Qantas jet collides with baggage trolley in LAX???
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Originally Posted by company_spy
Spanner, sorry to be picky but the chine on 767 GE engines in on the fan cowl not the nose cowl. On P&W JT9's the chine is on the nose cowl.
uh oh razzamatazz - rumours have it that the loading vehicle had stalled on the taxiway, and couldn't get going again; only to be run into by the 744 captained by a former assistant manager....
D'Oh!
D'Oh!
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I was onboard that flight as a pax and watched the whole thing unfold infront of me.
Here's the facts - we left Syd 2hrs late due to the a/c coming out of maint and having a new engine installed (as advised in the Capts welcome onboard PA).
We arrived in LAX at 1115hrs local and were taxiing into the terminal when the aircraft came to a slow halt. I looked out my window and saw a bagage loader (on the right hand side) sitting on the edge of the taxiway on a side road and this little dude giving the thumbs up and rolling his hand to indicate it was okk to go and would clear. The aircraft proceeded forward then hit #4 engine.
We sat onboard for a further 40mins then left the aircraft through L1 by stairs and into a fleet of buses. We were advised our bags would be delivered to us asap. I got mine 24hrs later.
The QF12 was cancelled out of LAX that same night and friends of mine coming out of Syd on Wed (2days later) on the QF73 to SFO were delayed for 9hrs and advised it was due to the LAX incident.
Well done to the crew - both cabin and tech. The PA's were good and the situation handled well.
I did notice 2 Capt's, 1 FO and 1 SO onboard.
So there's the facts. When i get home i'll post the pics i took out the window.
Here's the facts - we left Syd 2hrs late due to the a/c coming out of maint and having a new engine installed (as advised in the Capts welcome onboard PA).
We arrived in LAX at 1115hrs local and were taxiing into the terminal when the aircraft came to a slow halt. I looked out my window and saw a bagage loader (on the right hand side) sitting on the edge of the taxiway on a side road and this little dude giving the thumbs up and rolling his hand to indicate it was okk to go and would clear. The aircraft proceeded forward then hit #4 engine.
We sat onboard for a further 40mins then left the aircraft through L1 by stairs and into a fleet of buses. We were advised our bags would be delivered to us asap. I got mine 24hrs later.
The QF12 was cancelled out of LAX that same night and friends of mine coming out of Syd on Wed (2days later) on the QF73 to SFO were delayed for 9hrs and advised it was due to the LAX incident.
Well done to the crew - both cabin and tech. The PA's were good and the situation handled well.
I did notice 2 Capt's, 1 FO and 1 SO onboard.
So there's the facts. When i get home i'll post the pics i took out the window.
Gawd l have read some drivel on this post and it makes me laugh.Ba had a cracked windscreen on a 400 arriving in seattle some years ago. It was stuck for days awaiting another..and they build the aircraft there.The nut and bolt man is absolutely correct in how to fix it but you cant beat the system.You might be looking at one 100m away sitting in a crate but the PROCEDURE will take days to sort out Bulls..t rules ok at all times .How long was the QF 400 stuck in jfk for?
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Why is it that the history of stuff ups in Qantas are littered with the names of management types?
Keep 'em in the office. The travelling public will be safer for it, so it would seem.
Keep 'em in the office. The travelling public will be safer for it, so it would seem.
