Bad vibes turn Qantas flight back

[haydensydney]

A Qantas flight carrying more than one hundred passengers was forced to turn back to Brisbane last night after the pilot detected "unusual vibrations" in one engine.

Flight QF637 to Melbourne, which departed Brisbane at 7.10pm carrying 123 passengers was forced to turn around after 30 minutes when it was suspected a fire had ignited in one engine.

Bad vibes turn Qantas flight back

and, of notable interest:

She also corrected an earlier Qantas statement that the Boeing 737 had four engines, instead of two, and apologised for the confusion.

lol

 

[markis10]

Technically there are three engines, however only two provide enough thrust to propel the airframe :shock:

 

[samh004]

I wonder if the engine did have a problem now or not. Maybe the union will leak something soon for us.

 

[serfty]

"QF637" eventually arrived into MEL at 12:35am, some 2:05 later than scheduled.

The original 734 was substituted by another which operated the flight.

The aircraft that had the problem has not yet re-entered service.

 

[codash1099]

...and predictably, the unions are blaming outsourced servicing.

 

[Nigelinoz]

I was just wondering why there isn't a "Just another conspiracy to bash Qantas" headline on this thread.

 

[samh004]

I was just wondering why there isn't a "Just another conspiracy to bash Qantas" headline on this thread.

That might make a good thread, where you could just post the latest news against them, consolidating it all, as half the posts always turn out to be about the alleged conspiracy anyway!

 

[markis10]

"QF637" eventually arrived into MEL at 12:35am, some 2:05 later than scheduled.

The original 734 was substituted by another which operated the flight.

The aircraft that had the problem has not yet re-entered service.

It lost a blade at high speed and impacted the horizontal stabiliser, it might be a little while before its repaired.

 

[Justinf]

I was on a V Australia flight from LAX to SYD yesterday and we were diverted to Honolulu after a woman gave birth to a baby girl onboard! She was 10 weeks premature. Had to wait 2 hours on the tarmac at Honolulu, but it was certainly interesting.

 

[munitalP]

I was on a V Australia flight from LAX to SYD yesterday and we were diverted to Honolulu after a woman gave birth to a baby girl onboard! She was 10 weeks premature. Had to wait 2 hours on the tarmac at Honolulu, but it was certainly interesting.

So she lost a bundle rather than a blade.... hmmmmm interesting



Mr!

 

[Justinf]

So she lost a bundle rather than a blade.... hmmmmm interesting



Mr!

He he, that's one way to put it. Must have been one of the shortest labours in history.