Brisbane Qantas Hanger deluge Failure

[MarkR]

I told the work experience kid not to press the red button!

People are being warned not to go fishing or eat seafood caught from waterways near the Brisbane Airport after firefighting foam spewed out of a Qantas hangar and escaped into the stormwater system.

The Queensland government confirmed on Friday about 22,000 litres of the foam was released from a failed deluge system within the hangar on April 10.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/seafood-warning-as-brisbane-foam-spill-from-qantas-contaminates-water-20170413-gvkupp.html

[Rowan McKeever]

Was there anything in the hangar at the time?

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[Greg Hyde]

No mention of planes but a lot of dead fish.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-14/chemical-spill-brisbane-airport-kill-small-fish/8443782

Fishy story for Good Friday.

[lloyd fox]

I saw a photo earlier on some site which i can't recall with a JQ 320 in the hangar.

[MarkR]

I saw a photo earlier on some site which i can't recall with a JQ 320 in the hangar.

I am betting that was NTL and the issues they had, not BNE.

[Greg Hyde]

JQ had a similar incident in April 2015 at Willytown.

From tonight's ABC News

The fire retardant that leaked into the storm water system was banned in Qld. last year. QF was allowed to use it because it was Commonwealth ground.

Since it has leaked outside QF could be up for cleanup coasts... Lawyers take you corners, Round One..

[Greg Hyde]

Qantas considers compensation to fishers after toxic spill, food risk still unknown

Qantas has said it will consider compensating Queensland fishers in the wake of a chemical spill at one of its Brisbane Airport hangars.

The airline's domestic chief executive Andrew David met with industry representatives on Saturday and publicly apologised for the mishap, which caused 22,000 litres of toxic firefighting foam to leak after a sprinkler failure.

Some has seeped into the Brisbane River, but it is not know at this stage how much.

Fishers complained they were not told for days, with some selling hundreds of kilograms of the potentially contaminated fish.

Mr David said the airline accepted full responsibility for the spill and would continue discussions with affected parties.

"What we've got to work through with them is understanding exactly what the damage is and then we'll work through the various forms of compensation and financial will be one of those that we would look at," he said.

Full story

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-22/qantas-responsibility-chemical-spill-seafood-contamination/8464142