UNBELIEVABLE! AirAsia pilot flies to Melbourne instead of Malaysia after navigation error

[OmniAtlas]

And to think I fly this route at least twice a year! Profile picture is the AirAsia A330 at Sydney Airport.

Media report - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/07/airasia-pilot-flies-melbourne-malaysia-navigation-error

The full ATSB report - http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2015/aair/ao-2015-029/

Time to pull up Jeehell FMGS, put in wrong coordinates and simulate this scenario! :shock:

[masterp]

JL FMGS does not allow you to insert coordinate from scratchpad or use the slew key to adjust lat/lon :)

[dodiano]

That was not that way. Load of bs they returned to the airport and landwd. it is impossible to fly to another airport when you have a flight plan. I have flown airliners for 12 years and those are impossiboe mistakes

[OmniAtlas]

Hi dodiano -- the media sensationalize it (no surprise).

They did not reattempt a landing at Sydney because they had no visual and were redirected to Melbourne with vectors.