QF 747 emergency

[C.Foo 3]

Qantas makes emergency landing in Perth

September 2, 2009, 2:59 pm

 

 

A Qantas flight from Singapore to Sydney was forced to make an emergency landing at Perth airport this afternoon after fuel started leaking from an engine.

 

The flight, QF32, a 747-400 carrying 290 passengers, landed safely at 3.20pm. The airport's emergency service crews were on standby.

 

The leak was in the number four engine, on the left hand side, and was shut down by the captain as a precaution.

 

The same plane was involved in an emergency en-route from Hong Kong to Melbourne last year when an oxygen bottle exploded, blowing out an exterior panel and forcing an emergency landing in Manila.

 

Perth engineers will attempt to fix the latest problem but if the issue is not fixed by 5pm the aircraft will be grounded because of a Sydney curfew that operates from 11pm EST.

 

If the plane is grounded the crew will also be out of hours, complicating the issue further for Qantas, passengers would then be required to stay overnight in Perth.

 

The 18-year-old plane is due to be retired in November.

 

In the Manila emergency, the plane was 55 minutes into the flight at 29,00ft when one of the oxygen bottles in the forward cargo hold exploded.

 

There was rapid depressurisation of the cabin but the plane landed safely.

 

No cause has been established.

 

The 747 was repaired at a reported cost of $10 million and returned to service last November

 

From http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/5906701/qantas-due-to-make-emergency-landing-in-perth/

 

Anyone have pics?

Edited September 2, 2009 by C.Foo

[MIR 2]

Registration is VH-OJK.

Picture by Ian Munro, PerthNow

Edited September 2, 2009 by MIR

[Ignatius 4]

Qantas can break world record in emergencies..

[Jen Hau 0]

Just saw Tv yesterday stating that Qantas had the rise of passenger for July . . Now another emergency . haha

[Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2]

Oh, it's the plane that lost a chunk of skin last year. No wonder it's in the news. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been reported.

[Norhisham K 0]

Was about to descent into Perth today, had to hold for about 15 mins for the Qantas...contrary to the report above, it was the number 4 engine that was shut down by the pilots; the right hand outboard engine.

[Cheng Long 0]

Oh, it's the plane that lost a chunk of skin last year. No wonder it's in the news. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been reported.

 

From a layman's perspective, fuel leaking from engine midair is kind of serious..

[Ignatius 4]

And in their Qantasing minds.. they are going to start laser guiding their fingers on Asian maintenance again!! So the Kindergarten

[mohd sukri abd hamid 0]

Qantas Againnnnnnnnnnnn

[Ignatius 4]

Yes.. again and again.. so expect one emergencies every month... ekkekek..

[Gavin Andrew David 6]

Was about to descent into Perth today, had to hold for about 15 mins for the Qantas...contrary to the report above, it was the number 4 engine that was shut down by the pilots; the right hand outboard engine.

 

They probably identified the engine from looking at it from the front . hahaha .. Can't expect much from these journalists

[Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2]

 

The 18-year-old plane is due to be retired in November.

 

 

Why do journos always highlight a plane's age when talking about emergencies? A well maintained old plane can still fly safely, and a brand new, not so well maintained plane can fall from the sky in a flash.

[Naim 6]

Why do journos always highlight a plane's age when talking about emergencies? A well maintained old plane can still fly safely, and a brand new, not so well maintained plane can fall from the sky in a flash.

 

Yes, sure, but if you ask me, I prefer riding in a new car than an aged one. So too most ppl. It's just natural.

[flee 5]

Why do journos always highlight a plane's age when talking about emergencies? A well maintained old plane can still fly safely, and a brand new, not so well maintained plane can fall from the sky in a flash.

Unfortunately we need to put much faith that everyone did their jobs properly. With old aircraft maintenance must be immaculate. If anything is not done to spec or procedures, the likelihood of catastrophic failure is higher since the other old consumable parts are more worn out or weakened.

[Naim 6]

Unfortunately we need to put much faith that everyone did their jobs properly. With old aircraft maintenance must be immaculate. If anything is not done to spec or procedures, the likelihood of catastrophic failure is higher since the other old consumable parts are more worn out or weakened.

 

As in this case:

 

FAA investigating American's MD-80 repairs

 

By DAVID KOENIG (AP) – 1 day ago

 

DALLAS — Federal regulators are investigating American Airlines over structural repairs to its aging fleet of MD-80 series aircraft.

 

...

 

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hqu8X8RyhZSgoEXIHs3pqg7BumQwD9AGNNK01

[C.Foo 3]

Well its more like Qantasism as jurnos only compalain about Qantas I don't see jurno's critisizing on NWA DC-9 fleet where the oldest is 50 years old huh?

 

Why do journos always highlight a plane's age when talking about emergencies? A well maintained old plane can still fly safely, and a brand new, not so well maintained plane can fall from the sky in a flash.