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Coutzy:
--- Quote from: maf on February 15, 2011, 12:15:28 AM ---According to flightstats.com QF12 left LAX at 22:26 on the 20th. It diverted and landed in Honolulu at 01:59 on the 21st. It then left Honolulu at 03:39 and finally landed in Sydney at 09:59 on the 21st.
So the flights landed within 3 minutes of each other.
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Teams definitely left customs more than 3 minutes apart. The leading teams were waiting on the platform for a train for longer than this.
maf:
--- Quote from: apskip on February 15, 2011, 07:51:20 AM ---maf was close, but his information on the the date of arrival in SYD appears to be incorrect, as was my original report.
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Yep, I missed the date change there. They landed on the 22:nd.
As for the time difference, looking at it in more detail I see that QF108 arrived at the gate at 09:56. In contrast the time they have for QF12, 09:59, is when it touched down on the runway. QF108 took 7 minutes to reach the gate form the runway.
So in the best of worlds we can assume that QF12 arrived at a gate 10 minutes after QF108. But there are many unknowns. There could have been gate trouble (not unlikely since they were late). And the passengers of QF12 probably arrived at immigration just after QF108, which could lead to even more delays.
But in the end we are just nitpicking here. I think we all agree that the flights arrived fairly close but the teams on the second flight got the better deal.
DrRox:
This is from the Timeline thread by Neobie......
QF 12 to Sydney (via Honolulu), 2226-0959 (scheduled 2225-0800), eight teams
QF 108 to Sydney, 2348-0956 (scheduled 2350-0925), three teams
Sydney Time (11h ahead of GMT)
9.56am: QF 108 with three teams arrives at Kingston Intl Airport.
9.59am: QF 12 with eight teams arrives at Kingston Intl Airport.
apskip:
--- Quote from: DrRox on February 15, 2011, 01:41:27 PM ---This is from the Timeline thread by Neobie......
QF 12 to Sydney (via Honolulu), 2226-0959 (scheduled 2225-0800), eight teams
QF 108 to Sydney, 2348-0956 (scheduled 2350-0925), three teams
Sydney Time (11h ahead of GMT)
9.56am: QF 108 with three teams arrives at Kingston Intl Airport.
9.59am: QF 12 with eight teams arrives at Kingston Intl Airport.
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Dr. Rox,
Neobie and you are both unusually reliable sources, but I think you are both mixed up on this. The first plane to depart LAX, QF12, carried the first 3 teams. The later departure, QF108, carried the 8 teams. QF108 with the 8 teams did land before QF12 due to the diversion to Honolulu.
DrRox:
--- Quote from: apskip on February 16, 2011, 09:57:07 AM ---
--- Quote from: DrRox on February 15, 2011, 01:41:27 PM ---This is from the Timeline thread by Neobie......
QF 12 to Sydney (via Honolulu), 2226-0959 (scheduled 2225-0800), eight teams
QF 108 to Sydney, 2348-0956 (scheduled 2350-0925), three teams
Sydney Time (11h ahead of GMT)
9.56am: QF 108 with three teams arrives at Kingston Intl Airport.
9.59am: QF 12 with eight teams arrives at Kingston Intl Airport.
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Dr. Rox,
Neobie and you are both unusually reliable sources, but I think you are both mixed up on this. The first plane to depart LAX, QF12, carried the first 3 teams. The later departure, QF108, carried the 8 teams. QF108 with the 8 teams did land before QF12 due to the diversion to Honolulu.
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Well we all will certainly see who is correct come this Sunday night.....
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