ADL paralysed due to ice

[PaulC83]

Sitting in ADL QC waiting for my 6:05 QF670 to depart. About half a dozen flights grounded as the wings iced up and evidently QF don't have deicers, and are waiting for the sun to come up to melt it....

 

[Homer]

I thought the aircraft de-icers were built into the planes regardless. Do you mean that ADL airport doesn't have the machines? I wouldn't think that any Australian airports have these.

 

[smit0847]

It rarely gets cold enough in ADL!

 

[PaulC83]

I thought the aircraft de-icers were built into the planes regardless. Do you mean that ADL airport doesn't have the machines? I wouldn't think that any Australian airports have these.

I also thought this was the case. They deplaned us from gate 18 unknown that the gate area ha already been converted to international for QF82, so after much a screw around they had to compromise the customs area , causing. All sorts of delays for everybody. Was initially handed badly but. They came through in the end, except my FLounging is delayed till tomorrow now

 

[richie9x]

I thought the aircraft de-icers were built into the planes regardless. Do you mean that ADL airport doesn't have the machines? I wouldn't think that any Australian airports have these.

Some planes do have de-icers that divert heat from the engines to the leading edge of the wing and the air intake. But that only covers a small part of the plane.

The de-icers you see in US and Europe are like water blasters operated by a man in a cherry picker that spray a fluid with a low freezing point all over the plane.

 

[harvyk]

I thought the aircraft de-icers were built into the planes regardless. Do you mean that ADL airport doesn't have the machines? I wouldn't think that any Australian airports have these.

CBR sure does have the machines,
It would be pretty rare for ADL to freeze I'd imagine...

 

[mannej]

I seem to remember reading an article by Geoffrey Thomas suggesting that PER do have these machines.
I guess the early morning ops may need them around this time of the year.

 

[Ewing]

CBR sure does have the machines,
It would be pretty rare for ADL to freeze I'd imagine...

Yep. Been deiced in CBR on many early morning flights.

 

[SeaWolf]

Some planes do have de-icers that divert heat from the engines to the leading edge of the wing and the air intake. But that only covers a small part of the plane.

Also, the plane's de-icers are generally intended to prevent icing occurring during flight, rather than remove ice that has already accumulated on the ground.

 

[loobloke]

Weird
I flew out of ADL yesterday early morning and I was wondering why all the QF bays were still full at 7am.
FYI all the DJ flights left

 

[samh004]

Weird
I flew out of ADL yesterday early morning and I was wondering why all the QF bays were still full at 7am.
FYI all the DJ flights left

So what does that mean?

How can all the planes from one airline have icing issues but none of the planes from a rival?


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[elbarto]

So what does that mean?

How can all the planes from one airline have icing issues but none of the planes from a rival?


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One airline put schedule over safety and one didn't?

Or one airline got more sun than the other?

 

[samh004]

One airline put schedule over safety and one didn't?

Or one airline got more sun than the other?

I was going for the 'one airline took all the de-icers and didn't share'


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[straitman]

Maybe it is time for a few people to calm down.

Any more of this and people will get warnings or infractions.

It is obvious that the comments were said in jest but as some don't seem to understand I'll remove them all.

 

[jakeseven7]

One airline put schedule over safety and one didn't?

Well although both airlines operate under the same regulator, we do know that Qantas are more conservative than Virgin with safety issues, like when Virgin decided to fly earlier with the volcanic ash...

 

[jakeseven7]

Maybe it is time for a few people to calm down.

Any more of this and people will get warnings or infractions.

It is obvious that the comments were said in jest but as some don't seem to understand I'll remove them all.

Great thanks mod! I just don't get how some people are taking things so personally on this board at the moment! It was so obviously a joke (but personally I think that the two companies have slightly different APPROACHES to safety, but not necessarily STANDARDS)