Qantas flight trouble in SYD

[PineappleSkip]

The ABC take (which they again headlined moments ago) was double trouble with the profit downturn announcemeny, it seemed like 'yee har, here's two reasons to get stuck into Qantas in one day'.

Cheers

 

[haydensydney]

Dumb QF quote of the day goes to.... David Epstein...

"The service was unable to continue to Shanghai because the drag on the landing gear would have resulted in fuel being burned in excess of the volume required to complete a non-stop flight," Qantas spokesman David Epstein said.

What an odd explanation :mrgreen:

Landing gear problem forces Qantas jet back to Sydney

 

[Mrmaxwell]

Dumb QF quote of the day goes to.... David Epstein...

"The service was unable to continue to Shanghai because the drag on the landing gear would have resulted in fuel being burned in excess of the volume required to complete a non-stop flight," Qantas spokesman David Epstein said.


What an odd explanation :mrgreen:

Landing gear problem forces Qantas jet back to Sydney

You would think he is saying that IF the aircraft in fact had enough fuel they would've kept on going...it's only landing gear down at 40,000ft

 

[straitman]

You would think he is saying that IF the aircraft in fact had enough fuel they would've kept on going...it's only landing gear down at 40,000ft

A very slow trip but theoretically possible.

 

[Mal]

Dumb QF quote of the day goes to.... David Epstein...

What an odd explanation :mrgreen:

Yeah I agree. Not really the most customer orientated and safety first quote...