Qantas A380 reliability issues creeping up again?

[kreuky]

Any reason given?

Some window seal that previously had an issue and is now causing the same issue again

 

[VHOEJ]

Are they trying to fix the problem or just going to cancel the flight?

 

[DC3]

Another one tonight. QF12 flew for about half an hour and we back in LAX.

Plane in trouble? Child in trouble? Dumping fuel over people watching from the ground? Anything to get a good debate started?

 

[elanshin]

Are they trying to fix the problem or just going to cancel the flight?

Given they were actually airborne and had to turn back it's almost certainly a cancellation. Crew will no doubt be timed out.

 

[DC3]

Might turn into a bonus night at El Segundo

 

[RSD]

Plane in trouble? Child in trouble? Dumping fuel over people watching from the ground? Anything to get a good debate started?

You forgot the option of UFO sighting...

 

[DC3]

Now just gone 0130hrs in LAX

 

[RSD]

Now just gone 0130hrs in LAX

Off the ground at 01:34 for another attempt

 

[DC3]

You forgot the option of UFO sighting...

Thats’s probably quite good for the debate tonight, unless an astute AFFer gets their mitts on the conversation pilot/ ATC

 

[DC3]

Off the ground at 01:34 for another attempt
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Looking good

 

[RSD]

Looking good

Yep - not sure where they found a Home Depot open that time of night to get a tube of Sikaflex but fingers crossed the second attempt is uneventful and they get through to Sydney.

 

[BrianQQ]

QF12 basically canned today. Anyone know why?

Trials and tribulations, spent 10 hours at the Oneworld lounge today.

 

[RSD]

QF12 basically canned today. Anyone know why?

Trials and tribulations, spent 10 hours at the Oneworld lounge today.

Bit of an odd one - looks like you mean Tuesday's QF12, the QF11 departed a few minutes late and arrived a few minutes early so the aircraft that would be expected to operate the flight is in L.A.

 

[Himeno]

Google claims that QF12/26NOV departed 3 hours late due to "runway delay", while QF website says 24 hour delay.

 

[RSD]

Google claims that QF12/26NOV departed 3 hours late due to "runway delay", while QF website says 24 hour delay.

Google might have picked up QF12/25th of Nov as it took off and then landed again with a window seal problem which they fixed and then it went again at about 00:30 hrs on the 26th