View Full Version : A6-EOP EK A380 Takes a Bow in the Hangar
Airbubba
24th Aug 2019, 18:32
Possibly trying to cycle the gear doors with without a nosegear pin? It's been done before on other aircraft.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/966x1200/ecup6gfxyaazwns_a89609e91746f7d486bd4a0b785d59acb375b98c.jpg
atakacs
24th Aug 2019, 18:46
Whoops
Hope no-one hurt. Will be a costly mistake I reckon.
Airbubba
24th Aug 2019, 19:10
A couple of online listings of the incident:
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/228468 (https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/228468)
https://twitter.com/JacdecNew/status/1165183169664077829
ironbutt57
24th Aug 2019, 22:43
off to the parts bin....
OMAAbound
25th Aug 2019, 10:10
Not to worry, they’ve got plenty of spares parked down the road at DWC
atakacs
25th Aug 2019, 10:15
Not to worry, they’ve got plenty of spares parked down the road at DWC
380s not flying?!
krismiler
26th Aug 2019, 00:43
Similar event with an SQ A330 while parked at the gate 4 years ago. That was caught on tape.
https://youtu.be/IwqYQHl4-MU
nonsense
26th Aug 2019, 03:05
A couple of online listings of the incident:
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/228468 (https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/228468)
https://twitter.com/JacdecNew/status/1165183169664077829 (https://twitter.com/JacdecNew/status/1165183169664077829)
https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20190822-0
atakacs
26th Aug 2019, 04:01
Similar event with an SQ A330 while parked at the gate 4 years ago. That was caught on tape.
Was not (at least not in linked vid)
The Outlaw
26th Aug 2019, 10:21
That will polish right out.
Nothing to see here....move along.
Plus we just do things better at EK, so this would never happen to us...but if it did then we just put the responsible person in jail and deduct the damage from his salary. But it never happened.
Tim
Anilv
27th Aug 2019, 05:13
I bet more effort is given to looking for the poor sod who took/shared the picture instead of finding out the root cause of the incident!.
Anilv
atakacs
27th Aug 2019, 10:20
I bet more effort is given to looking for the poor sod who took/shared the picture instead of finding out the root cause of the incident!.
Anilv
Of course.
But that's pretty much SOP
Did it do any damage to the hanger floor? The floor is there for a long time... the A380 appears not to be so. (sadly; the 380 is a great passenger appeal aircraft even to Boeing drivers).
I bet more effort is given to looking for the poor sod who took/shared the picture instead of finding out the root cause of the incident!.
Anilv
A policy that's tried and tested and found to be successful throughout the middle east !
ironbutt57
8th Sep 2019, 23:08
Not to worry, they’ve got plenty of spares parked down the road at DWC
actually, thats the case, well two 6 1/2 year old ones are being retired and parted out anyway...this one might join?
fatbus
9th Sep 2019, 11:51
Still can figure out why those two are being parted out .
ironbutt57
9th Sep 2019, 22:51
Still can figure out why those two are being parted out .
seems strange when there must be higher cycle ones in the system....damage/maintenance history maybe? sure would be interesting
BigGeordie
10th Sep 2019, 05:57
Apparently they were coming up for a major check soon but who knows?
ironbutt57
10th Sep 2019, 06:16
Apparently they were coming up for a major check soon but who knows?
hmmm...that would probably do it...hope they have lots of good expensive serviceable parts left on them, seems remarketing options are few for those planes....