Maybe some of the more negative speculators could just do everyone a favour, and read the local rag?? :rolleyes:

Jetstar Dreamliner parked at Cairns Airport for several weeks as it undergoes certification | Business News | Business and Finance News | | Cairns Post

You are probably 100% correct but doesn't Murdoch own The Cairns Post?

I would not believe a word said in any of his papers unless verified by another source.

Did they get this info from "phone tapping"?

Qantas has told me that there was no 787 heavy landing in Cairns. There is a slight chance it may be true.

I dont know the process, but why Cairns for certification/validation of a delivered ac?
Kinda out of the way up there.

Kinda out of the way up there.

Exactly.....out of sight out of mind.

The last thing AJ and his cohorts will want is too many of those pesky journos from down south taking an interest in yet another parked jet :=

It's parked in cairns because jetstar didn't have their shiz in a pile and don't have the staff/paperwork organised to certify it.

I just can't see why a new (not first of type) has to spend so long being "certified". Same story with VKB... I thought that the paperwork would've been completed prior to the aircraft arriving here. Unless I'm missing something, other new aircraft don't seem to be parked long before thrown out onto the line?

VKB was in Bali yesterday. This photo was taken at about 5pm local. Strange to see a widebody Jetstar aircraft at this time in Bali (unless there's been a change in their schedule).


http://imgur.com/T9YY3m8.jpg

Probably just delayed.

I heard heavy landing too from engineer up there. (Non JQ ENG)

Can it be that hard to find out? Wouldn't it be reportable to ATSB? Surely someone knows an engineer with jetstar who knows an engineer who knows an engineer who knows the Townsville refueller?

Like your work, blueloo!

The rumour of a heavy landing is false. The certification process is taking a long time, but they need to check all the serial numbers etc and CASA take there time over these sorts of things.

There is talk however, of crew shortages, which is plausible.

Does anyone know how to fix a transponder in Bali though?? ;)

P.s. looks like someone worked it out, and it came back as JQ1038 last night.

Blueloo said :

Oddly enough, JQ pilots do not report to the ATSB or fill in ASIRs. It is all done internally via an "OSCAR" which the company then reviews and decides whether it is worth notifying the authorities over.

The standards for reporting are pretty flexible... I remember an A320 south of Cairns that had an IRS hiccup (similar to QF's A330 event according to the crew) and ended up descending around 1'000' uncommanded, about 3 years ago. Did the report ever see the light of day? Nope.

“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.”
― Joseph Stalin

95% of Qantas reports are scrapped before they get to CASA.


I've spoken about the 747 ex HAECO which had 4 engines bolted on incorrectly. Never reported via the mandatory SDR program even tough we have the form 500s which were submitted by the LAMEs.


When we raised it with CASA they covered for them by saying it was ok because Qantas called them about it.

ASIR's are classified reportable or not reportable as defined Flight Admin. Manual. They are not"scrapped".:=

OneDotLow is the only person in this thread who knows what's going on.

I don't know who started the heavy landing rumour but they must be laughing at how well it propagated, considering there is not a shred of truth to it.

it was a throwaway 1 liner post (#300) from the jetstar 787 thread

Who looks after the JQ 787s now? Is it the skeleton crew left at JHAS, or is it Korr? Either way - seems somewhat strange to have the aircraft in Cairns and the hangars (and most of the engineers?) in Melbourne...

Mebee it's got a melted battery box & they're waiting on spares? :E