JQ7 diversion
Jetstar flight forced to land in Darwin after pilot identifies faulty instrument
A Jetstar flight heading from Melbourne to Singapore has turned around while above the Timor Sea and landed in Darwin, after the pilot noticed one of the flight instruments was faulty. ... Some of the passengers were unhappy with the situation, and said they only realised something was wrong when the plane's flight path began to show the craft was returning to Australia. ... "All I heard was something about ice impairing the reliability of something on the plane." ... Another man said he had heard there was a problem with a sensor. He said he was annoyed the plane had turned back partway through the journey. "It is terrible. We are meant to be in Singapore right now, but we are stuck in Darwin," he said. ____________________ Ice, Sensors, Airbus ... how annoying! |
Except it was a Boeing!
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I heard it wrong then! And the pilot WAS being "annoying" if that was the case! :ok:
edit: I see, it WAS a "pseudo Boeing" - no wonder the confusion! (Or maybe it made it to Singapore but the ADS-B showed Darwin...) |
Oh no, stuck in darwin, how terrible. The ATC handling of the situation seemed a bit over the top. Ground stop on departures for over 30 mins.
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If you had a sphincter valve jam and the left dump tank start venting into the cabin you'd want priority too.
Just lucky it wasn't another thronomeister issue. They can get pretty serious. Especially in plastic Boeings when the gauge stops working. |
Rated as serious incident.
Great work to the crew in getting it down safely considering challenges faced. http://atsb.gov.au/publications/inve...-2015-149.asps |
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Yes, well done to the crew. Unfortunately we have seen the results of this kind of situation being poorly handled. Well done.
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Some of the passengers were unhappy with the situation |
they did well
they had to fly a leading hand in from MEL to sign off the load he left on the 2200 DRW flight... and that was delayed too LOL |
AIRSPEED UNRELIABLE Message (19 Dec 2015)
During cruise at approximately 40,000 feet, messages FLIGHT CONTROL MODE, STALL WARNING SYS, AUTOPILOT DISC, NO AUTOLAND, and AIRSPEED UNRELIABLE showed. Crew completed the AIRSPEED UNRELIABLE checklist and diverted to the nearest suitable airport with an uneventful landing. Upon landing, all messages cleared. AHM data show that both engines (GE) were in Ice Crystal Icing accommodation mode and investigation has preliminarily concluded that this event was caused by icing. |
Well done guys.
Could have very easily been messy. We've seen all too often how these things go pear shaped in less competent hands. Job well done. |
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