Quoting russell@coker.com.au (russell@coker.com.au):
On Thursday, 8 September 2016 9:12:10 AM AEST Rick Moen via luv-talk wrote:
o AirAsia says 'Hullo' to Melbourne: http://time.com/4483384/airasia-plane-malaysia-melbourne-sydney-gps/ _There's_ a captain who's going to spend the rest of his career farming rice.
Looks like a software error should take most of the blame.
Yes, not quite the hapless screwup I'd assumed based on merely skimming the headline. (I had just woken up, saw the headline, and misread it as stating that the pilot truly thought he had reached Malaysia.) 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. There will probably be coverage in the next RISKS Digest. http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/