A Qantas Airbus A330-300, registration VH-QPC performing flight QF-61 from Brisbane,QL (Australia) to Tokyo Narita (Japan), concluded the flight with a safe landing on Narita Airport’s runway 16L about 9 hours after departure.
On Aug 11th 2016 the ATSB reported however, that the aircraft had been dispatched “with a component of the required navigation equipment recorded as unserviceable”. There were no injuries and no damage. The ATSB rated the occurrence an incident, opened an investigation and is interviewing crew as well as gather additional information.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Tokyo for just less than 2 hours before departing for the return flight. After landing in Brisbane the aircraft remained on the ground for about 5 hours before departing for the next day’s QF-61.
The Aviation Herald
Qantas dispatches Airbus A330-303 with non compliant MEL
