Qantas makes emergency landing ADL (Adelaide)
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Qantas makes emergency landing ADL (Adelaide)
AFP reporting loss of door on Qantas forcing emergency landing at ADL Adelaide. Also being reported on Sky. Incident reported Late monday night Aus time
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Coo, its all go here, isn't it!
Hoping that this was a false alarm, in heightened circumstances.
If not, hope all are safe and am sure that the crew did a fine job. One that will be misrepresented by the bumbling hacks rushing to generate some sales/page views/whatever.
Let the speculators commence
Hoping that this was a false alarm, in heightened circumstances.
If not, hope all are safe and am sure that the crew did a fine job. One that will be misrepresented by the bumbling hacks rushing to generate some sales/page views/whatever.
Let the speculators commence
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Fresh scare over Qantas flight
BY CLAIRE LOW AND KATELYN JOHN
28/07/2008 11:24:00 PM
Qantas authorities were investigating last night another in-flight emergency which saw one of its aircraft forced out of the sky.
Passengers on board a Melbourne-bound Qantas flight from Adelaide told the ABC the aircraft had to return to Adelaide Airport because of a mechanical problem.
Passenger Rocco Russo said he heard a rattling noise about 10 minutes after take-off.
The pilot told passengers there was a problem with a door closing above the plane's wheel.
A Qantas spokeswoman said last night that flight number 692 from Adelaide to Melbourne performed a routine air turnback shortly after take-off because of an indication of one of the landing gear doors failing to retract.
The plane landed without incident and all passengers were accommodated on other flights.
"There was no risk to safety at any time," she said.
BY CLAIRE LOW AND KATELYN JOHN
28/07/2008 11:24:00 PM
Qantas authorities were investigating last night another in-flight emergency which saw one of its aircraft forced out of the sky.
Passengers on board a Melbourne-bound Qantas flight from Adelaide told the ABC the aircraft had to return to Adelaide Airport because of a mechanical problem.
Passenger Rocco Russo said he heard a rattling noise about 10 minutes after take-off.
The pilot told passengers there was a problem with a door closing above the plane's wheel.
A Qantas spokeswoman said last night that flight number 692 from Adelaide to Melbourne performed a routine air turnback shortly after take-off because of an indication of one of the landing gear doors failing to retract.
The plane landed without incident and all passengers were accommodated on other flights.
"There was no risk to safety at any time," she said.
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QANTAS
Queensland
And
Northern
Territory
Aerial
Service
There is no 'U' in Qantas...
BBC saying it's Melbourne.
Oh well, it's all one place, really: 'South Eastern Australia' according to the wine bottles.
Queensland
And
Northern
Territory
Aerial
Service
There is no 'U' in Qantas...
BBC saying it's Melbourne.
Oh well, it's all one place, really: 'South Eastern Australia' according to the wine bottles.
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QF is loosing more doh then they're making these days..shame..shame..shame..well not really who cares they kind of earned it.They had a choice so can't be sympathetic.
Anyway..anyone noticed the CH9 morning news background picture is a constant QF logo even when they are talking about something totally irrelevant to QF or flying itself.It's been like that for the past few days or longer.Some ones gotta personal grudge I say...
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Anyway..anyone noticed the CH9 morning news background picture is a constant QF logo even when they are talking about something totally irrelevant to QF or flying itself.It's been like that for the past few days or longer.Some ones gotta personal grudge I say...
Shady q4 08
Apparently the nose gear door of the 767 did not close properly.
AdelaideNow... Qantas flight returns to Adelaide after undercarriage problem
Passengers speak of "terrible vibrations" and "absolute chaos on board" (so what else is new?)
AdelaideNow... Qantas flight returns to Adelaide after undercarriage problem
Passengers speak of "terrible vibrations" and "absolute chaos on board" (so what else is new?)
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Sounds to me like a press sensationalised air turn back. Air turn backs are quite commonplace. I doubt it would have been of any interest whatsoever had the 747 thing not happened beforehand.
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From parts of the hull parting company with the rest of the aircraft, to laughing gas in oxygen tanks, total electrical failures and now dodgy under-carrage doors. Is this just a case of increased reporting and awareness, are incidents such as these going on elsewhere with aviation or has something fundamentally gone wrong with Qantas.
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PC767 indicates to me a total lack of awareness of the redundancy-upon-redundancy built into the commercial aviation system. Of the many many thousands of parts in an airliner, despite the best attention of the wrenchbenders, occasionally something doesn't work quite right and the journos shove a microphone & camera in an inconvenienced pax's face and ask "How does that make you feel?" (That's what they're trained to do!)
If journalism had 1% of the professional integrity of a good airline, you'd see a HUGE difference in its product.
If journalism had 1% of the professional integrity of a good airline, you'd see a HUGE difference in its product.
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No, I understand all that barit, my point was has Qantas traded its reputation to save some cash or is the press hounding and picking on the company.
From parts of the hull parting company with the rest of the aircraft, to laughing gas in oxygen tanks, total electrical failures and now dodgy under-carrage doors. Is this just a case of increased reporting and awareness, are incidents such as these going on elsewhere with aviation or has something fundamentally gone wrong with Qantas.
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QF692 OGK B767 ADL MEL 28/7. Left main gear failed to retract after takeoff, returned to adl for an ops normal landing. Some noise and vibrations associated with flying around with the gear down. Not sure where they got "chaos on board", pax and crew were calm and collected at all times...
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I think it's a timely reminder that the media look at forums such as this and for all we know get most of their info from them...and possibly start these threads to get some more info for the morning editions (QUANTAS )
On TV this morning while showing video footage of a 737 reported that it was a 767 that had problems.
It is this sort of journalistic inaccuracy that annoys most of us...and personally makes me wonder how many other stories are just as erroneous.
)On TV this morning while showing video footage of a 737 reported that it was a 767 that had problems.
It is this sort of journalistic inaccuracy that annoys most of us...and personally makes me wonder how many other stories are just as erroneous.