A380 OQA mostly repaired - Back in air by end of April?

[Awesom Andy]

I heard that Mr Joyce will be on-board first flight.

Perfect reason for me not to be on that flight.
Other than that, no reason not to fly on Nancy. And she would've been checked for cracks as well.

 

[oz_mark]

Perfect reason for me not to be on that flight.
Other than that, no reason not to fly on Nancy. And she would've been checked for cracks as well.

Nancy was how they found the cracks to begin with!

 

[MEL_Traveller]

well... we all know A380s fly well with cracks in the wings... I dun want to be one of the first to fly on an A380 without cracks... we don't know what's gonna happen!!

 

[Pushka]

I flew in Nancy just the week before the engine failure. You just never know. Taken on my phone as we boarded in Tullamarine on 26 October 2010.

 

[markis10]

Markis- OJH is still around, as is QPA.

For those saying they won't fly Nancy, how are you going to know until you actually get to the gate?
Having flown on QPA in Feb 09 some 3-4 months after QF72, I can say that ignorance was bliss, as she was no different to any of the other 333's.

As far as I know, H is still around (though I'll admit I don't keep track of the 747 fleet any more).

K was as good as new when repaired. There were no patches, doublers, and anything else. All back to the maker's junctions, and basically as it came off the line when the repair was finished. I understand it was retired simply because it was a approaching a very expensive service (and the dates for most of them have been based upon that).

My apologies, for some reason I thought the BKK aircraft had followed in the footsteps of the ugly sisters and OJK!

 

[serfty]

Reports around today the aircraft "will be flown back to Australia from Singapore on 21 April," Qantas have said in a statement".

Qantas completes repairs on QF32 aircraft after 18 months

Report on FT it will be as QF32 LHR-xSIN-MEL.

 

[Nigelinoz]

Reports around today the aircraft "will be flown back to Australia from Singapore on 21 April," Qantas have said in a statement".

Qantas completes repairs on QF32 aircraft after 18 months

Report on FT it will be as QF32 LHR-xSIN-MEL.

I bet there will be a few plane spotters at MEL to welcome her.
Cheers
N'oz

 

[LiamR]

I bet there will be a few plane spotters at MEL to welcome her.
Cheers
N'oz

I'll take one for the team and drive out to watch her arrival. If anybody finds out when she is due to land into MEL, let me know ?

 

[TheInsider]

QF32 is SYD, so i'm assuming it's a typo?

 

[Nigelinoz]

QF32 is SYD, so i'm assuming it's a typo?

That's what I thought too,when I drafted my post I initially had SYD in there then I edited it to reflect serfty's post
Cheers
N'oz

 

[samh004]

I'll take one for the team and drive out to watch her arrival. If anybody finds out when she is due to land into MEL, let me know ?

Maybe one of her engines will fall on your car

That’s a real souvenir

 

[serfty]

Yep, it's a typo - maybe I was subconsciously railing against the SYDcentric view that Qantas have these days.

In any case I have seen notes that the positioning flight will carry Exec. & CEO as well as most of the crew "who were on it".

 

[Awesom Andy]

Imagine if it has another engine failure on the way back this time... :mrgreen:

 

[LiamR]

Nancy went for a test flight today.

 

[Austman]

Nancy went for a test flight today.

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Like it!! Can't even see the Selleys no-more-gaps! (Seriously: I've travelled with her and would fly her again in a heartbeat!).

 

[markis10]

who is picking up the parking tab, you would think she has earned a reserved spot at least!

 

[Awesom Andy]

who is picking up the parking tab, you would think she has earned a reserved spot at least!

Wonder if SIN offers a long-term parking discount.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

who is picking up the parking tab, you would think she has earned a reserved spot at least!

I am quite sure the parking tab will be picked up by RR or the insurer

 

[milehighclub]

In some general office chit chat I've heard that the parking bill was estimated to be over $13 million

 

[MarkD]

In some general office chit chat I've heard that the parking bill was estimated to be over $13 million

Lucky it wasn't BNE or it would have been double that


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