Singapore Airlines Flight Delays & Disruptions

[Metropolitan Airlines]

SQ 221 and SQ 231 (both SIN-SYD) yesterday both rescheduled to take off 8AM this morning, and SQ 863 (HKG-SIN) had a 12 hour delay, landing back in SG this morning at 0630 HRS.

According to an aviation forum in Hong Kong, SQ 863 has been delayed due to some leaks of the aircraft. Aircraft involved seems to be 9V-SKK?

As the result today's SQ 222 has been delayed by 4 hours to 20:10 AEDT and SQ 232 has been delayed by 7.5 hours to 19:35 AEDT.

[feb01mel]

SQ 221 and SQ 231 (both SIN-SYD) yesterday both rescheduled to take off 8AM this morning, and SQ 863 (HKG-SIN) had a 12 hour delay, landing back in SG this morning at 0630 HRS.

[9V-JKL]

Found the answer for SQ 31 diversion of all places on my FB feed....

Friend was onboard...Diversion was due to medical emergency.
Pax was not well after take off and condition deteriorated to critical level needing the diversion.

[SQ-77W]

SQ31|07OCT (SFO-SIN) operated by 9V-SMK diverted to HND earlier today.

Currently en-route HND-SIN and estimated to arrive into SIN tonight with ETA: 2147.

Was at HND yesterday to catch SQ633 into SIN and what a sight it was to see the two SQ A359s beside one another at the gate.

I wonder why SQ31 was diverted to HND though. The need to refuel due to strong headwinds?

[9V-SPL]

Seems like 9V-SKK is AOG in HKG whilst operating SQ863|09OCT.

[9V-SPL]

SQ31|07OCT (SFO-SIN) operated by 9V-SMK diverted to HND earlier today.

Currently en-route HND-SIN and estimated to arrive into SIN tonight with ETA: 2147.

[SQfanatic]

SQ801|21SEP (PEK-SIN) operated by B777-300ER (9V-SWA) is delayed for almost 19 hours.

STD: 0005
ATD: 1804
STA: 0620
ETA: 0041 (22SEP)

The aircraft is scheduled to park at a remote bay (400) on arrival.

I wonder what happened...Sounds like a technical problem but if anyone really knows keep posted here.

[9V-SPL]

SQ801|21SEP (PEK-SIN) operated by B777-300ER (9V-SWA) is delayed for almost 19 hours.

STD: 0005
ATD: 1804
STA: 0620
ETA: 0041 (22SEP)

The aircraft is scheduled to park at a remote bay (400) on arrival.

[Arundel Lad]

FR24 shows SQ255 9V-SVM SIN - BNE on 17th Sep diverting to Darwin before continuing to BNE. It doesn't seem to have delayed arrival in BNE by much more than 90 mins. Any ideas as to the reason for the diversion.

[kevin-sg]

Due to fuel rationing at AKL, SQ286 is required to make a stopover in SYD on 20-21 Sep, Wed and Thur flights. ETA on both days would be delayed to 2010 hrs.

[9V-SPL]

SQ235 to BNE (13 Sept) operated by 9V-STW is returning to Changi after 2 hours of flight. Seems to have turned back one hour into the journey. Wonder what happened.

A technical issue prompted the air turn back with 9V-STB taking over.

Eventually departed at 0245.

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SQ403|13SEP (DEL-SIN) operated by 9V-SKC was delayed for about 17.5 hours.

STD: 2155 (13SEP)
ATD: 1512 (14SEP)
STA: 0610
ATA: 2334

Arrival Gate: F42

According to tweets from some passengers, they were kept on board for at least 3-4 hours.

[ell3]

SQ235 to BNE (13 Sept) operated by 9V-STW is returning to Changi after 2 hours of flight. Seems to have turned back one hour into the journey. Wonder what happened.

[wlgspotter]

The first aircraft in SQ's fleet to have a glass cockpit and 2 man operating crew was the A310 and B757. B744 just had more screens. I remember one of the problems the B744 had were of the tire pressure indicating system cable on the wheel coming loose in flight causing the tire pressure of a parricular wheel to be shown as XX in flight. The pilots as a protocol had to activate the emergency services upon arrival. After multiple false alarms, these digital tire pressure systems were removed from the B744. The 744 freighters till today do not have it.

Yep you're right about that A310s and B757 being the first glass cockpits and 2 man operating crew.l - I stand corrected on that.

And I do remember the issues they had with the tyre gauge and the activation of emergency services upon arrival. The B744 fleet had its fair share of false alarms at the time...

[boing]

Yeah that's certainly quite true. But, if memory serves me right, I think a lot of the so called teething issues with the B744 at the time seemed to be from the fact that the 744 was the first aircraft in SQ's fleet at the time that replaced a lot of traditional dials and gauges in the cockpit with the famed 6 LCD screens. That presented some challenges. By the time the 777s came along SQ, along with Boeing, already had a number of years with using LCD screens in the cockpits...

The first aircraft in SQ's fleet to have a glass cockpit and 2 man operating crew was the A310 and B757. B744 just had more screens. I remember one of the problems the B744 had were of the tire pressure indicating system cable on the wheel coming loose in flight causing the tire pressure of a parricular wheel to be shown as XX in flight. The pilots as a protocol had to activate the emergency services upon arrival. After multiple false alarms, these digital tire pressure systems were removed from the B744. The 744 freighters till today do not have it.

[boing]

As someone had pointed out, Airbus aircraft are slightly more challenging to work on than Boeing from a maintenance perspective. Their component removals require more time and effort. Once saw a Boeing documentary on the 777 and Boeing actually has a software simulating an average human's ergonomics to make sure that any component's access on the 777 is not in an out of reach area for the mechanics. And this was in the 90s ! Likewise, UA mechanics were consulted on every common issues on an aircraft and these feedbacks were taken into consideration. As such, 777 is a breeze to work. That's not to say they didn't have their fair share of teething problems during EIS, but they were resolved faster.