Wheel falls off plane in Melbourne

AdamC · #1 27th July 2009, 11:11 AM

Maintenance practice gone wrong maybe or maybe component failure.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-29277,00.html

And a great dramatisation............

Mods please delete if this isn't suppose to be in here..........

Cheers

Adam

Nigel C · #2 27th July 2009, 11:45 AM

Yep, one minute it falls off on the runway, the next if fell off taxiing towards the runway.

Firstly, are the Virgin Engineers not part of the ALAEA?

Secondly, until the investigation is complete, how does the ALAEA secretary know or speculate that a pre-departure inspection would have picked up the problem anyway?

And finally, if the DJ engineers are part of the ALAEA and the component failure was previously undetectable, then its nice of the secretary to be publicly admonishing the members who pay his wages without all of the facts.

Hugh Jarse · #3 27th July 2009, 03:06 PM

Just waiting for the "I thought I was going to die" reports from the PAX

Matt_L · #4 27th July 2009, 03:25 PM

Matt, please do not quote the entire post above. -mod

Haha,

9 News here in Melbourne just came on with breaking news showing an E190 in a hangar that a wheel fell off a virgin 737 on saturday.

Gerard M · #5 27th July 2009, 04:57 PM

My favourite line from the reporters on the radio was "and he quoted as saying" it wasn't a problem as the plane hadn't reached the runway yet.""

Isn't a wheel falling off a problem regardless of where, especially as one news report said that it was due to a corroded axle?

Adam P. · #6 27th July 2009, 07:07 PM

It was going so well, too, until the wheels fell off...

I've been waiting for an opportunity to use that line!!!

Arthur T · #7 27th July 2009, 08:15 PM

I heard from Nova969 today that all DJ's B737s has been checked and is okay to fly again. Does it mean they grounded all B737s for the check?

And did Qantas ground their B737s for checks too?

David Ramsay · #8 27th July 2009, 08:54 PM

It was going so well, too, until the steak fell off...

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Philip Argy · #9 27th July 2009, 09:24 PM

The ABC is reporting that the cause was a corroded axle. How could an axle reach such a state without being detected?

Daniel M · #10 27th July 2009, 11:11 PM

Why don't we wait for the ATSB report before we start taking abc news radio as gospel