Fire breaks out in Jetstar cockpit

[Kee Hooi Yen 0]

A Jetstar flight from Japan to the Gold Coast has made an emergency landing in Guam after fire broke out in the cockpit.

 

All passengers and crew are safe and no one has been injured.

 

The A330-200 aircraft - flight JQ 20 - left Kansai International Airport just before 11pm (AEST) on Wednesday carrying 186 adult passengers, four infants and 13 crew including nine cabin crew and four pilots.

 

Jetstar says a small number of Australians were on board the flight, which was carrying mainly Japanese nationals.

 

The number of Australians on board still has to be confirmed.

 

The airline says almost four hours into the flight, smoke was seen in the cockpit and moments later the right hand cockpit window caught fire.

 

Jetstar says technical crew extinguished the fire which was contained to the cockpit only.

 

The aircraft landed without incident at Guam International Airport at 2.20am (AEST) on Thursday.

 

Passengers are now being put up in local hotels in Guam. They'll be flown to Australia on a Jetstar A330-200 aircraft departing on Thursday morning from Sydney to Guam and returning to Brisbane International Airport.

 

Aircraft Engineers in Guam are currently inspecting the aircraft and Jetstar says enquiries from family and friends can be made on 131 538 (Australia) and updates will be put online at www.Jetstar.com.

 

 

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Another A332 'inccident' ...

[Michael Chai 0]

Repetition of Swissair disaster?

[BC Tam 2]

Challenging times ahead for those involved with the 332 programme

[Gavin Andrew David 6]

Its the usual , once something happens on the 330 . It will be under a magnifying glass . Remember the Qantas incidents last year ?

[Tony 1]

Its the usual , once something happens on the 330 . It will be under a magnifying glass . Remember the Qantas incidents last year ?

Yah... Will most likely be dugged out and put under the magnifying glass AGAIN.

[Hakan 2]

what happened A330s? are they expiration days comes?!!!

 

When came Turkish airline's new brand A330's to Istanbul , it was grounded for 5 days for electric problem with APU systems. Plane was performed only ferry flight from Touluse to Istanbul. Electric problem has been recognise while making line check before delivery to schedule flight.

 

Ofcourse thats are not meaning "airbus planes have problems" but when you check out Airbus incidents, the most of problem causes electric problems.

 

Maybe, Airbus must be check new Airbus family electricity design from begin to end once again. According me, if it be so, the possible reaons of that should be; seperatly producing scheme of airbus planes.As you remember, A380 has been live a serious problem while assembly phase about wires were not suitable becouse two body parts produced two different country and wiring ends were not connected.

 

After that Airbus has been fixed the problem but if they choosed to like that producing system for reducing cost price of production, there should be a problem still two different wiring systems connections. Just an opinion as guess.

[Ignatius 4]

Next time they'd even amplify hydaulic leaks.. anything 330.. !!

[Waiping 12]

Spooky considering SQ just took delivery of their new A330s, not to mention some that we know have upgraded to A330 pilot too.