MERGED: Qantas Decompression ?
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If that was a bomb it will be interesting to see how it got on our aircraft. And if it did, then the passenger/owner should have been on board as well, and should be discovered in due time.
Either way the crew deserve a big pat on the back.
Either way the crew deserve a big pat on the back.
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Local Aussie Maintenance
QF VH-OJK Corrosion Issues 
— Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net
From the above thread, VH-OJK was last maintained in Avalon in Feb/Mar 08, where they found significant corrosion. The LAMEs can't blame offshore maintenance for this one!
— Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.netFrom the above thread, VH-OJK was last maintained in Avalon in Feb/Mar 08, where they found significant corrosion. The LAMEs can't blame offshore maintenance for this one!
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I wonder how the extra drag and the accompanying emergency descent would have placed the aircraft if were on the way to Joburg or across the Pacific.
Makes the DPD "pre flight" consideration a lot more relevant.
Makes the DPD "pre flight" consideration a lot more relevant.
If it was an Oxy bottle as some speculate, I guess all the passengers and crew took a big, deep breath as they started decent! 
If you weren't in the young & fit category, you'd be feeling a bit ordinary at the end of it!
If you weren't in the young & fit category, you'd be feeling a bit ordinary at the end of it!
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OK, OK, lets just look at this logically...................
Would appear the possibilities are :
1) Corrosion / fatigue issue. Kind of surprising, but definitely the most likely. Tear appears to terminate on a frame - so you could assume the structure has done its job in limiting the "growth" of the damage. Whether there are fatigue issues due to poor maintenance practices or poor inspections will remain to be seen.
2)Explosive device / dangerous cargo. I dont want to go there about a bomb, and an illegal cargo (gas cylinder, fireworks etc etc) is unlikely. Both would have been in containers a reasonable distance from the fuselage skin.
My bet is 1)............
I'm afraid the reputation of Qantas has now been damaged almost beyond repair.
Would appear the possibilities are :
1) Corrosion / fatigue issue. Kind of surprising, but definitely the most likely. Tear appears to terminate on a frame - so you could assume the structure has done its job in limiting the "growth" of the damage. Whether there are fatigue issues due to poor maintenance practices or poor inspections will remain to be seen.
2)Explosive device / dangerous cargo. I dont want to go there about a bomb, and an illegal cargo (gas cylinder, fireworks etc etc) is unlikely. Both would have been in containers a reasonable distance from the fuselage skin.
My bet is 1)............
I'm afraid the reputation of Qantas has now been damaged almost beyond repair.
I don't want to be the best pilot in the world - Just the oldest
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The big question is... what is the pilot thinking to himself, pictured here?
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I wonder how the extra drag and the accompanying emergency descent would have placed the aircraft if it were on the way to Joburg or across the Pacific.
Makes the DPD "pre flight" consideration a lot more relevant.
Makes the DPD "pre flight" consideration a lot more relevant.
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Apparently (and this is according to channel 10) It is the actual aircraft that carried the pope. Now that would have got real headlines had it happened 24 hours earlier.
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Interesting picture.
Looks very much like a bit of the wing to fuse fairing has departed company from its usual position.
That of course is not as spectacular or sensational as " door pops "
I see the skippers name mentioned. Trust a fish head ex PCK QFI to get his face in the paper.
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Looks very much like a bit of the wing to fuse fairing has departed company from its usual position.
That of course is not as spectacular or sensational as " door pops "
I see the skippers name mentioned. Trust a fish head ex PCK QFI to get his face in the paper.
tipsy
I wonder how the extra drag and the accompanying emergency descent would have placed the aircraft if it were on the way to Joburg or across the Pacific.
Apparently (and this is according to channel 10) It is the actual aircraft that carried the pope. Now that would have got real headlines had it happened 24 hours earlier.
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Listen to your wife's advice!
Aahhh. Haven't been to D&G for quite a while but how refreshing to check for news on a very significant event for QANTAS and 747-400 operators worldwide and get to read the same old tired rhetoric from the same old crowd. Outsourced maintenance, dispute pilots etc. How dull, uninteresting and irrelevant given the event.
If you don't like your boss, the employer, your job, your colleague or the industry, do what your wife told you. Get out!!!!
Disappointing.
PS Go your hardest when you play the man not the topic in your reply. I don't expect anything else.
If you don't like your boss, the employer, your job, your colleague or the industry, do what your wife told you. Get out!!!!
Disappointing.
PS Go your hardest when you play the man not the topic in your reply. I don't expect anything else.
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How can i convince management i dont want to fly this?? "I know from past experience that they will just want to get a EA and continue on". You wont be able to see it with a new wing to body fairing on.