Smoke fills cabin before plane dumps fuel in Port Phillip Bay

[straitman]

Right, now to book my next flight on an airbus 797.

Could you post a photo of the aircraft please :!:

 

[oz_mark]

The airbus flew to Perth yesterday at 10,000 feet, and a fairly northerly track across the bight.

 

[Mal]

The airbus flew to Perth yesterday at 10,000 feet, and a fairly northerly track across the bight.

I wonder how much the total bill will be for the entire trip (the huge amount of fuel, landing fees at various airports, the tech crew onboard etc etc).

 

[straitman]

I wonder how much the total bill will be for the entire trip (the huge amount of fuel, landing fees at various airports, the tech crew onboard etc etc).

Obviously less than the cost of a hull right off and the associated embarrassment factor :!:

 

[Nigelinoz]

Great photo of the departure here:
Emirates A345 tail strike - Page 13 - Sydney Airport Message Board

Senior pilots have said the low-altitude, four-day flight will consume copious quantities of fuel and cause the pilots to put down in Bali, Singapore, Dubai and Cairo before the final leg along the Mediterranean Sea to France.

 

[NM]

Senior pilots have said the low-altitude, four-day flight will consume copious quantities of fuel and cause the pilots to put down in Bali, Singapore, Dubai and Cairo before the final leg along the Mediterranean Sea to France.

It seems the senior pilots were incorrect. Reports are that it flew 13.5 hours non-stop PER-DXB. I wonder if it will remain in DXB for long or ferry directly to Airbus?

 

[docjames]

Could you post a photo of the aircraft please :!:

Sure, nonews are holding this on file for their next story:

 

[Nigelinoz]

Obviously less than the cost of a hull right off and the associated embarrassment factor :!:

I have read that the cost of the job to actually finish the repair is in the region of 80 million dollars.
That amount of money would probably buy a fair slice of the BA pie at the moment :!:

Edited to add- It's made it to Toulouse-photo here.
http://www.pictaero.com/en/pictures/picture,46847

 

[Walter Plinge]

I have read that the cost of the job to actually finish the repair is in the region of 80 million dollars.
That amount of money would probably buy a fair slice of the BA pie at the moment :!:

A recent episode of World's Toughest Fixes dealt with replacing a pressure dome and repairing tail skin on a large Boeing. The aircraft had been pushed back into a blast barrier. It's a huge job -- took a specialist team from the US 3 weeks working around the clock if I remember the detail.

 

[Nigelinoz]

A recent episode of World's Toughest Fixes dealt with replacing a pressure dome and repairing tail skin on a large Boeing. The aircraft had been pushed back into a blast barrier. It's a huge job -- took a specialist team from the US 3 weeks working around the clock if I remember the detail.

Well it is a job that really must be done absolutely perfectly otherwise the consequences can be catastrophic,a botched repair following a tail strike was found to be the cause of the crash of JAL 123 some years ago.

 

[tuapekastar]

Melbourne Herald Sun report


THE pilot at the controls of an Emirates jet that almost crashed at Melbourne Airport has revealed how he saved 275 lives.
Breaking a four-month silence, the pilot told how he managed to wrench the fully-loaded plane into the air just seconds before it almost crashed.

Seems like it was 'real close'...

 

[Nigelinoz]

I wonder what his former employers will make of that.
Considering the seriousness of the incident there has been a noticeable lack of comment from EK management about it so they may not be over the moon to hear about it.

 

[Mal]

More info about the accident is due out on Friday:

On Friday, 18 December 2009, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) will be holding a media conference to accompany the release of its interim factual report into the tailstrike involving Airbus A340-500 aircraft, registered A6-ERG, during takeoff at Melbourne Airport, Vic. on the evening of 20 March 2009.

 

[markis10]

Report is now out, interesting reading, certainly has highlighted how common a problem!

 

[Nigelinoz]

Report is here:
AO-2009-012

 

[pauly7]

Wow... all the Emirates customers must be thanking their lucky stars!