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Originally Posted by Greg F
Finally some negative media attn for DJ, they must have been late with their monthly media bribe cash...
(p.s im kidding, but sometimes does make me wonder....)
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I have to agree on this one, anything QF/JQ always hits the media, yet most DJ "incidents" just go un-noticed.
Someone must have forgotton to take the news.com guys out to dinner this month...
Can anyone get some truth into this for me please ? From the above mentioned article, what is the correct procedure to follow for a blown tyre on take off ?
"His concerns were supported by Engineers Association president Paul Cousins who said a tyre blow-out on a Coolangatta-bound Virgin Blue aircraft last week had increased concerns about the airline's procedures.
Mr Cousins said retraction of the landing gear after the tyre blew on takeoff from Sydney had probably caused the damage.
It would have been safer for the pilots to have done a circuit and landed in Sydney, without raising the wheels, he said. The shredded, wire-reinforced tyre was probably spinning at a fast rate and could have caused major damage to hydraulic lines and cables, he said."