Another Classic incident in YPPH?
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Louis, I don't doubt there may have been an engine problem. What I can guarantee you is that an engine change didn't happen in three OR five hours. One simple reason is there is no spare engine there !
An A/C change maybe. There is at times more than one Classic on the ground in YPPH.
An A/C change maybe. There is at times more than one Classic on the ground in YPPH.
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Woftam, my apologies, my information about the change was flawed, you are of course, correct.
It was some part of the 'inner cowl' that got spat out, and the delay was in repairing and 'securing' what was left and getting the required approvals to dispatch the acft in that condition.
It was some part of the 'inner cowl' that got spat out, and the delay was in repairing and 'securing' what was left and getting the required approvals to dispatch the acft in that condition.
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No Woftam, definitely not a journo. It was a mate of mine on board who described it as 'impressive' . Actually, his description had two words, but i left the first one out.
The WA Police got involved when some guy phoned them saying something just fell on his property, and he figured it must have come from a plane. The cops phoned the relevant agencies asking if anyone lost a bit of an airplane!
The WA Police got involved when some guy phoned them saying something just fell on his property, and he figured it must have come from a plane. The cops phoned the relevant agencies asking if anyone lost a bit of an airplane!
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He made it into the local rag today. Been here four days from England, goin for a swim in his brother-in-laws pool and they hear a bang. Few seconds later a chuck o metal drops into their backyard.
He made some comment about it being an interesting way to die.... "here I was goin for a swim when....."
He seemed pretty relaxed about the whole thing.
He made some comment about it being an interesting way to die.... "here I was goin for a swim when....."
He seemed pretty relaxed about the whole thing.
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Wait until the quality UK paper, the Daily Mail, gets wind of it (given that it has a tenuous link to a Pom). The Mail is noted for the quality of its aviation journalism - there'll be reports of 'pilots grimly wrestling with the controls' after a 'catastrophic engine failure' in which the affected engine 'exploded, showering white-hot pieces of metal over a wide area' (which will doubtless include several schools, a hospital and an RSPCA facility for re-homing cute, small furry animals with underprivileged, disabled children), forcing an 'emergency return' to PH airport as the a/c 'plunged' into its 'death-dive', making all on board (and our swimming friend) think they were all 'about to die'.
Cynical, moi?
I can just hear my old QFI: "Now students, remember your cockpit drills, whenever you are required to wrestle with the controls, item 1 on your check-list must always be to ensure that it is being done in a suitably grim fashion."
Wait until the quality UK paper, the Daily Mail, gets wind of it (given that it has a tenuous link to a Pom). The Mail is noted for the quality of its aviation journalism - there'll be reports of 'pilots grimly wrestling with the controls' after a 'catastrophic engine failure' in which the affected engine 'exploded, showering white-hot pieces of metal over a wide area' (which will doubtless include several schools, a hospital and an RSPCA facility for re-homing cute, small furry animals with underprivileged, disabled children), forcing an 'emergency return' to PH airport as the a/c 'plunged' into its 'death-dive', making all on board (and our swimming friend) think they were all 'about to die'.
Cynical, moi?
I can just hear my old QFI: "Now students, remember your cockpit drills, whenever you are required to wrestle with the controls, item 1 on your check-list must always be to ensure that it is being done in a suitably grim fashion."
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Was there any small parts from the engine scrape found on the runway? Could have been very dangerous for landing and departing heavies.
Heard that a KAL expat skipper scraped engine pod in NRT a couple of years ago and did not report; very irresponsible. Parts fallen from engine scrape can bring down other heavies ala Concorde in CDG years ago!
Heard that a KAL expat skipper scraped engine pod in NRT a couple of years ago and did not report; very irresponsible. Parts fallen from engine scrape can bring down other heavies ala Concorde in CDG years ago!
