Weird QF Flight into LHR… anyone shed any light?

Hi all. I have been out in my back garden most of the afternoon, watching the planes come over getting ready to land at LHR. Quite a variety: Saudi Arabian 777, Yemenia A310, Nouvelair A320, Iberia A320’s, Austrian A320, And general BA aircraft.

One that I did think was a little odd, was a Qantas 747-400. Firstly I thought… why is it coming over on a saturday afternoon? The QF flight’s are usually very early morning flights.

So anyway, I came in doors and flicked teletext on, page 444, the terminal 4 arrivals. I managed to track the flight down, flight QF6049. Now for the second strange thing, It was coming from Izmir in Turkey???

It hadn’t made a stop over there, not according to ceefax anyhow… it does usually say if there is a stop over in the flight.

So my question for all of you is, why was a Qantas 747-400 coming from Izmir in Turkey?

Seems quite strange to use such a large aircraft on that sort of route. If is was coming from Oz, and made a stop in Izmir, then it wouldn’t seem strange at all.

Cheers guys 🙂