QF32 Emergency landing

[Greg M]

Originally Posted by Mark B

According to a report in The West Australian approval was given to land after curfew



ref: http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-...ding-in-perth/

According to the above article..

The 747 was repaired at a reported cost of $10 million and returned to service last November.

Would that be correct???

[Robert Zweck]

So, what's the definition of an " emergency " landing?

I thought it was the dire and imminent need to put the aircraft on the ground.

[Greg McDonald]

From NEWS.COM.AU:

QANTAS will retire the troubled jumbo jet involved in a mid-air explosion last year and an engine shutdown that forced the pilot to divert to Perth on Wednesday.
The airline says the 18-year-old Boeing 747 will be paid off from commercial service in November along with four other ageing jumbos as part of the carrier's fleet replacement program, reports The Advertiser.

They will be replaced by brand new A380 super jumbos that will enter service on the Melbourne-Los Angeles and Sydney-London routes the following month.

A Qantas spokeswoman claimed the looming retirement of the plane, which stranded passengers branded as jinxed after the two incidents, has nothing to do with the two mid-air incidents during the past year.

She said the airliner had been schedule to retire before Wednesday's mid-air fuel leak that forced the pilot of the London-Sydney flight to divert to Perth and land on three engines.

The 747 City of Newcastle - registered VH-OJK - got its complement of 290 passengers to Sydney four hours late after engineers in Perth fixed a leaking fuel filter.

The City of Newcastle, which entered service with Qantas in May 1991, was involved in a major and unrelated mid-air drama in late July last year.

On that occasion an oxygen cylinder exploded in the cargo bay blowing a large hole in the fuselage, causing the cabin to depressurise as the crew dived to a safe altitude of 10,000ft.

The City of Newcastle rolled off the production line at Boeing's assembly plant outside Seattle in May 1991. Qantas engineers and Boeing technicians rebuilt a large section of the fuselage after the Manila incident to avoid the airline's safety record being tarnished by writing off a jet.

[Mike W]

Originally Posted by Jack Brownbill

whats so ugly about OEB,C and D?

Exactly. I think they're purtier than than any of the Roller Powered 744's just as the OG series seventy sixers are better looking than the ZX series.

BTW, is 18 years "old" for a 744? I know there are many circumstances involved in determining an Airframes lifetime but I don't think 18 years is old for these birds at all. (Almost all of the flights are longhaul as well)

[Krzysztof M]

Originally Posted by Robert Zweck

So, what's the definition of an " emergency " landing?

I thought it was the dire and imminent need to put the aircraft on the ground.

Yeah exactly. Wouldn't this one be more of a precautionary landing?

[NickN]

Well age is determined by cycles with aircraft isn't it? Time in the air is almost pointless right?

[Bruce Bramwell]

QF Aircraft currently for sale:

767-300ER:

24316
24317
24407
24146

747-400:

25067
24483
24836
25126

[Steve S... 2]

Hey speaking of uglies... when are they getting rid of OQA, OQB, OQC & OQD? LOL! ... Just kidding guys! But they are ugly.

[Steve S... 2]

OJF
OJK
OEC
OED
OGA
OGB
OGC
OGD

Eight aircraft to be retired. I imagine OGD would have the most wear out of the four 763's as it has been operating alot more shorter domestic flights than the other three. So it is going, new colours and all... lol.

[Ash W]

Mods, there were a few other posts in this thread which have disapeared, no doubt as the conversation had drifted, IMO I don't think it went that far for them to be deleted.

Indeed have a quick look at the posts above this and you will see the conversation is still going down a similar track, ie discussion of retirement of aircraft other than the one in question and ugly aircraft.