Renamed & Merged: Qantas Severe Engine Damage Over Indonesia
Rumours coming out now.
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False rumour. Apparently engine trouble and is turning back from Singaore.
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This was what was on news.com.au
A PASSENGER plane believed to be bound for Singapore crashed on an Indonesian island. Debris from a plane was found on Batam Island, according to media reports citing a police chief in western Indonesia, Japan's Kyodo news agency said. The Jakarta Globe quoted Batavia Air's Riau office as saying the plane did not belong to them, but they thought it may have been a Qantas plane. more to come ... Hope you're right Pat. |
Looks like another engine incident. It appears at the moment that it may be just debris from the engine that has been found on the island. Plane has landed safely in Singapore. This is still all third hand info at the moment though.
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From the nz herald web site.
Airliner crashes in Indonesia - report - World - NZ Herald News QF not confirming anything. I hope this is just a media beat up over a non event. |
<H1>Reports of passenger plane crash on Indonesian island Posted 3 minutes ago A passenger plane, believed to be bound for Singapore, has apparently crashed on the Indonesian island of Batam, according to police and witnesses. Witnesses told the Jakarta-based private radio station Elshinta and the private television network Metro TV they saw smoke coming from what at least one of them said appeared to be ''a big passenger plane''. Not long afterward, an explosion was heard at 9.20am (local time) at the Hang Nadim International Airport on Batam Island near Singapore. Police said the plane was believed to have been headed for the city-state. Qantas says it has no immediate information regarding a reported accident involving a Qantas plane |
This from Reuters...
(Reuters) - Qantas told CNBC television that a plane that crashed near Singapore was an Airbus A380. No other details were immediately available. The plane can carry more than 500 passengers. Witnesses said they had heard an explosion over the Indonesian island of Batam. |
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The SMH report is a bit contradictory:
A Qantas A380 has been forced to return to Singapore's Changi Airport after pilots were forced to shut down one of its four engines. QF32 was bound for Sydney when the engine failed. A Qantas spokesman said the problems were with engine number two. She did not know why the engine had to be shut down. The incident sparked widespread rumours over the internet through PPRuNe, that the plane had crashed, which Qantas said were wildly inaccurate. |
thank christ for that. Thanks for posting the update waren.
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Sky News retracted earlier reports and confirmed QF32 landed back at Singapore.
No clarification on the "explosion" and "debris near a shopping mall" reports. |
sky news now showing pictures of debris on batam.
Perhaps part of engine cowl? |
some good sized chunks of debris. Possibly the engine exploding and cowling detached as a result.
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classic QF response from unnamed source that there is no suggestion that the debris is from a QF aircraft.
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Uncontained no2 engine failure.
Pics up at ANET taken from cabin show pretty substantial wing damage may be very lucky there was no wing fire. Glad to see all down ok..good work. |
Classic QF response from unnamed source that there is no suggestion that the debris is from a QF aircraft |
Pic from in the aircraft
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What Sky News is showing right now, is a large !!!! piece of metal.
The people standing near it gives an indication of the size. |
Just watching ABC 24 and Olivia Wirth from QF public affairs could not confirm that the pics of the debris on Batam were from the QF aircraft :ugh:
Looked like SQ debris to me :E |
more pics here
Qantas: No Crash / Explosion | Plane Lands In Singapore | QF 32 Sorry already posted above |
Also reporting 3 Captains onboard ?
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Olivia Wirth from QF public affairs |
As I said - classic QF response. But it's OK, this sort of thing happens all the time. No problem. I don't know why all the fuss!!! :P
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That's a rather large chunk or two. :ooh: Makes the B744 damage in SFO look rather less severe.
Does that require a rethink on containment design etc? |
From another forum:
"I believe the plane is VH-OQA (Nancy Bird) which recently received heavy maintenance in Germany " |
Olivia Wirth's obfuscation was painful. She had seen the pictures of the debris. Qantas logo prominent, but refused to concede that the debris was from QF32.
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Don't you love qantas spin.
Only when its convenient. "Experienced Qantas crew". Well done to them. Shame that some of the same "experienced crew" cannot be part of the ongoing growth within the group. Sorry, but most junior pilots have had a gutful of the treatment from management about career progression. Again, you are only worthwhile, unfortunately, when an incident occurs. Never a two way street when it comes to mutual respect wrt to management and mainline pilots. |
Interesting el rootoo. I didn't think the check in Germany involved engines. Will be an interesting investigation to watch.
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Glad everyone is OK however....................
Olivia Wirth lacked cred and was appalling, unprofessional and an utter embarassment. [Did love the pic of the Indonesian local standing with his wife holding a piece with part of a logo.....] |
...........but is it possible that this has nothing to do with pilot wages or any other industrial shenannigans? Only last week, the union representing qantas mainline pilots, was yet again told to f$ck *&^ in no uncertain terms, whilst attempting to gain future work for qantas pilots. In complete contrast to the usual "experienced qantas pilots" line that comes out today. One has to wonder why qantas treats such an asset, like pilots and other staff, as they do. Its summed up by the word RESPECT or lack there of. And it covers all front line staff in qantas. Those very staff that will be at the forefront today dealing face to face with the public and not on the end of a phone trying to spin some rubbish to sky news. |
Wait for it, regardless of cause - 'Safety was not an issue'.
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Lester,
Not when the good name and reputation of Qf pilots is cynically used to rescue their corporate reputation. . . . AGAIN! I liked that photo too. Grinning Indo' policeman with broken roo on engine cowl. Grrrrreat publicity shot. |
I wish journalists who don't really know what on earth they are talking about would comment on such matters. The ABC correspondent in Indonesia said on the radio this afternoon that the aircraft landed with part of the tail missing. He must have seen footage of the engine cowl with the roo on it and thought it was the tail section.:ugh: At least get your facts straight before going on air.
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Could we limit the thread to comments about the actual incident?
Experienced is a great word...it implies a great deal but really all it means is that they have done this a few times before. End of story. Now let's leave it alone and deal with the actual failure.:ok: |
Check out the photos on herald sun
www.heraldsun.com.au/news/plane-reportedly-qantas-sheds-parts-before-landing-at-singapore/story-e6frf7jo-1225947832315"]http://http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/plane-reportedly-qantas-sheds-parts-before Notice the big hole in the turbine section and debris sticking up on the wing. |
I think it funny that it is ok to employ inexperienced crew when it helps the bottom line, but when the all important "perfect" safety record is at stake, experience is something to crow about.
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Can any engineers confirm that the damage to the wing appears to be in the "dry bay" area?
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looks like she has shat her cowling big time, and possibly part of the cargo door, or so it looks.
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One of the pictures from The Herald Sun has what appears to be a turbine hub, well 50% of a hub sitting in the back of someones truck (pic 9of11) :uhoh:
reminds me of the uncontained turbine failure to American Airlines B767 a few years back although totally different engines, damage all the same..... Fan cowls look fine.... damage to Thrust Reverer Half only, thats the pieces that have the Kangaroo Logo on them |
I'm extremely relieved after reading the initial reports comming out of Indonesia.
ps: Alan Joyce live on Skynews now. |
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