Q-Link Dash 8 Engine Failure
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Q-Link Dash 8 Engine Failure
I am surprised no one has mentioned this yet....
Last Wednesday afternoon/evening a Q-link Dash 8 EML-BNE had an engine failure (I believe in cruise), then diverted to ROK.
Anyone any further details???
Last Wednesday afternoon/evening a Q-link Dash 8 EML-BNE had an engine failure (I believe in cruise), then diverted to ROK.
Anyone any further details???
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Yeh, there's absolutely no safety issue whatsoever when an aircraft carrying a significant number of passengers loses an engine. Maybe you should tell the ATSB not to bother investigating the cause of the engine failure while you're at it because, to quote Angle, "Its not really anything special".
Yeah. Lose/shut down an engine and you go a bit slower. But if you lose/shut down the other one you'll bloody be up there all night.
Fly safe and play hard.
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Hoss 58
Fly safe and play hard.
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all interested 400 crew
and was there one or two Pec caution lights? This is the second shutdown due prop overspeed since they came online. I am still waiting to read about the first one.
Hey far cue53
Do we work for the same company.
If you're who i think you are i'll email you.
And yes we are overdue for that beer
Fly safe and play hard.
Regards to all.
Hoss58
Do we work for the same company.
If you're who i think you are i'll email you.
And yes we are overdue for that beer
Fly safe and play hard.
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Ahem.infligt shutdown notengine failure
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Torres News report on the incident:
Torres News - News from Torres Strait and Cape York - Emergency landing drama
Angle of Attack - not all RPT ops use twin engine aircraft, particularly in regional/remote areas.
Torres News - News from Torres Strait and Cape York - Emergency landing drama
Angle of Attack - not all RPT ops use twin engine aircraft, particularly in regional/remote areas.
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My favourite bits from the news article:
The 20 minute flight to Weipa was one of those movie moments, where I, and my fellow passengers, were faced with our own mortality and had the time to consider all the things we have, and haven’t done, with our lives.
However, with only one engine with which to decelerate with, the plane slowed so dramatically that my book on the seat next to me went flying forward.
I was relieved, as we slowed to a roll, to think that I was, indeed, going to live another day and have the opportunity to write this story for the Torres News.
The drama was not over yet, however, as we tried to turn off the runway towards the terminal.
The drama was not over yet, however, as we tried to turn off the runway towards the terminal.