View Full Version : A380 diverts back to London
Dentist
14th Feb 2010, 19:09
Just heard, an Airbus A380 diverted back to LHR due to smoke, was on it's way to SIN, Any news?
vapilot2004
14th Feb 2010, 19:10
I heard it was someone lighting up a cigar post-coitus in one of the suites.
:}
White Knight
14th Feb 2010, 19:19
How terribly exciting - I'll be awake all night monitoring this interesting 380 thread:D:D
Scott Diamond
14th Feb 2010, 19:21
Just said it all yourself - an A380 diverted back to Heathrow due to smoke. What more could you want to know? How many nuns were onboard? :ugh:
Landroger
14th Feb 2010, 19:26
But if someone were to say it was Ryanair, then there'd be twenty posts on here suggesting it was a brake fire in the wheel wells. :eek: :) :)
Roger.
olivermbs
14th Feb 2010, 19:27
Damn.. those nuns with their cigars..:}
hetfield
14th Feb 2010, 19:30
@landroger
How many 380 has Ryanair?
kotakota
14th Feb 2010, 19:32
Give them a break chaps , how many airports can a mere 380 pilot divert to ? He /she could have very likely diverted to Gatters or AMS etc , but ohmigod , do they have jetties ??? New QRH entry about 'Suitable ' diversions......
Landroger
14th Feb 2010, 19:36
They've got dozens, but they hide 'em otherwise Michael would have to pay tax on them! :)
"Oh no sir, bless you sir! We've only got a few Boeings sir! I can only count to two engines sir!" :=
Roger.
El Grifo
14th Feb 2010, 19:44
No worries mate !
Sometimes it's like pulling teeth to get a straight answer from this lot :}
Binman62
14th Feb 2010, 20:23
Hmmmm smoke in the cockpit.......and absolutely no catering when it left again from LHR at 5.30 tonight. Reason given the passengers (some got off as so concerned) was that the chillers had failed and no additional catering could be uplifted. Seems odd to get to Poland turn back only to be airborn again in 90 minutes. FRA would have been closer and has full QF opeation. Given the awful operational reliability of the A380's under QF control would simply chalk this up as another blunder....
mrdeux
4th Mar 2010, 01:45
No smoke whatsoever. A problem with the smoke detection system. Frankfurt wasn't really an option, as it takes time to dump fuel, it's not really an emergency, and there's no 380 support in there.
They've got dozens, but they hide 'em otherwise Michael would have to pay tax on them! http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/smile.gif
"Oh no sir, bless you sir! We've only got a few Boeings sir! I can only count to two engines sir!" :=
"...n Oi wouldn't even tell my Priest how much Oi paid for them! (S'ok Oi'm Irish meself!)