Hey there G.K., not knowing that many who have flown for Sing (only one in fact), you are spot on, most of what I have heard is hearsay.
But are you saying it would be normal to arrive in WSSS with 30t?

jtr No, 30t would be about three times too much!

Yikes...some newer high resolution photos at:

http://www.iasa-intl.com/folders/bel...SIAscrape.html

SIA will never change, well for the better that is. Thankfully this incident happened in a western country, and not one of Singapores puppet nations (Indonesia and Silk Air). A full inquiry will hopefully be made, and published, whithout SIA's interference(but dont hold your breath). SIA are still the worlds most arrogant airline to fly, but I think as industry insiders, we know what arrogance in aviation leads to.

Id love to see those puffed up chief pilots red faces on the fourth floor, when those tailstrike pics were released ! Remember me, guys? Ha Ha, expat F/Os united.....

Ouch
 

Shore Guy, that hurt...

Thanks for the photos. Here is a little on the repair progress:

"SINGAPORE Airlines will start repair work next month on the Boeing 747 that was damaged and had to make an emergency landing in New Zealand two weeks ago.

The SIA plane was taking off from Auckland International Airport and heading for Singapore with nearly 400 passengers and crew on board when it dragged its tail on the runway and caused a cockpit fire-indicator to go off. It had to circle the airport for about half an hour before making the emergency landing.

SIA said damage to the aircraft was significant and repair work would take about 16 days.

Repairs will begin on April 11, when hangar space is available. The work will be done by engineers from Air New Zealand and Boeing under SIA's supervision.

Meanwhile, the pilot and first officer are both suspended from flying duty until an official inquiry is completed. They have been offered counselling, SIA added.

'It is our company policy in these cases that they are stood down pending the investigation. That happens with any serious incident,' said SIA spokesman Stephen Forshaw.

'It could be some time, but that is the nature of this type of incident.'

The pilot, 49, is believed to have been with SIA for about two years but has about 20 years of flying experience. He and the first officer will continue to receive their base salary, but without any flight bonus."


(Straits Times)


Wish those skippers best.

SIA Sniffer
 

Sniffer, you don't change do you? Well, not for the better that is.

Your usually inaccurate 'sources' who provide you with so much mis-information and plainly wrong information have not let you down this time either.

The relevant details of this incident are now widely known within SIA and nobody is trying to hide anything, they are just waiting for the inquiry to be completed.

Nationality of the Captain not mentioned. Must be a Singaporean Captain. Remember SQ006, everytime the word Captain was mentioned it started with 'Malaysian'.

Similar tailstrike in 1992 in LAX but without serious damage. Second Officer (First Officer in training) at the controls. ATC notified the crew of possible tailstrike on takeoff. The Captain decided to continue to NRT.

Gladiator,

Good 'ole captain KT was it? He was ALWAYS a problem, and very arrogant.

Gladiator

From very good source, the captain was expat and neither Singaporean or Malaysian

Merge please??
 

Anyone out there with the priviledges to merge this and the thread in Dunnunda and Godzone, as the discussion is similar to say the least!