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QR908 - Incident: Qatar A388 at Sydney on Jan 13th 2024

Created Saturday, Jan 13th 2024 17:38Z, last updated Saturday, Jan 13th 2024 17:38Z

Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport
File photo: Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport.

A Qatar Airways Airbus A380-800, registration A7-APD performing flight QR-908 from Doha (Qatar) to Sydney,NS (Australia), was on final approach to Sydney's runway 34L when about 20 seconds after reporting on tower the crew advised they were going around. The aircraft stopped the descent at about 1000 feet AGL and climbed back to 3000 feet. After being handed off to departure the crew complained they were not stabilized due to a congestion in the communication, while they did receive a clearance to intercept the localizer, they never received a clearance for the approach and didn't even have a chance to request a visual approach. The aircraft positioned for another approach to runwqy 34L and landed safely about 15 minutes after the go around.

Source: The Aviation Herald

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