JQ29 Melbourne-Bangkok cancelled Tech

[JohnMcGhie]

Jetstar flight grounded: Hundreds of passengers stranded in Melbourne, Bangkok

What happened there? More than a flat tyre by the sound of it?

[Capt Claret]

If the tyre was flat and there was no spare, then the reason for the delay would be a flat tyre. Wouldn't it?

[tail wheel]

"Hundreds of Jetstar passengers are stuck in both Melbourne and Bangkok after a plane was grounded for engineering checks."

Must be an awfully slow day at The Age??

Please assure me that every time an aircraft goes U/S somewhere we aren't going to see conspiratory stories in the media and PPRuNe?

[TBM-Legend]

Why bother to put this stuff on here? Aircraft have issues everyday around the World..

[*Lancer*]

To be fair, when I'm a passenger "technical reasons" never quite sates my professional curiosity

That's why I generally try to give more details on the PA.

[B772]

Looks like an a/c out for a few days. A SIN service pushed back almost 24 hours and numerous delayed services to other destinations.

[2FarCanard]

FFS. Starting a thread from a published newspaper story (again) is an embarrassment to the idea of PPRUNE!!

Why not call this the PPRTTNAOTDN!!

(Professional Pilot Response To The News Arcticle Of The day Network.)

Yes I know. It's been awhile since a posted.

You wonder why? I'm seriously looking for relevance.

( except for advertising revenue)

[peterc005]

A friend had her Jetstar flight from Melbourne to Hawaii and LA cancelled today, wonder is it's the same plane?

Would be interesting to know the cause of the fault.

[rmm]

Info from a contact - the aircraft in question has a fuel leak from the left hand wing. It requires tank entry to find the source.

[peterc005]

Anyone know if Jetstar got the B787 operational again?

Once repaired a leaking petrol tank in an EH Holden using chewing gum, but guess that's not the best option here.

[JohnMcGhie]

Thanks rmm

So now I know, thank you very much. Given the fright SQ recently had with a fuel leak, it's good they found this one before it became exciting or expensive (relatively...)

And thanks to *Lancer* also: I agree. If they had told the passengers at the time "There appears to be a problem with the fuel system in the left wing and the engineers are working on it" I suspect the incident would never have made it into the Age. Or PPruNe...