Qantas 767 diverts to Mt Isa

[Matt_L]

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/flight-diverts-to-mt-isa-after-smoke-fears/story-e6freoof-1226256707470

Note '647'..

And the Real source:
http://avherald.com/h?article=44a081cb

Looks like Qantas handled it well dispatching a 73.. Other forums report pax well looked after in MA- apparently however the only one shop open ran out of food!

[Rowan McKeever]

Any word on when/where the aircraft will ferry out?

[Dave Parer]

Article in today's North West Star newspaper

http://www.northweststar.com.au/news/local/news/general/qantas-flight-forced-to-make-emergency-landing/2437177.aspx

[Rowan McKeever]

Cheers Dave... from SYD website QF6111 is due to arrive at 1625L today, so presumably out of ISA at around 1245L (1345AEST)?

[Mick F]

Not the first time a 767 has been to Mount Isa, but definitely not a common occurence!

And it's nice to see that so far the reports haven't been sensationalised and all the passengers have been happy.

Mick

[Sarah C]

Credit to the passengers for not over dramatising it - the issue was really with the lack of stairs, Isa just can't afford to have a set of stairs for a 767 sitting by in case a once-in-a-year event happens.

At least the pax got an upgrade in terms of the IFE, with the 737 taking them back to BNE having the SKy Interior.

[Andrew Johnson]

must have taken hours to get off the 767 without stairs ?

How hard would it be to have some extendable stairs, even if they had to be pushed into place, rather than driven on the back of a truck ?

[Mick F]

Isa just can't afford to have a set of stairs for a 767 sitting by in case a once-in-a-year event happens

Yet they keep a set of B717 stairs there. When was the last time a B717 landed at Mount Isa?

[Sarah C]

Yet they keep a set of B717 stairs there. When was the last time a B717 landed at Mount Isa?

Didn't a 717 operate between ISA and DRW at one stage? No point getting rid of those stairs given the number of 717's operating in the north.

[Mick F]

I lived in Mount Isa between 2006 and 2011 and never saw a B717. But I do remember when the stairs were delivered around 2007.

Just as many B767's fly over Mount Isa as B717's do....

[Owen H]

Does anyone use Mt Isa as an alternate on the 717?

[Gareth U]

QantasLink/Impulse operated 717s BNE-ISA-BNE in 2003-2004. Never ISA-DRW though.

[damian f]

On a Jetstar flight PER-CNS a fews years a back a passenger took ill and there was 'talk' amounst the cabin crew of a diversion to Mt Isa - I was certainly surprised!

We ended up continuing to CNS in the end...

Damian

[Bernie P]

Seems the culprit to the problem has been found...


A DIRTY nappy stuck in a loo has been blamed for grounding a passenger plane flying from Darwin to Brisbane.

Qantas flight 825 was forced to land at Mt Isa on Sunday after passengers and crew complained of a "strange smell" wafting from the front of the cabin, NT News reported.

But a commenter on the Aviation Herald website, calling himself "Frank Smith", revealed the culprit.

"Unfortunately the fumes turned out to be a very smelly nappy dumped in the forward toilet," he said.

"Procedures dictate to land as soon as possible.

"(It's) very embarrassing for us all at (Qantas), but, better safe than sorry."

Source: - news.com.au (http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/whats-that-smell-nappy-blamed-for-qantas-grounding/story-e6frfq80-1226260172664#ixzz1lBBaQH6g)

[Jarden S]

The smell could have got stronger and stronger from the nappy and it could have made breathing too difficult for all on board, lucky they diverted the flight and many lives were saved that day.:)

[Ryan Hothersall]

Maybe if the nappy was stuck in the toilet, where it could have been a concern over it causing the flush mechanism to overheat and maybe starting a fire like Air Canada 797.