Incident to the Airbus A330 registered VH-QPC and operated by Qantas on 04/08/2016 at Brisbane [Investigation led by ATSB / Australia]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Australian authorities:

The flight was dispatched with a required navigation system under MEL despite the weather conditions for ETOPS.

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General information
Local date	04/08/2016
Responsible entity	Australia - ATSB
State or area of occurrence	Australia
Location	AD Brisbane
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Incident
File number	BEA2016-0481

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	Australia - Qantas Airways Limited
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A330
Aircraft Registration	VH-QPC
State of registry	Australia
Last departure point	Australia - YBBN (BNE): Brisbane
Planned destination	Japan - RJAA (NRT): Tokyo/New Tokyo Intl
Flight phase	Standing
Serial number	0564
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.