QF32 reported to have blown tyres on landing in SYD 31-Mar

[markis10]

To be fare it was the middle of the week, not exactly a flight for business travellers, I suspect the loads today will be a different story.

 

[Danger]

The Aviation Herald is reporting the aircraft burst all left hand tyres.

 

[Groundfeeder]

Thankfully tomorrow is a newspaper free day....

 

[drewbles]

Thankfully tomorrow is a newspaper free day....

Isn't it usually Saturday that's paper free as they print Friday's paper on Thursday night?

And with the internet, the flow of coughpy reporting from NoNews continues unabated

 

[harvyk]

Cos the engineers union will be on the phone to the media over EVERY little incident in order to show QF just how much they can ruin the airline.

Never understood why unions want to have it in for the companies that employ their members - surely if the company gets überscrewed then there will be no work for their members?

It's the same logic that the underpants gnomes use...

Step 1 - Collect underpants...
Step 2 - ???
Step 3 - Profit...


Union officials see the following

Step 1 - Make company pay more
Step 2 - ???
Step 3 - Profit for members

PS I'm not anti union, I'm just anti union action when no consideration is made as to the companies ability to survive any storms once pays increase.

 

[samh004]

These incidents are very well timed considering the strikes over the easter break!

It would be irresponsible to claim that the engineers had a tinker with the brakes to make their case seem stronger. So I wont claim they did

 

[Katie]

Isn't it usually Saturday that's paper free as they print Friday's paper on Thursday night?
And with the internet, the flow of coughpy reporting from NoNews continues unabated

There are normally no print papers on Good Friday, which is tomorrow. Good Friday and Christmas day are the two days of the year most (all? not 100% certain) Australian newspapers do not publish a printed paper. As you say, with the internet, they various news companies will probably still publish online news articles.
It doesn't mean there aren't journos working on the Saturday paper, but papers aren't normally published on Good Friday.

 

[mannej]

Well according to 7 late news, OQC is off to LHR currently.

Revenue flight?

 

[samh004]

Well according to 7 late news, OQC is off to LHR currently.

Revenue flight?

I’m sure it wouldn’t take them that long to repair the wheels and presumably brakes!

 

[mannej]

I’m sure it wouldn’t take them that long to repair the wheels and presumably brakes!

For me, the sparks were a normal part of a tyre deflating at high speeds, so that was beaten up as per normal.

So much for it being the end of the world as suggested by various media outlets.:shock:

 

[oz_mark]

What is with the media constantly saying it was the tyres on the nose wheel?

The picture in this article suggests that they aren't that interested in the nose wheel tyres, despite the article stating nose wheel

Another Qantas drama as tyres burst on landing at Sydney Airport | News.com.au


Channel 7 just had a report on stating he nose wheel, but the video that went with it was quite distinctly the from the left wheels.

 

[oz_mark]

There are normally no print papers on Good Friday, which is tomorrow. Good Friday and Christmas day are the two days of the year most (all? not 100% certain) Australian newspapers do not publish a printed paper. As you say, with the internet, they various news companies will probably still publish online news articles.
It doesn't mean there aren't journos working on the Saturday paper, but papers aren't normally published on Good Friday.

Well, here in Melbourne, I got a copy of The Age and a copy of the Herald Sun this morning. I am guessing no Age tomorrow as it was dated April 2-3.

 

[Katie]

Well, here in Melbourne, I got a copy of The Age and a copy of the Herald Sun this morning. I am guessing no Age tomorrow as it was dated April 2-3.

There you go. Maybe it's just the Courier Mail and Australian that don't publish on Good Friday? I didn't go looking for them today, as our local newsagent was shut.