MooNoi Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 This plane (rego: VH-OJK) had its last maintainance done by QF at Avalon in Melbourne. Apparently, it wasn't allowed to re-enter service for some weeks after the scheduled maintainance due to "corrosion issues". Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooNoi Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Just want to add, text-book handling of the situation by the crew. This was a potential disaster, and to get everyone down safely is a credit to the training of the flight crew. (Also a credit to the build-quality of modern aircraft - be they Boeing or Airbus). I'm not a huge fan of QF's service and attitude to passengers, but their crews *ARE* professional in situations such as this. When you lose pressure at 30,000 you want to get down - quick! Even though the crew handled it 100% professionally and "by the book" it still would have been terrifying for the passengers on board - a bang, sudden cold, oxygen masks drop, spoilers deployed, and then the plane dropping like a stone - albeit it being controlled, the passenger's weren't to know that. Not exactly a "sit there and keep reading the paper and look casual" type of scenario! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted July 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 It will be interesting to see if that has anything to do with this ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom Michael Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 Anyone able to find out if this is the same plane that hard landed/ran off the runway in Bangkok? "The accident occurred on 23 September 1999 and involved a Boeing 747-438 flight en route to London, UK that was carrying 410 people. As the aircraft landed in Bangkok, it aquaplaned off the end of the runway, crashed through navigational equipment and stopped across a perimeter road some 220 metres away from the runway." Registration: VH-OJH (it is not - this one is VH-OJK) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USVirgin Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 MooNoi says this one is OJK. The BKK mishap was OJH (thanks to Google). Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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