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Old 8th Dec 2014, 05:56
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They really are a bloody lost cause ....!
Who? The ABC?
If so I would put it more like typical journos. They are unfortunately just going on what they are being told and probably don't know enough to have much of an idea as to the veracity of it. And of course, the editor in chief will be telling them to "sex it up".

I guess the headline "Sydney-bound Qantas plane makes 30,000ft emergency descent after air conditioning fails" doesn't quite have the same grab as saying it "plunged".

I heard another reporter from one of the commercials say last week that a flight which turned back en route to Port Hedland due to weather was a 747 rather than the correct 737. Just a bit of difference but they don't know enough to query it.
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Old 8th Dec 2014, 06:32
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It was a slow leak with the crew making a slow decent to maintain cabin press'. Cause unknown at this stage. The cabin started climbing faster, thus emerg descent. Last hr and a bit at 10000, overweight landing PH but only a few tonne.

Sounds like a weird failure.
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The flight has just taken off from PH to continue in VH-OEB 747-400
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Old 8th Dec 2014, 07:24
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Are we seeing n slight increase in small niggles now that some maintenance are being done in Dubai ?
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Can't wait for the book, the TV movie (repeated every few months), the awards for bravery, the personal appearances, etc...
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Old 8th Dec 2014, 07:57
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Originally Posted by wdew
Are we seeing n slight increase in small niggles now that some maintenance are being done in Dubai ?
lol, funny you should ask that! Maybe Perth is the common factor

Qantas A380 in Perth emergency landing

A SECOND Qantas plane has had to make an emergency landing after smoke and fumes filled the cabin of the 737 en route from Perth to Karratha.

The 737 had just taken off from Perth for Karratha about 4pm AEDT when smoke and fumes in the cabin forced the captain to perform a turnaround and return to the airport.
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Old 8th Dec 2014, 09:43
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All this high drama happening right in GT's backyard.... did I miss his incisive expert commentary?
Just saw this on Channel 9

Reporter: 'What happens when an aircraft's Air-conditioning system fails?'

GT: 'When an aircraft's Air-conditioning system fails the cabin gets very hot.'

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Not a good A380 day. QF7 SYD/DFW is just touching down in SYD. Air return.....
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Reporter: 'What happens when an aircraft's Air-conditioning system fails?'

GT: 'When an aircraft's Air-conditioning system fails the cabin gets very hot.'
ROFL. He probably got that gem from the back of a cornflakes packet.
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Capt Quentin McHale All this high drama happening right in GT's backyard.... did I miss his incisive expert commentary?


McHale.
Oh, God no. Please don't poke the bear.
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Old 8th Dec 2014, 12:24
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Originally Posted by notjustanotherpilot
I heard another reporter from one of the commercials say last week that a flight which turned back en route to Port Hedland due to weather was a 747 rather than the correct 737. Just a bit of difference but they don't know enough to query it.
Worse, it was a Virgin 747! Heard it from the (Ch 7, I think) CEB's own mouth during the airport cross after the baaaaad weather.
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Are we seeing n slight increase in small niggles now that some maintenance are being done in Dubai ?
This aircraft is maintained differently to other types. It has some of the most advanced Avionics systems in the passenger airline industry being maintained by greasers. Yes, the airlines and regulators have decided that the Avionics engineer is not required on this new game changer (good thing it was only a pack problem, reportedly). There are a very small number of them somewhere, but most transits don't involve them anymore.
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I heard another reporter from one of the commercials say last week that a flight which turned back en route to Port Hedland due to weather was a 747 rather than the correct 737. Just a bit of difference but they don't know enough to query it.
A Virgin 747 Perth-Hedland ? Now, that IS going retro--(cue remarks on "all-747 fleet for Qantas")

VARA had a cabin depressurisation event, enough to drop the oxygen masks, on a F100 charter last Wednesday after an inflight lightning strike, which eventually resulted in a diversion to Hedland after a go-around at "XXX" in the East Pilbara.. I didn't see a single mention of it on the news anywhere, or was I not paying attention? Plenty of pictures on FB, apparently, and they should know better. There was external damage visible on the aircraft after landing, nosecone looked a bit sad. You would think it would have headlined as "Virgin FIFO jet plunges after mid-air lightning strike" or similar.
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