Sunday, October 4, 2015

China Southern B787-8 B-2735 diverts to Adelaide

(China Southern B787-8 B-2735 arriving on Rwy.23 after diverting to Adelaide due to bad weather in Perth)

 (China Southern B787-8 B-2735 taxiing to the bay after diverting to Adelaide whilst en-route Guangzhou-Perth)

(China Southern B787-8 B-2735 taxiing for departure bound for Perth completing its diversion to Adelaide) All Photos by Stefan P (Copyright 2015)

China Southern B787-8 B-2735 operating 'CZ319' from Guangzhou- Perth arrived into Adelaide at 11.55hrs due to thick fog blanketing Perth. After spending a little bit of time in Adelaide and a quick refuel the aircraft departed back to Perth at 13.15hrs.

This was the 1st visit of B-2735 to Adelaide, it was alost the 2nd visit of B787-8 to Adelaide. However it was the 3rd visit by a B787 to Adelaide, the 1st was Air New Zealand B787-9 ZK-NZE back in November 2014 and 2nd was China Southern B787-8 B-2372 on 5/7/15.