Jetstar A330 Emergency landing

[A320skoda]

Jetstar A330 landed in guam after fire in cockpit. Cockpit fire forces Jetstar emergency landing in Guam (http://www.theage.com.au/travel/cockpit-fire-forces-jetstar-emergency-landing-in-guam-20090611-c3vo.html) Window heat prob?

[punyelroo]

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) yesterday Australian time carrying 186 adult passengers, four infants and 13 crew including 9 cabin crew and 4 pilots.

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

Jetstar said 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) Australian time today.

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

Aircraft Engineers in Guam are currently inspecting the aircraft and Jetstar said enquiries from family and friends can be made on 131 538 (Australia) and updates will be put online at Cheap flights - Jetstar Airways (http://www.Jetstar.com).

[VBPCGUY]

Rego was VH-EBF

[Skillsy]

An ECAM message was sent regarding a heater malfunction in the co-pilot's side windscreen just prior to the event. The Co-Pilot took to the offending window with the fire extinguisher and the bird landed safely.

[Gxl Guy]

The a/c involved is less than 2 years old according to a report I read Cockpit fire forces Jetstar emergency landing in Guam (http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/travel/cockpit-fire-forces-jetstar-emergency-landing-in-guam-20090611-c3vo.html)

[Cubbie]

BBC reporting another A330 incident diverting to Guam after a cockpit window caught fire, landing safely...

[Saab Dastard]

Already being discussed in DG&P in http://www.pprune.org/dg-p-reporting-points/377274-jetstar-a330-osake-gold-coast.html

SD

[Jetjock330]

This is nothing new and this is in the QRH on the A330/A340, Cockpit Widowshield/WINDOW ARCING if I remember!

Ah, here we go:
QRH 2:30

-Affected WINDSHIELD/WINDOW WHC reset button.......PULL and that's it

[Bullethead]

This is nothing new and this is in the QRH on the A330/A340, Widow heat arcing if I remember!

. . .and the B767, B747, B707, C130 and and and . . . .

[DartHerald]

And quite right it is media fodder too. We all know how the media regularly over react to most non-events in the world of aviation, but in this case, if I had been onboard in such circumstances I would have been more than a little nervous.

Any fire or potential fire situation can be scary stuff and combine that with the AF incident which although totally unrelated, does mean it is fair to receove media exposure.

For any so called professionals who wish to utter the usual tripe about "pax over reacting", "media sensationalising" etc, just put yourselves in the position of the pax who do not have the same insight into our industry and who were completely entitled to be more than a little worried.

It sounds a well handled situation but that doesn't mean people should be belittled for their reaction to it.

[rdg102]

But the media reporting here IS sensationalistic, purely because of the way they are trying to link the two incidents...

[Michael Birbeck]

How many millions of miles has the A330 series flown safely and without incident?

The coincidence of the AF accident and now this incident is not even statistically significant.

Will the media represent this truth in their reporting? Probably not.

[FE Hoppy]

bit of arcing in the window. whoop di do! In the old days I would have swapped the plugs onto the other element and we would have pressed on.
What next, death plunge horror due to slight de-lamination?

[Baldur]

The media did not start the thread here...

The only link to AF that I can see is:

The aircraft is the same model as the Air France flight which disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month.

and that is actually mentioned well after "The previous incident occurred in February 2008 on a Boeing 747 and resulted in an emergency landing in Sydney.''

How about looking at the more serious allegation of the use of cheap maintenance facilities?

[Cacophonix]

Any fire on board is always a serious thing as I had the misfortune to find out for myself a couple of years ago.

This FAA video sums up some of the issues.

http://www.fire.tc.faa.gov/2007Conference/files/Training_Videos/ThursPM/Videos/BlakeFirefightingVideo1.wmv

[mingocr83]

Another A330, this time from Jetstar (JST) suffered a cabin fire today according to the news. The plane took off from Kansai, Japan, and landed in the island of Guam, with emergency declared.

According to the news the plane landed succesfully, and the fire was put out by the pilots.

Any other input in this incident?

[egbt]

Offical statement from Jetstar quoted on the BBC web site (no link as last time I posted a link to a "breaking news" factual report on the BBC the post got deleted)

"Smoke became evident in the cockpit and one of our pilots was required to use an extinguisher"

"We conducted an emergency diversion to Guam international airport where the aircraft landed without incident."

[Duffb]

Jetstar crew, well done:ok:

[dicksorchard]

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In-flight windscreen fire in an Airbus A330 aircraft en route from Osaka, Japan to Coolangatta, Australia

11 June 2009

At approximately 0400 Eastern Standard Time today the Australian Transport Safety Bureau was notified of a in-flight windscreen fire in an Airbus A330 aircraft that was en route from Osaka, Japan to Coolangatta, Australia.
The incident occurred at about 0220 and the flight crew diverted to Guam where the 13 crew and 185 passengers disembarked safely. There are no reported injuries.
The ATSB has commenced an investigation in accordance with International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 13 on the understanding that the event took place over international waters. The ATSB has notified the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the French Bureau dEnquêtes et dAnalyses pour la sécurité de laviation civile (BEA).
A team of investigators including operations, electrical engineer and licensed aircraft maintenance engineer will travel to Guam this morning to commence the investigation.
Any further inquiries should be directed to the ATSB on 1800 020 616.