QF emergency

[Slats7]

Plane emergency at Sydney Airport | thetelegraph.com.au

A MAJOR emergency is underway at Sydney airport with a flight from Auckland landing after a reported fuel leak and engine trouble.

NSW Fire and Ambulance crews rushed to the airport off General Holmes Drive to meet QF50 which landed at 7.45am.

More than 130 passengers are onboard the flight – and paramedics are waiting to meet them when they disembark.

Flight: QNZ50
Departure date: Wednesday 13th April 2011
Status: Landed (on-time)
Aircraft: B737-800

 

[Grooba]

QF Emergency landing into SYD

Qantas plane with 'fuel leak' lands safely at Sydney Airport | News.com.au

A Qantas passenger jet which took off from Auckland, New Zealand, was forced to make an emergency landing at Sydney Airport today after it experienced a fuel leak and reported engine trouble.

 

[Slats7]

Re: QF Emergency landing into SYD

Qantas plane with 'fuel leak' lands safely at Sydney Airport | News.com.au

There is a difference between a priority landing and an emergency landing. Can someone please tell no news to cut out the hyped up spin machine they use??


A Qantas passenger jet which took off from Auckland, New Zealand, was forced to make an emergency landing at Sydney Airport today after it experienced a fuel leak and reported engine trouble.

"QF50 from Auckland to Sydney landed safely and without incident at Sydney Airport after requesting priority landing," the airline announced in a tweet.

Read more: Qantas plane with 'fuel leak' lands safely at Sydney Airport | News.com.au
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[markis10]

Re: QF Emergency landing into SYD

There is a difference between a priority landing and an emergency landing. Can someone please tell no news to cut out the hyped up spin machine they use??

What hype, a PAN call is still an emergency landing request of sorts, the only difference is the situation is not involving the risk of imminent loss of life like a Mayday call indicates, both are still emergencies. From a SAR prespective an Alerfa (Alert Phase) would have been declared whereas a Mayday call results in a Distressfa (Distress Phase) being instigated.

 

[Slats7]

Re: QF Emergency landing into SYD

What hype, a PAN call is still an emergency landing request of sorts, the only difference is the situation is not involving the risk of imminent loss of life like a Mayday call indicates, both are still emergencies. From a SAR prespective an Alerfa (Alert Phase) would have been declared whereas a Mayday call results in a Distressfa (Distress Phase) being instigated.

I know this was not an emergency medical condition but that's how i've heard priority landings described in the past:

“Priority landings are different from emergency landings which arise out of emergency medical conditions onboard. In this case, the entire airport was prepared,” said an air traffic controller.

 

[markis10]

Re: QF Emergency landing into SYD

I know this was not an emergency medical condition but that's how i've heard priority landings described in the past:

“Priority landings are different from emergency landings which arise out of emergency medical conditions onboard. In this case, the entire airport was prepared,” said an air traffic controller.

All landings are priority landings, its just a case of which priority, from memory there are 14 or 15 categories with the lowest being a private aircraft!

 

[docjames]

Anyone got a rego? No doubt in time there'll also be an ATSB report which (should be) less sensationalist and more factual.....

 

[Slats7]

According to The Australian the aircraft will be back in the air this morning:



A Qantas spokesman said the fault had been a fuel transfer issue, engineers had inspected the plane and replaced the faulty part.
The aircraft was expected to be back in the air this morning, the spokesman said.

 

[serfty]

Anyone got a rego? ...

ZK-ZQA ... (Jetconnect - Qantas NZ ZK-ZQA (Boeing 737 Next Gen - MSN 34200) | Airfleets aviation)

 

[markis10]

For the record aircraft are prioritised as follows:

1.An aircraft in an emergency including unlawful interference
2. A multi engine aircraft with an engine failure not considered to be covered by item 1 or a SAR phase.
3.An Aircraft that has suffered a radio failure
4. An aircraft that has declared a Mercy Flight
5. An aircraft engaged in SAR/MED1/HOSP/FFR (Flood Fire Relief) airwork
6.An aircraft operating under the call sign Polair Red or Fedpol Red
7. An aircraft carrying a head of state or Julia or the gov gen

At Sydney the following then applies:

RPT
Non RPT heavier than a BAE146
Military Flights not on training
State Governors or Premiers
Med 2 flights.

 

[medhead]

I know this was not an emergency medical condition but that's how i've heard priority landings described in the past:

“Priority landings are different from emergency landings which arise out of emergency medical conditions onboard.

I'm certainly no expert on these things but I would have thought that emergency landings could arise out of more than just emergency medical conditions. QF32 for example didn't involve a medical condition that I'm aware of, but I'm sure that was considered an emergency landing not a priority landing.

I seem to recall an aircrash investigations episode about a flight from South America that run out of fuel because of confusion about the difference between the words priority and emergency.

 

[Undercover Brother]

Needless to say, nonews typically does not include facts from the experts when rushing to post a story first. Like all the rest of their 'up to the minute' aviation news, grossly overstated.

 

[harvyk]

NoNews mentioned that it was a fuel tranfer valve which had to be replaced (one would assume that it was the failed part)...

Whilst I'm no pilot, I would have imagined that with the failure of a cross feed valve it would make the plane harder to trim, and if a fuel leak developed (where fuel went overboard) it would be a problem as fuel couldn't be contained in one tank, but it in it's own right is not a serious issue. Am I right in assuming this or is there more to it.

Also wouldn't notifying ambo's \ firies be a standard course of action if a plane is coming in with a problem? (Put them on alert that they may be needed, no matter how slim the chance)

That seems to be the big thing nonews got worried about when they first published the article.

 

[markis10]

Also wouldn't notifying ambo's \ firies be a standard course of action if a plane is coming in with a problem? (Put them on alert that they may be needed, no matter how slim the chance).

It is, the tower has direct intercom lines to all the services as well as hospitals, they hit one button, wait for all them to come online then provide a briefing and requested response that usually involves resources going to the marshalling area and the hospitals preparing for more customers.