information into the circumstances of an occurrence where a MD-11 freighter aircraft conducted a missed approach and issued a mayday call while on approach to land at Sydney Airport on Saturday evening.
Aircraft Information:
Airline: FedEx
Code: FX/FDX
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Registration: N576FE
Serial Number: 48501
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