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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Syd, NSW
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Network F100 bent??
Saw some pics of what was purported to be a Network F100 bent yesterday on landing in the WA mines.
Last edited by CaptCloudbuster; 23rd Oct 2012 at 08:51 .
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Australia
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The ATSB are investigating it, so in 12 months we should have the story.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Perth
Posts: 35
F100 bent
So which mine? Hopefully not the one with the hump in the middle.
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#6 permalink
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Aust
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Quote:
just after the execution of the pilot
I hope not. The skipper is an experianced pilot and a real gentleman.
The big Q will rebuild it at any cost won't they? Can't have a hull loss...
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Over there
Posts: 151
Reality is, Network have more F100s on order than they need. So even if this one is reduced to spares, they will just introduce another ex Avianca machine quicker than originally planned.
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: The Shire
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Not a problem.
A little bit of polish and some 'international' money and she'll be as good as new
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Australia
Posts: 139
Was it the new bloke in the left seat???
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Location: sydney
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Bent? r@@ted more like it.
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Probationary PPRuNer
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Perth
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Bent rippled torn all of the above apparently windshear caused the heavy landing looks like the first hull loss for Qantas
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Can we see the pix as well?
#13 permalink
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Over there
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I've seen a couple of pics, totally repairable. Not worse than the 717 a few years back. A bit of reskinning and NDT testing probably.
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Location: Australia
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#15 permalink
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Stepson just drew my attention to this paragraph on Ben's blog.
It seems very fair minded.
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Remote and basic airstrips are more at risk from undetected windshear conditions than major airports and the actions of the pilots may well have been critical to avoiding an even more serious outcome in this accident.
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Location: WA
Posts: 757
What impact is this having on ops into Nifty? Do they have sufficient parking for the U/S aircraft as well as their own requirements for FIFO?
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Perth
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There is no way Qantas will stand for a hull loss... They will spend millions if they have to... Just like the 747 they fixed!
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#19 permalink
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: OZ
Age: 25
Posts: 56
F100 bent
Is Steve K still training F100 pilots or has he moved on to greener pastures?
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Bottums Up
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: dunnunda
Age: 55
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Fancy me thinking that if it's economical to repair it, it'll be repaired. And if it's not, it won't.
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Network F100 bent??
