Fumes force Qantas flight to land
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Fumes force Qantas flight to land
August 19, 2006 - 10:24AM
A Qantas flight bound for Melbourne was forced to land in Darwin after fuel odours were noticed in the cabin.
QF30, carrying 241 passengers from Hong Kong to Melbourne, had to be diverted to Darwin about 5pm yesterday, a spokesoman for the airline said.
"As standard operating procedure, the captain shut down one of the engines and diverted to Darwin," a Qantas spokeswoman said.
"The aircraft was met by engineers and the aircraft remains there at the moment."
The spokeswoman said she did not have information about the cause of the odour, but spare parts were being flown to Darwin.
The passengers, stuck at the airport due to a shortage of accommodation in Darwin, were due to fly out early today.
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A Qantas flight bound for Melbourne was forced to land in Darwin after fuel odours were noticed in the cabin.
QF30, carrying 241 passengers from Hong Kong to Melbourne, had to be diverted to Darwin about 5pm yesterday, a spokesoman for the airline said.
"As standard operating procedure, the captain shut down one of the engines and diverted to Darwin," a Qantas spokeswoman said.
"The aircraft was met by engineers and the aircraft remains there at the moment."
The spokeswoman said she did not have information about the cause of the odour, but spare parts were being flown to Darwin.
The passengers, stuck at the airport due to a shortage of accommodation in Darwin, were due to fly out early today.
AAP
the Captain fly the aircraft and the F/O be directed to shut down the engine?
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According to that well informed paragon of world journalistic excellence 
The NT News of Sat Aug 19th;
The NT News of Sat Aug 19th;
According to a police report two of the planes four engines had failed.
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How did the captain know which engine to shut down. After all there is a 1000km wind blowing outside, which would have dissipated the fumes,and you can't smell through the fuel gauges where the smell is coming from.
Although I do recall someone going out on a wing many years ago.
And as someone else pointed out, he still had three more.
Although I do recall someone going out on a wing many years ago.
And as someone else pointed out, he still had three more.
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They couldn't just shut down an engine without determining the source of problem first of all. After identifying F/O moves the start lever to cutoff after Capt confirms it. Is that how it is at QF? I think they made good decision by landing asap.
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Originally Posted by Capn Bloggs
If anything, it'd be the FO flying the aircraft (with the AP in, of course!) and the captain shutting down the donk. I'm not gunna trust a lowly FO with my engines!