QF32 388 - emergency landing in SIN after Engine failure

[samh004]

Will this satisfy those who said QF should always have had a 777 in there fleet?

No. Because they wanted LR’s

 

[el_rooto]

No. Because they wanted LR’s

I still think they are the perfect aircraft for qf. Imagine being in one of those instead of a 763.

 

[markis10]

I still think they are the perfect aircraft for qf. Imagine being in one of those instead of a 763.

777s and 764 are not compatible aircraft in terms of intended use, and they were not available when QF bought the 763, they came almost 10 years later. QF decided they did not suit their needs, history would seem to agree, the 777's hayday was during a period when QF had their fleet needs well and truly covered.

 

[drron]

Well SBS have just outdone No News.trying to make an issue out of the RR engine and the directive issued in august.Said this is the third major problem with this engine-the other 2 it highlighted were on AF and LH.go to the bottom of the class SBS.

 

[jsd]

To state they are a little annoyed with Mr Purvenas would be an understatement.

He seems to try pretty hard to slag off the company who he worked for, 17 and a half years to be exact

 

[pauly7]

QF32 A388 makes emergency landing in SIN after apparent engine failure

He seems to try pretty hard to slag off the company who he worked for, 17 and a half years to be exact

This guy really needs to be careful.. I have heard through some people that there could be a defamation case being considered... He is pretty damn close to the line - some would say he crossed it.,,

 

[medhead]

This guy really needs to be careful.. I have heard through some people that there could be a defamation case being considered... He is pretty damn close to the line - some would say he crossed it.,,

What and play right into his hands. :shock: Picture the headlines - "Bosses earning $X mil per year sink the boot into the poor, underpaid union rep"

 

[el_rooto]

What and play right into his hands. :shock: Picture the headlines - "Bosses earning $X mil per year sink the boot into the poor, underpaid union rep"

I see no problem with this.

 

[oz_mark]

I suspect he was more referring to the uncontained nature of the failure as being the design issue rather than the failure itself.

My understanding is that while you can contain a blade failure, you can't really guarantee to contain a disc or turbine failure. A disc failure is bad news all round.

 

[cove]

There are a lot of very negative employees who should leave just so they can find out how good or bad the organisation is that they are slagging.
So much energy is wasted by negative employees.
An organisation should be measured by how well they fire.

 

[Sprucegoose]

There are a lot of very negative employees who should leave just so they can find out how good or bad the organisation is that they are slagging.
So much energy is wasted by negative employees.
An organisation should be measured by how well they fire.

An adaptive tension can be quite healthy, especially for a company like qf that works very much in a strict regulatory environment. As with many issues there is a highly subjective fine line as what conduct is damming and against corporate and stakeholder goals.

The worst case of this conduct was infact the board itself when they wanted to sell the company to an equity fund!

Spruce

 

[pauly7]

QF32 A388 makes emergency landing in SIN after apparent engine failure

I see no problem with this.

Lol agreed. +1

 

[serfty]

Reports on FT that Qantas are intending to operate 10 388 flights.

I note that QF94 and QF8094 are operating from LAX "today" as 388's.

 

[oz_mark]

The Australian is reporting a turbine disc failure:

ENGINEERS say an intermediate pressure turbine disc in the No 2 engine of QF32 failed, triggering the explosion that ripped through the engine casing of the A380.

The explosion damaged the wing and left a trail of wreckage across the Indonesian island of Batam.


Investigators do not yet know why the disc failed, as the superjumbo carrying 440 passengers and 26 crew climbed after leaving Changi Airport in Singapore on Thursday. But they are examining certain scenarios that could have caused the problem. These include an oil fire in the bearing compartment, blocked cooling tubes or a bearing failure.


A less likely cause was a problem with a rectangular part at the root of the turbine blades known as the intermediate pressure (IP) turbine blade platform. An oil fire or bearing failure could cause the intermediate turbine shaft to sever, causing the IP turbine to rotate at twice the normal speed and, potentially, the disc to disintegrate.

Disc failure almost brought superjumbo down | The Australian

 

[ozbeachbabe]

These days with the speed one can upload their own videos (ie pax on this flight) to You Tube the general public have instant access to what actually happened.

They can hear for themselves the Captain's PA, see that there are no screaming pax on the plane, in fact they appear quite calm & aside from the damage really just looks like video footage of any 'normal' flight.

Once upon a time the media circus could get away with the lies on both visual & print media with lines like "terrified passengers screaming as the plane plunged toward the ground" but being able to get away with that sort of nonsense to sell papers is out of the question now because the general public can find out the real truth for themselves & draw their own conclusions.

I saw on Sky News a British journalist was wandering amongst passengers at Changi Airport & it must have been quite frustrating for him not being able to find any angry or upset pax for his broadcast. He had to resort to putting words in a passengers mouth "were you terrified"? He did get a monotone "yes" but not really worthy footage IMHO.

 

[markis10]

SQ used a 744 for its SQ227 flight into Mel which is an A380 service this morning.

 

[oz_mark]

Reports on FT that Qantas are intending to operate 10 388 flights.

I note that QF94 and QF8094 are operating from LAX "today" as 388's.

Interesting. According to QF (as of 30 minutes ago), they're not back in service yet.

 

[markis10]

Interesting. According to QF (as of 30 minutes ago), they're not back in service yet.

Could be ferry flights with nil pax.

 

[jb747]

No ferries.

 

[medhead]

QF32 A388 makes emergency landing in SIN after Engine failure

Seems this might be good for my brother. One of his bosses made the point of mentioned Qantas having another failure. As he works in Germany, I mentioned that lufthansa had done the last major maintenance check on that aircraft and perhaps he should mention this to his boss.

I see no problem with this.

I didn't say it was a problem but it is the sort of emotion laden headline that i would expect. Most ordinary people cannot connect with someone earning millions per year suing a poor "worker", no doubt for damages. Hence I wouldn't expect qantas to take action on someone "pushing" the limits. Too much negative publicity.