Another day, another QF incident
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https://www.news.com.au/travel/trave...fa7a6709cd91c8
QF28 diverts to NTL.
With just under 1800m LDA at the moment and a bunch of taxiway closures it would have made for a painful end of trip.
How tight is a 1800m LDA for the 787 given they regularly “require” 34L/16R in Sydney?
QF28 diverts to NTL.
With just under 1800m LDA at the moment and a bunch of taxiway closures it would have made for a painful end of trip.
How tight is a 1800m LDA for the 787 given they regularly “require” 34L/16R in Sydney?
That news story lost any substance when it started referring to all the other ‘mishaps’ (and they couldn’t even get those right, a jet to CFS? Jet with props, good one), that have absolutely nothing to do with a 787 diverting due to weather.
Why didn’t they report on all the other diversions that took place yesterday and the associated problems with their relevant airlines?
Why didn’t they report on all the other diversions that took place yesterday and the associated problems with their relevant airlines?
I guess because it was highly unusual (an emergency airport) and the pax were stuck on it for somewhere around 6 hours after a roughly 14 hour flight because there were no stairs I think to disembark them.
https://www.news.com.au/travel/trave...fa7a6709cd91c8
QF28 diverts to NTL.
With just under 1800m LDA at the moment and a bunch of taxiway closures it would have made for a painful end of trip.
How tight is a 1800m LDA for the 787 given they regularly “require” 34L/16R in Sydney?
QF28 diverts to NTL.
With just under 1800m LDA at the moment and a bunch of taxiway closures it would have made for a painful end of trip.
How tight is a 1800m LDA for the 787 given they regularly “require” 34L/16R in Sydney?
https://www.news.com.au/travel/trave...fa7a6709cd91c8
QF28 diverts to NTL.
With just under 1800m LDA at the moment and a bunch of taxiway closures it would have made for a painful end of trip.
How tight is a 1800m LDA for the 787 given they regularly “require” 34L/16R in Sydney?
QF28 diverts to NTL.
With just under 1800m LDA at the moment and a bunch of taxiway closures it would have made for a painful end of trip.
How tight is a 1800m LDA for the 787 given they regularly “require” 34L/16R in Sydney?
Obviously if diverting to a single runway due to weather, as long as the landing performance was adequate, you do what you gotta do.
I’m sure you’re aware of that and are just having a gentle jibe at your fellow colleagues.
I was surprised they got in a position where somewhere that’s only 1800m long with no appropriate ground support was the place they had to go.
Not enough juice for the extra 50nm to Canberra? Perhaps a 200nm line of storms was in the way. Sounds like a shitty position to be in that’s for sure.
Not enough juice for the extra 50nm to Canberra? Perhaps a 200nm line of storms was in the way. Sounds like a shitty position to be in that’s for sure.
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Meanwhile the VA engine failure on Friday evening on VA471 has completely escaped any media coverage whatsoever.
Was an albino ex KLM 73G which has been happily cruising at FL37 for around 15mins when engine #1 failed.
She returned back to PER, gonna be a prolonged recovery whilst an engine is sourced and road freighted across from presumably BNE.
Unlike the QF incident don’t believe a mayday call was made.
Saw some footage of the landing back in PER, textbook kudos to the crew.
Was an albino ex KLM 73G which has been happily cruising at FL37 for around 15mins when engine #1 failed.
She returned back to PER, gonna be a prolonged recovery whilst an engine is sourced and road freighted across from presumably BNE.
Unlike the QF incident don’t believe a mayday call was made.
Saw some footage of the landing back in PER, textbook kudos to the crew.
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I was surprised they got in a position where somewhere that’s only 1800m long with no appropriate ground support was the place they had to go.
Not enough juice for the extra 50nm to Canberra? Perhaps a 200nm line of storms was in the way. Sounds like a shitty position to be in that’s for sure.
Not enough juice for the extra 50nm to Canberra? Perhaps a 200nm line of storms was in the way. Sounds like a shitty position to be in that’s for sure.
Meanwhile the VA engine failure on Friday evening on VA471 has completely escaped any media coverage whatsoever.
Was an albino ex KLM 73G which has been happily cruising at FL37 for around 15mins when engine #1 failed.
She returned back to PER, gonna be a prolonged recovery whilst an engine is sourced and road freighted across from presumably BNE.
Unlike the QF incident don’t believe a mayday call was made.
Saw some footage of the landing back in PER, textbook kudos to the crew.
Was an albino ex KLM 73G which has been happily cruising at FL37 for around 15mins when engine #1 failed.
She returned back to PER, gonna be a prolonged recovery whilst an engine is sourced and road freighted across from presumably BNE.
Unlike the QF incident don’t believe a mayday call was made.
Saw some footage of the landing back in PER, textbook kudos to the crew.
If you call mayday then expect media coverage along with the rest of it.. doesn't seem surprising to me..
At some point presumably Melbourne and Sydney would have both been options.
Perhaps the weather wasn’t too bad in Sydney at that point so continued to destination with CBR as the contingency option, which then had to change to NTL?
Tough spot to be in, kudos to the crews for getting through the night as best you could.
Perhaps the weather wasn’t too bad in Sydney at that point so continued to destination with CBR as the contingency option, which then had to change to NTL?
Tough spot to be in, kudos to the crews for getting through the night as best you could.
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Meanwhile the VA engine failure on Friday evening on VA471 has completely escaped any media coverage whatsoever.
Was an albino ex KLM 73G which has been happily cruising at FL37 for around 15mins when engine #1 failed.
She returned back to PER, gonna be a prolonged recovery whilst an engine is sourced and road freighted across from presumably BNE.
Was an albino ex KLM 73G which has been happily cruising at FL37 for around 15mins when engine #1 failed.
She returned back to PER, gonna be a prolonged recovery whilst an engine is sourced and road freighted across from presumably BNE.
Believe it or not, the spare engines were bolted to the wing. I think the 707 had the same 'hardware'?
73s? No so much...
73s? No so much...
Many GA airports in the US have more infrastructure (yes even the ability to handle a 787) vs half the third world stuff we have here. I really do laugh when all our airports put out statements regarding new taxiways and stronger surfaces as "game changing". Most of the world has had this game changing standard for 20 years. They build the taxiway riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight to the runways end. We seem to get lost three quarters down and call it a day. Sunny Coast is an embarrassment.
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Many GA airports in the US have more infrastructure (yes even the ability to handle a 787) vs half the third world stuff we have here. I really do laugh when all our airports put out statements regarding new taxiways and stronger surfaces as "game changing". Most of the world has had this game changing standard for 20 years. They build the taxiway riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight to the runways end. We seem to get lost three quarters down and call it a day. Sunny Coast is an embarrassment.
It seems they're a bit more familiar with aircraft and airports in the US since most folks over there know what they're used for (a hint: no, it's not car parking).
