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Qantas Boeing [717] 'wrinkled' in hard landing in Darwin
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From Crikey.comSome more here on PPRuNe:Qantas Boeing 'wrinkled' in hard landing in Darwin
Qantas is in damage control this morning trying to hide a Qantaslink Boeing 717 that was so severely damaged in a hard landing at Darwin last Thursday that it may be a write-off, writes Ben Sandilands.
No reports, no photos, no survivor interviews, indeed no recognition of any sort has appeared in the media for almost four days. No-one was injured in the "incident" that dared not show its face until an inquiry into it was officially listed on the air safety data base today.
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The air safety investigator says on its website that "On final approach the aircraft entered an area of high sink and made a heavy landing. Wrinkling was later found in the aft fuselage. Damage: Substantial".
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If the damage leads to a write-off it will be the first time this has happened to any passenger jet of size in Australia.
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Any indication of which aircraft it was?
By the science of omission; it seems that VH-NXE's most recent op was QF1944 GOV-DRW on Thursday. Nothing since.
The media seem mysteriously quiet if this event occured. Given they normally get in a lather over anything remotely safety related with regards to QF. While NJS are the operator, you'd think that the fact that a red tail with kangaroo on it got bent would have them foaming at the mouth.
No passengers in fear for their lives.... not good tv...
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I'm surprised that the NT News couldn't whip it into some sort of narrowly-avoided major calamity.Originally Posted by simongr
They need to send their Editor and a few journos to do some work experience at the Daily Telegraph, so that they can learn to correctly sensationalize a story.
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From the ATSB Web site.
Aviation Safety Investigation Report - Active
AO-2008-007: Aircraft Control; Darwin, NT; 7 February 2008; The Boeing Company, 717-200, VH-NXE
Occurrence Details
Occurrence Number: 200800641
Location: Darwin
Occurrence Date: 07 February 2008
State: NT
Occurrence Time: 2115 CST
Highest Injury Level: None
Occurrence Category: Accident Investigation
Type: Occurrence Investigation
Occurrence Class: Operational
Investigation Status: Active
Occurrence Type: Aircraft Control Release Date:
Aircraft Details
Aircraft Manufacturer:Boeing CoAircraft Model:717-200
Aircraft Registration:VH-NXE
Serial Number:55063
Type of Operation:High Capacity Air Transport
Damage to Aircraft:Substantial
Departure Point:Gove NT
Departure Time:unknown
Destination: Darwin NT
Abstract
On final approach the aircraft entered an area of high sink and made a heavy landing. Wrinkling was later found in the aft fuselage. The investigation is continuing.
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Wow, even a "heavy" landing would not have created such damage i would have thought unless there was maybe some other issue with the airframe first ? Either that or heavy landing was a massive understatement, but if it had really been that amazingly hard you would think people would have been injured or there would have been people complaining to the news etc.
I guess the investigation may throw up some interesting info about how MD95's/B717's are constructed.
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Shouldn't be too many surprises there.
There's still a lot of DC9's around.
A little history of this bird
05/09/2000 Impulse Airlines VH-SMH
23/05/2001 Qantaslink VH-VQE
25/05/2004 Jetstar VH-VQE
25/07/2005 National Jet Systems VH-NXE
date manufactured & airline operators before Impulse unknow. May have been new to Impulse
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