Qantas jet forced to return to S'pore

[alberttky 0]

SINGAPORE: A Qantas jumbo jet was forced to return to Singapore early Saturday when its wheels failed to retract after take-off, the airline said.

 

"Shortly after take-off the crew on Qantas flight (QF) 52 from Singapore to Brisbane noticed that the aircraft's undercarriage would not retract," a Qantas spokeswoman told AFP.

 

"The aircraft returned to Singapore airport and landed safely at 12:03am local time (1603 GMT Friday)."

 

The Boeing 747-400 had left Singapore's Changi Airport less than an hour before it was forced to return, a spokesman for the airport told AFP.

 

No one was injured.

 

 

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_singapore/view/1133193/1/.html

[Raymund Yeoh 1]

Qantas and Changi sure love each other.........

[Ikman Ikreza 0]

Qantas and Changi sure love each other.........

 

Qantas and rats too..

[Lock SH 0]

I hope it is not another "Oh I forgot the pin again"..........

 

 

[Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2]

Qantas and Changi sure love each other.........

 

They should avoid the jinx and come to KUL!

[KC Sim 2]

Its Qantas with Changi, Qantas with Bangkok, Qantas and Batam, Qantas and Manila, Qantas and Rolls Royce, Qantas and undercarriage, Qantas and rats, Qantas and sudden loss of altitude ... you see the pattern?

 

Qantas is the common denominator everywhere. In essence, it has in recent years been a love affair between Qantas and "incidents".

 

Sure, one could say that the media is on Qantas' back but one must surely recognise that Qantas is having an unusually frequent encounter with incidents and is therefore frequently "fried" by the world's and Australian media - you could say there is no smoke without fire.

 

KC Sim

Edited June 4, 2011 by KC Sim

[T. AHMAD 0]

I hope it is not another "Oh I forgot the pin again"..........

 

 

maybe either the truck beam tilt actuator had problem or the body gear steering not centered after lift off...

[JuliusWong 0]

time to invest in some voodoo!! or some 'cleansing' ceremony..... <_ src="%7B___base_url___%7D/uploads/emoticons/default_rofl.gif" alt=":rofl:">

 

On more serious note, Qantas has been scrutinized ever since the A380 RR failure and B744 VH-OJK incident over Manila....

[Mike P 0]

Sounds like recently there are many airlines finding "asylum" in SIN..

[Ariff A. 0]

Qantas A380 with KUL???

[Cheng Long 0]

They should avoid the jinx and come to KUL!

 

Yea.. The Australian media will be jumping up and down about "mishandling" by Malaysian ground crews each time there is an incident.

[Teoh Z Yao 0]

SIA Engineering services Qantas in Changi?

[Cheng Long 0]

SIA Engineering services Qantas in Changi?

 

Singapore is very advanced. Some can even argue better than Australia. Naturally people don't tend to say bad things about them. In contrast to weaker ones, they can be made scapegoat of anything.

[Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2]

Singapore is very advanced. Some can even argue better than Australia. Naturally people don't tend to say bad things about them. In contrast to weaker ones, they can be made scapegoat of anything.

 

Yeah, well now one of SQ's planes have a gear problem out of HKG... <_>

[Teoh Z Yao 0]

Singapore is very advanced. Some can even argue better than Australia. Naturally people don't tend to say bad things about them. In contrast to weaker ones, they can be made scapegoat of anything.

 

Huh?