Fed EX 77 Question

[Uncle Chop Chop]

Hey all. On my usual check over Plane Plotter I noticed something a little unusual. Fed EX Flight 77 from HNL-SYD was heading in a North Westerly Direction away from Sydney. It was about 7.30pm. Is this a normal thing or was the Route wrong on the Screen? It read as Below..

 

FDX77 HNL-SYD

 

A801D3 N615FE

 

MD-11 F360

 

Also what does A801D3 mean?

 

Cheers

 

 

[Guest Chainsaw]

The route is normal Dan. FedEx have also just closed or are closing Manila as their base and have set up in China. I don't expect the n-w route out of Sydney to change though.

 

 

[Guest Darren Masters]

Chainy, have been watching over the last few days and does seem to be a more NW heading with the base change. Dan, the code is the aircraft's HEX (identifier) code.