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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 8:06 pm
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Originally Posted by Awesom Andy
Just out of curiosity, given HKG is only a few hundred miles away from TPE, if they had some 744ER, then they wouldn't need to stop? Although if you are talking about a stop in ICN, then I'm pretty sure even the 744ER wouldn't make it back to HKG unless it glides in.
QF is the only airlines that has 744ER.

Originally Posted by QRC3288
...no offense, but there isn't much to wonder about. I had it to me once on SQ2 in January 2007, back when they flew 747s on the route (they now fly 777s). Did a tech stop in TPE.
What I mean is when CX got diverted, why not their competitor have the same issue at the same time?

Route issue or load?
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