QantasLink Plane forced to land after smoke fills cabin
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QantasLink Plane forced to land after smoke fills cabin
Any updates on the aircraft type that was allegedly on-fire coming into Brizzy? Reports are suggesting it's a Dash-8........
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Any updates on the aircraft type that was allegedly on-fire coming into Brizzy? Reports are suggesting it's a Dash-8........
Interesting that one of the 747's was OJK flown back from Manila under dispensation due to Philippine Airlines not allowing QANTAS to use their hangars in response to QANTAS refusing to certify Philippine aircraft in Australia after QF dumped all foreign operators at Australian ports. Boeing carried out some of the repairs, and the remainder was to be done at Avalon.
I guess all those 457 visas are finally paying off for QANTAS with all the cheap labour their sourcing from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India and the like. Oh well, just another crappy day in paradise. Ho Hum.
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Plane forced to land after smoke fills cabin
Jeez . . . is this another example of an 'operations normal' that would not be normally reported - or are the operatational standards at QF in serious doubt??? Serious question.
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Plane forced to land after smoke fills cabin
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A Qantas plane has been forced to land at Brisbane Airport after smoke filled the cabin.
The flight, run by charter company Sunstate - a subsidiary of Qantas and one of the QantasLink group - was believed to be a regional service.
There were reportedly 39 passengers on board the flight.
A spokesman for the Brisbane Airport Corporation confirmed the plane had been forced to land after smoke was smelt in the cabin.
He said emergency crews had been on standby but it appeared no one had been hurt.
The cause of the smoke is expected to be investigated.
Qantas could not be reached immediately. Details of the plane's origin and destination were also unavailable.
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Plane forced to land after smoke fills cabin
Gabrielle Costa
A Qantas plane has been forced to land at Brisbane Airport after smoke filled the cabin.
The flight, run by charter company Sunstate - a subsidiary of Qantas and one of the QantasLink group - was believed to be a regional service.
There were reportedly 39 passengers on board the flight.
A spokesman for the Brisbane Airport Corporation confirmed the plane had been forced to land after smoke was smelt in the cabin.
He said emergency crews had been on standby but it appeared no one had been hurt.
The cause of the smoke is expected to be investigated.
Qantas could not be reached immediately. Details of the plane's origin and destination were also unavailable.
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Pedota,
I am not sure what you are getting at with this statement. Might I suggest you put Swissair Flight 111 in Wikipedia & see how quickly smoke in the cockpit can deteriorate into a catastrophe...21 mins from the first smell to 229 people dead. This is not something you mess with.
Jeez . . . is this another example of an 'operations normal' that would not be normally reported -
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Get real you lot......your little fender bender at Avalon only happens about 30 times a day throughout Europe!!
To justify or defend an incident because it happens 30 times a day in Europe does not make it acceptable to us.
Media up (or down!) to usual standards. Daily Telegraph web page has picture of wrong aircraft and wrong airline.
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'BandH' I think you are way out of line here. 'RedTBar' is correct with what he said. A lot of things happen in Europe 30 times a day (a you put it), we here are only glad we are not part of Europe!. Aus does not have to accept nor try to fulfill Europes day to day stuff-ups, who would be proud of what you have mentioned, you seem to be!
Considering the size of Oz compared to Europe I think once incident at Avalon is enough thanks.
So YOU sit down & have a beer 'old boy' oh better make that 30 beers, then it will feel just like a normal day for you
And as for smoke in the cabin? WEll any QRH spells out the obvious,.........." land, you are instructed to land"
As for it being perhaps a QF A/C?.......... at least they give us plenty to entertain us with here
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Considering the size of Oz compared to Europe I think once incident at Avalon is enough thanks.
So YOU sit down & have a beer 'old boy' oh better make that 30 beers, then it will feel just like a normal day for you
And as for smoke in the cabin? WEll any QRH spells out the obvious,.........." land, you are instructed to land"
As for it being perhaps a QF A/C?.......... at least they give us plenty to entertain us with hereCW
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I love this little gem from the SMH...
A Brisbane Airport Corporation spokeswoman said a possible worse outcome was avoided due to the smooth landing
Bad day for QLink yesterday as coupled with the smoke-filled cabin problem in Brizzie they also had a bird strike in a Q400 on short final into CNS! Smashed the F.O's window sources tell me.
Must have just been one of those days!!
Must have just been one of those days!!
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CW quite right - looking at the Dash 8 QRH now - "Land as soon as possible" is the quote worth reading for Fuselage Fire or Smoke. Lucky is happened so close to home base I suppose for maint action, and emerg support.
Well handled in bad weather
White smoke was so thick in the mid-section of the aircraft that the F/A couldn't see the pax. On arrival in BNE, heavy rain added to the problem with reduced visibility. The Wx also meant that fire services and other vehicles had some problems in assisting pax and crew to the terminal. With everyone working to ensure a safe conclusion, along comes a BAC wally (apologies CW) who starts handing out infringement notices wrt the way some vehicles were positioned - it's hard to get good help these days.
Well done to the crew and ground staff.
Well done to the crew and ground staff.
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Ah, there's always a wally some where.
A former colleague told me of initiating an evacuation due to smoke in the cabin.
Cabin Crew, yelling, "..... LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND ...." were greeted at slide with pax frantically clutching brief cases and laptops.
IMHO they did the correct thing and let them go, because the alternative was to hold up the evacuation by removing carried items and then cluttering an already busy exit.
Mr Wally, a paxing CASA person, proceeded to criticise the CC for allowing them off a smoke filled cabin, with their possessions.
A former colleague told me of initiating an evacuation due to smoke in the cabin.
Cabin Crew, yelling, "..... LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND ...." were greeted at slide with pax frantically clutching brief cases and laptops.
IMHO they did the correct thing and let them go, because the alternative was to hold up the evacuation by removing carried items and then cluttering an already busy exit.
Mr Wally, a paxing CASA person, proceeded to criticise the CC for allowing them off a smoke filled cabin, with their possessions.
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news.com.au with a picture showing the aircraft involved was the Sunshine Express Short 360 aircraft!
Sunstate Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Brisbane | Travel News | News.com.au
Yet again, journalism at its finest!
Sunstate Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Brisbane | Travel News | News.com.au
Yet again, journalism at its finest!
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I love that this article appears as "Travel News", like it's in the same category as a cheap deal on Phuket hotels or "What about a family trip to Angkor Wat?"
At least they reveled in their inaccuracy. If you're going to put a photo of an irrelevant aircraft with your article, it might as well be one from a completely different operator. Nice.
At least they reveled in their inaccuracy. If you're going to put a photo of an irrelevant aircraft with your article, it might as well be one from a completely different operator. Nice.