Qantas flight makes emergency landing after wheel fire

[Mogul]

Qantas flight makes emergency landing after the plane caught on fire

A Qantas flight has been forced to make an emergency landing after its wheel caught on fire mid-flight.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[astrosly]

Twenty passengers? Maybe a QLink aircraft

 

[BriarFlyer]

A Dash 8 flying Orange to Sydney. In keeping with Daily Mail's excellent levels of journalism, the linked story says that a "break lining" caught fire.

 

[astrosly]

Sounds like this flight QLK2012 QantasLink Flight Tracking and History 08-Nov-2022 (OAG / YORG-SYD / YSSY) - FlightAware

Was QH-TQS

VH-TQS Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Track VH-TQS flight from Sydney to Orange

flightaware.com

 

[astrosly]

9news first reported it from Orange, now it has come from Lord Howe island
Passengers evacuated after flames seen near QantasLink plane tyres at Sydney Airport

 

[Archipelago]

A Dash 8 flying Orange to Sydney. In keeping with Daily Mail's excellent levels of journalism, the linked story says that a "break lining" caught fire.

Saving on typing. Break (something broke) on the Brake (wheel stoppy thingy)

 

[drron]

And News accompanies the story with a video of baggage handlers unloading a Dash 8.

 

[RooFlyer]

And News accompanies the story with a video of baggage handlers unloading a Dash 8.

Actually throwing the bags off the plane onto the cart (and sometimes missing). Probably a bigger story than the 'fire'.

 

[drron]

Actually throwing the bags off the plane onto the cart (and sometimes missing). Probably a bigger story than the 'fire'.

There was a second story further on about a baggage handler sacked for his treatment of luggage. went and opened it and surprise the same video on the 2 stories.

 

[Flying Fox]

Small wheel fire on a QF Link aircraft after landing in SYD.

Some nice video of the fire crews giving it a good squirt with foam.

I'm assuming that the brakes over heated.

https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/qantaslink-aircraft-catches-fire-at-sydney-airport/news-story/ecf314fea7599da604649426c7e5c5bf

 

[jb747]

As usual the articles make little sense. There’s no reason for it to have been an emergency landing (that’s explained anyway). Images show brakes on both sides are pretty hot, and the aircraft also appears to be in the normal parking position.

 

[RooFlyer]

I can't actually see that there was an 'evacuation'? You would think most would be looking around to see the reason when they de-boarded and maybe hurry away? If it was, then it was 95% evacuating with their carry-on .

And it was a bit of a desultry effort from the guy with the fire extinguisher.

 

[Quickstatus]

Maybe a brake fluid leak?