先日(2月2日に)フライトレーダーで香港に向かってきているカンタスの747を発見。定期便ではないようでしたが、カンタスのシドニー線の機材が747から787/A380になってから久しく、久しぶりの飛来。夜に外周から撮りたい構図もあるし、臨時便ならと空港の出発案内見ても特になし。香港でカンタスの機材の整備はよくあることなので、その類(整備に来ただけ)かなと思い特に気にも留めず、撮りたい構図のためにわざわざ外周に行くのはギブアップ。ただ、別の機体目当てに夜に空港に来て撮影をしてたら、どいうやら武漢に向かう？ようで、QFA6031便として出てきました。
I found a Qantas 747 was coming to Hong Kong on 2nd Feb on the Flightradar. It seemed not to be a regular flight, but long time had been gone by after Qantas had changed their Sydney-Hong Kong ship from 747 to B789/A380. I have one particular angle which I wanted to try to take with them so I visited airport HP to know its departure time if it was non-regular but could not find any. Qantas sometimes has it fleets maintaining at HKG so I regarded it as one of such kind of flights (Just came to Hong Kong for maintaining) so I gave up to go to the outside spotting point. But anyway, there were another targets and I came to the airport for spotting that night (spotting from the terminal). Around 23PM, that Qantas 747 took off to Wuhan? as QFA6031.
↑: カンタス747の夜撮影。昔は一時期は1日に2便来ることあって、飽きるほど撮りましたが、久しぶりなので新鮮(＾＾)
↑: Taking Qantas 747 at night. They used to come to Hong Kong per 2 a day in some periods in the past, I could take them as much as I feel no more then, but long time blanch gave me fresh feelings☆
2時間くらいの武漢便にしてはちょっと上がり低いかなって感じだったのでちょっと半信半疑。でも日本人も救出便出ているし、時期的に確かにありえるし、帰りの便の燃料積んでいるとか？いろいろ妄想。
Considering that the flight time should be around 2 hours from Hong Kong to Wuhan, it took off quite low, at first, I did not imagin it actually was going to Wuhan. But knowing that there were some flights from Japan to rescue Japanese from Wuhan these days, at the same time, it imagined this Qantas flight might be such kind of flights with having return fuel and so on?
↑: フライトレーダーではこんな感じで出ていました。
↑: It was showed on the Flightrader like this.
↑: バッチリ、アンコリもゲット☆
↑: I could catch ACL☆
↑: ルートも本当に向かっていたので、しばらく見ていたら、降下開始。おー本当に向かっているようです。
↑: I found its route seemed to be the one to Wuhan. I kept seeing it for a while and it started to decent. It was actually approaching to Wuhan☆
↑: 翌日何気なくフライトレーダーを見ていたら、Learmonthという空港に向かっている折り返しのQF6032便を発見。
↑: Next day I happened to find the return flight, QF6032 was facing to the airport named Learmonth airport☆
気になるので、調べてみたら、コロナウィルス関連で本当に武漢のオーストラリア人を救出するためにチャーター便を出していた模様。
I was really interested in it so I tried to know the details and found that Australian government had actually arranged some chartered flights to rescue the Australian people living in Wuhan.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/03/coronavirus-qantas-evacuation-of-australians-in-wuhan-under-way
記事によると、武漢のオーストラリア人を救出のため、チャーター便が4便用意されたようです。第1便が72人で、カンタスの便で243人、記事の画像の747のコメントに270人とあるので、多分この747(多分3便目くらい？)なんでしょうね？多分そう思います。現地に到着した人は14日間隔離のようです。
According to the article, goverment arranged 4 chartered flights to Wuhan. There were 72 people on the first flight, 243 people on other Qantas flight and the comment on the 747 photo said 270 people on that 747. So I believe the 747 I saw was this flight with 270 people (may be 3rd? )....anyway, yes, I think so. And the returned people must be put in to quarantine for 14 days.
ところで、香港ですが、
Anyway then in Hong Kong is,,,
皆様ご存知のとおり、私香港に住んでいますが、月曜の夕方に保健局から中国本土に行った人は14日間は家にいなさいみたいなSNSが飛んできて会社は大騒ぎです。
As you know, I live in Hong Kong. In the Monday evening, Hong Kong health authorities suddenly sent SNS to all people, that said the people who visited to mainland China must stay home for 14 days. This made much confusion on my company(@@；)
いきなり人員不足で困っていますが、まぁ、当局からの指示なので、仕方ないです。
Now we are suffering from the short stuff work but, government requiring it, there should be no way but to follow it , but....
が、いきなり上司から『機内は危ないから4月までは飛行機には乗るな』みたいなことをボソッと言われました。は??????!!!!!
2月と3月後半に既にチケット取っているし、、、
と思っていた矢先の昨日、駐在員の家族を日本に帰すみたいなことを決めたようで、会社の経費で家族のチケットを取るためにバタバタしていました。
My boss suddenly told me 『Being in the airplane must be danger. Do not fly out Hong Kong until end of March』.
What??????!!!!!!.....
But I have already bought tickets on latter Feb and March....
But on next day I found my boss decided to return some families to Japan by company expense and seemed to be busy for issuing tickets for his family....
あれ？機内は危険って言いませんでしたっけ？？
Ah???You told me that being inside the airplanes are danger????
次回に続きません(コンナコトイエナイノデ)
NOT to be continued (Because I cannot say him such things)