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QF (non) event!
After an aeroplane of a completely different type prangs in the US, you just knew that the media were going to pick up on just about anything.
This non-event from ninemsn.
I've said it before but if they persist in reporting every rejected takeoff then there will be something in the news just about every day!! 
Thought I'd stick it up here to bash the media again. I thought we were all going soft after some of the good stuff about SQ222.
This non-event from ninemsn.
AP - A Qantas Airways jet bound for Perth was forced to abort a takeoff from Tokyo's main international airport because of mechanical trouble, airline and airport officials said. No injuries were reported.
Qantas Flight 70, a Boeing 767 carrying 93 passengers, was moving down the runway around 11 am (1300 AEDT) when the pilot noticed that a control panel light for a wing-heating system had malfunctioned, Qantas employee Akiko Asad said.
The pilot braked and aborted the takeoff before the aircraft left the ground, Asad said. Fire and rescue vehicles mobilised as a precaution but there were no injuries.
Kyodo News agency reported that smoke billowed from the wheels of the aircraft as it was preparing to take off but neither Asad nor the operator of the New Tokyo International Airport was able to confirm that account.
Airport spokesman Ikuo Uta said that the airport's only runway remained open after the incident.
The aircraft was expected to fly later today after the mechanical glitch was corrected, the Qantas employee said.
The airport is located 65 kilometres northeast of Tokyo
Qantas Flight 70, a Boeing 767 carrying 93 passengers, was moving down the runway around 11 am (1300 AEDT) when the pilot noticed that a control panel light for a wing-heating system had malfunctioned, Qantas employee Akiko Asad said.
The pilot braked and aborted the takeoff before the aircraft left the ground, Asad said. Fire and rescue vehicles mobilised as a precaution but there were no injuries.
Kyodo News agency reported that smoke billowed from the wheels of the aircraft as it was preparing to take off but neither Asad nor the operator of the New Tokyo International Airport was able to confirm that account.
Airport spokesman Ikuo Uta said that the airport's only runway remained open after the incident.
The aircraft was expected to fly later today after the mechanical glitch was corrected, the Qantas employee said.
The airport is located 65 kilometres northeast of Tokyo
Thought I'd stick it up here to bash the media again. I thought we were all going soft after some of the good stuff about SQ222.
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In light of yesterdays 2000 reduncanies at Qantas, this shows the real scene.
A 767 flight from Narita to Perth with only 93 pax. Surely that must be hurting the Big Rat.
In light of yesterdays 2000 reduncanies at Qantas, this shows the real scene.
A 767 flight from Narita to Perth with only 93 pax. Surely that must be hurting the Big Rat.
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Keg
There's one bit you missed
"Joe Stevens, located in seat 7B, as the aircraft slowed, spilt a warm cup of coffe, white with 2 sugars, on his lap, and his shirt, causing staining to his white shirt, and sore areas in his pants"
There's one bit you missed
"Joe Stevens, located in seat 7B, as the aircraft slowed, spilt a warm cup of coffe, white with 2 sugars, on his lap, and his shirt, causing staining to his white shirt, and sore areas in his pants"
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Keg
In a similar vein, an article in the World regarded, NT News.
The article suggests a SQ 777 diverted to Darwin after shuting down an engine due vibration.
The only sensible part of the article was advice that "security staff" refused the NT News permission to speak to the pax!
[ 19 November 2001: Message edited by: Capt Claret ]
In a similar vein, an article in the World regarded, NT News.
Darwin jet scare as engine fails
A witness said that the plane appeared to "wobble" just before landing safely at 6.16pm.
[ 19 November 2001: Message edited by: Capt Claret ]
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Updated Nov 19 11.55 am (Singapore time)
Faulty engine forces SIA plane to land
BRISBANE -- Engineers on Monday were replacing a faulty engine that forced a Singapore Airlines flight to make an unscheduled landing in the northern Australian city of Darwin late on Sunday.
The Boeing 777-200 aircraft left Brisbane, the capital of Queensland state on Sunday afternoon and was flying to Singapore with 298 passengers and crew when the pilot reported a vibration in the starboard engine.
The engine was shut down and the aircraft landed safely in the northern city of Darwin.
Singapore Airlines public relations manager Stephen Forshaw said in a statement on Monday that the passengers were put up in Darwin hotels overnight and resumed their journey early on Monday on a replacement aircraft.
Mr Forshaw said engineers had not yet identified the problem with the faulty engine, but the company had flown in another to replace it so that the aircraft could return to Singapore.
The problematic engine would be further examined at the company's engineering base in Singapore, he said. -- AP
Updated Nov 19 11.55 am (Singapore time)
Faulty engine forces SIA plane to land
BRISBANE -- Engineers on Monday were replacing a faulty engine that forced a Singapore Airlines flight to make an unscheduled landing in the northern Australian city of Darwin late on Sunday.
The Boeing 777-200 aircraft left Brisbane, the capital of Queensland state on Sunday afternoon and was flying to Singapore with 298 passengers and crew when the pilot reported a vibration in the starboard engine.
The engine was shut down and the aircraft landed safely in the northern city of Darwin.
Singapore Airlines public relations manager Stephen Forshaw said in a statement on Monday that the passengers were put up in Darwin hotels overnight and resumed their journey early on Monday on a replacement aircraft.
Mr Forshaw said engineers had not yet identified the problem with the faulty engine, but the company had flown in another to replace it so that the aircraft could return to Singapore.
The problematic engine would be further examined at the company's engineering base in Singapore, he said. -- AP
