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18 Feb 2010
Landing gear fault forces Qantas aircraft back to Sydney
By Ghim-Lay Yeo
A Qantas Airways aircraft bound for Shanghai had to return to Sydney airport today after the aircraft's landing gear failed to retract fully after take-off.
The Airbus A330-200, local registration VH-EBG, circled above the Tasman sea for two hours to burn fuel so it would be below the maximum landing weight before it landed back at Sydney at 15:00hr, says a Qantas spokesman.
"The service was unable to continue to Shanghai because the drag on the landing gear would have resulted in fuel being burned in excess of the volume required to complete a non-stop flight," says Qantas Group executive government and corporate affairs David Epstein.
There were 197 passengers on board the aircraft, which had departed from Sydney at 11:30hr, says the spokesman.
The landing gear problem had not compromised the safety of the aircraft in any way, says the carrier.
"This was not an emergency situation or landing - at no stage was there any safety issue," says Epstein.
Qantas had transferred all passengers, baggage and cargo to a replacement aircraft, which departed at 16:30hr.
Links posted in this story: 330-200|Airbus|Airbus A330
Someone forget the gear pins?
Landing gear fault forces Qantas aircraft back to Sydney
By Ghim-Lay Yeo
A Qantas Airways aircraft bound for Shanghai had to return to Sydney airport today after the aircraft's landing gear failed to retract fully after take-off.
The Airbus A330-200, local registration VH-EBG, circled above the Tasman sea for two hours to burn fuel so it would be below the maximum landing weight before it landed back at Sydney at 15:00hr, says a Qantas spokesman.
"The service was unable to continue to Shanghai because the drag on the landing gear would have resulted in fuel being burned in excess of the volume required to complete a non-stop flight," says Qantas Group executive government and corporate affairs David Epstein.
There were 197 passengers on board the aircraft, which had departed from Sydney at 11:30hr, says the spokesman.
The landing gear problem had not compromised the safety of the aircraft in any way, says the carrier.
"This was not an emergency situation or landing - at no stage was there any safety issue," says Epstein.
Qantas had transferred all passengers, baggage and cargo to a replacement aircraft, which departed at 16:30hr.
Links posted in this story: 330-200|Airbus|Airbus A330
Someone forget the gear pins?
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From NSEU on D&G (to which this will no doubt be moved to...)
The upper union of a small, flexible hydraulic line in the left hand main gear wheel well fractured. It was one of the lines going to the downlock actuator for the drag brace (not sure of the correct terminology on Airbuses). (Outboard one)
It basically emptied one of the hydraulic systems (green). The gear doors were open on landing, so the alternate extension system (gravity) may have been selected.
The skipper landed the aircraft quite softly at just under max landing weight (no damage to the drooping gear doors) and allowed the aircraft to stop slowly (manual brakes, antiskid operative, but no autobrakes). The aircraft was towed to the gate.
The line is easily replaceable, but the pumps will have to be changed and the hydraulic system bled.
Pure speculation, but it looks like a manufacturing fault.
Rgds.
NSEU
It basically emptied one of the hydraulic systems (green). The gear doors were open on landing, so the alternate extension system (gravity) may have been selected.
The skipper landed the aircraft quite softly at just under max landing weight (no damage to the drooping gear doors) and allowed the aircraft to stop slowly (manual brakes, antiskid operative, but no autobrakes). The aircraft was towed to the gate.
The line is easily replaceable, but the pumps will have to be changed and the hydraulic system bled.
Pure speculation, but it looks like a manufacturing fault.
Rgds.
NSEU
