Jetstar plane catches "fire"

[mannej]

'Loud bang' before plane caught fire | Northern Territory News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au

Engine surge maybe?

 

[gilby08]

I'm really getting bored of all these JQ/QF nonews.com.au 'reports'... Really getting tedious...

 

[yohy?!]

seems like for once they experienced a situation that had the the potential to be quite serious.... and it was handled competently.

bet they're praying that it was a bird strike so they can avoid more negative press over maintenance.

 

[harvyk]

I like the way that nonews has taken the opinions of the pax sitting at the back over JQ's.

Unless Jason Bush is an aircraft engineer who works on A320's, how on earth would he know where fuel lines run in relation to any sparks he saw?

 

[harvyk]

bet they're praying that it was a bird strike so they can avoid more negative press over maintenance.

Even if it was a bird strike, nonews wouldn't care, or they would forget to post that part of the article. Nonews are well known around here for omitting important details when they conflict with their agenda.

 

[yohy?!]

Even if it was a bird strike, nonews wouldn't care, or they would forget to post that part of the article. Nonews are well known around here for omitting important details when they conflict with their agenda.

definetely - at least they found a file photo of an a320 this time!

 

[NM]

bet they're praying that it was a bird strike so they can avoid more negative press over maintenance.

It was reported to have occurred just after the seatbelt sign was switched off. Not very common to find many birds at the type of altitudes where the seatbelt sign would normally be switched off. I know there have been reports of some very high altitude bird strikes, but its very rare.

 

[harvyk]

definetely - at least they found a file photo of an a320 this time!

Que news limited defence by medhead in 3...2...1...

 

[drron]

Que news limited defence by medhead in 3...2...1...

A bit harsh.I dont regard Medhead as a Nonews defender-more of a devil's advocate who makes sure we dont stoop to nonew's levels with some of our own comments which I do admit to having posted without thinking in the past-though I'm not going to point out to you that 1 occasion.
regards this story-I really loved this line-

The pilots informed passengers of the issue and turned around. A fire extinguisher also had to be used.

I can just visualise the copilot walking the wing with his extinguisher! :shock:

 

[harvyk]

drron, I did mean it in a little bit of fun... A lot of what medhead says I do agree with (with exception to his defence of nonews), maybe I should have put one of these -> at the end just to show it was not meant as an insult...

 

[gilby08]

Any reason why this is not front page news on news.com.au now??

Virgin america has taken over and this was originally reported first!!

 

[drron]

drron, I did mean it in a little bit of fun... A lot of what medhead says I do agree with (with exception to his defence of nonews), maybe I should have put one of these -> at the end just to show it was not meant as an insult...

Ah so my second mistake!:shock: