qantas has an 'aloha' moment

[danny_galaga]

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/4825597/qantas-plane-corroded-blast

this is unacceptable. qantas is a large world class airline, renowned for its safety record. aloha was a second rate,budget airline. there were many lessons to be learnt from the aloha incident, obviously qantas has yet to absorb them.

[Samstag]

It's way too early to say that.  If the level of corrosion during the inspection was high enough to be a safety issue, the plane would not have been returned to service.  And if there was something shady gong on, it wouldn't have been documented.  It's possible that the excess corrosion was a symptom of a greater problem that caused this incident, but inspection engineers don't just say "oh yeah, this thing is falling apart" and sign it off.  That would lead to certain jail time whether it causes an incident or not.

[danny_galaga]

i guess youre right

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/4827967/oxygen-masks-failed-qantas-flight

stupid media! be more accurate!

incidentally, if it was exploding oxygen cylinders, that would be ironic seeing as that was the moment people actually needed oxygen!

[Samstag]

The tanks in that location could just as likely have been damaged when the hole was made.  It still just speculation until the inspectors get a good look at it.  It should be pretty obvious whether it was caused by explosion or structural failure.

[danny_galaga]

well, latest is that there are no traces of explosives, and that they may have found fragments of the oxygen cylinder inside the aircraft, supporting the theory that one of the tanks exploded...

[ark_ader]

What has not been reported,  if any animals were being transported at the time of the decompression.

I transport my dog this way when I travel.  Thinking of any breaches of airframe in the cargo area, will make me think twice about transporting my dog again. 

Considering also the fact that this can happen to any aircraft is terrifying, and I haven't been on any new 747s lately.   

[danny_galaga]

another scare for qantas:

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/4847055/hydraulic-leak-forces-qantas-767-landing

i dont think this will help their share price. we expect a better a better level of maintenance of aircraft in australia. qantas have been talking about outsourcing maintenance work, if they do we can expect more problems. then we wont be any safer than us airlines 

[patrickl]

Apparently this is the third incident in 8 days. The first one being a hatch on a 737 that wouldn't close.