9 Sep
2016
9 Sep
'16
5:50 a.m.
I wrote:
The linked _SMH_ had some more information -- though, oddly, not the flight number or exact airplane type. The picture makes it look like an A320.
A330-300, per http://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/big-mistake-airasia-x-flight-bound-for-malaysia-... . It was AirAsia X flight 223. (This was on March 10, 2015. What made it current news is that ATSB's report just came out.) http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/how-one-simple-mistake-turned-a... Well, at least the good news is that AirAsia X's pilots are still trained well enough to do VOR approaches and landings. ;->