CX723 27th Jan
 

Can anyone share the specific reason why this flight was delayed this morning?

Yep.
There were not enough feathers in the intake duct to feather the propeller.

I think one of the cross beams went out askew on the treadle.

Shot Nancy,

From your reply it sounds like a technical problem, if there is an engineer out there who can explain what this means that would be appreciated.

Wombaticus,

The blades require a certain amount of torsional flectional flutter to be considered "in tolerance". That is, meet the design specifications that are set by the manufacturer and demonstrated to the regulator during certification. Should they be found to be deficient, they must be refeathered and that takes time, hence the OP's delay.

Correct. During certification of the engine, there is the famous "bird test", to make sure that there are enough feathers to allow for the torsional flectional flutter

Philistines
 

Clearly it was the Thronomeister.

I'm sorry. The foregoing is all bollocks. I have it on good authority that the F/O's company provided iPad had to be de-gaussed.

All the above responses are false. The culprit was the fetzer valve. It was fixed with 3-in-1 oil and some gauze pads. And about 10 quarts of anti-freeze, preferably Prestone. No, make that Quaker-State......

Dammit, MrDid beat me to it!!!:mad::mad:

What did the lady at the gate tell you?

The OP is 'tiredofcx' yet clearly continues to fly with CX!

According to FlightStats.com:

DEPARTURE
Scheduled Departure:
08:50 - Wed 27-Jan-2016
Actual Departure:
09:31 - Wed 27-Jan-2016
Airborne (from FR24):
10:03 - Wed 27-Jan-2016

ARRIVAL
Scheduled Arrival:
12:45 - Wed 27-Jan-2016
Landed (from FR24):
13:40 - Wed 27-Jan-2016
Actual Arrival:
13:47 - Wed 27-Jan-2016

I wouldn't reckon this 41 minute departure delay is worth making a fuss over. Irritating (when I'm on board and seated I want to go too) but hardly tragic. Life ain't perfect.
The delay to takeoff (long taxy + busy time of day) would account for the extra delay to the arrival.

MEL

MEL
The OP didn't imply the delay was "tragic" or otherwise, he asked a simple question but god forbid anyone could give a straight answer on here, just unleashed open house for all the resident CX "comedians". I am sure every single one of the replies had the OP in stitches just like it did me ...mm.

He MAY have had a perfectly simple and valid reason for wanting to know for personal reasons.

Or just a nosey bastard

CX comedians. Now there's an oxymoron!

I would've said "CX comedians. Now that's a joke!"

yea, yea, I know. Like the guys said. Hat, coat.....

@wilflyforfood

It's all ball bearings nowadays!

Wasn't he up in the Airbus office til recently?