Retro Roo damaged on the Tarmac at PER

[jakeseven7]

Serious question: So what actually happens when some idiot drives into a plane? Does Qantas call Suncorp to pay for smash repair?

Basically yes.

 

[oz_mark]

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Not sure if this was the incident reported 3ish weeks ago or a new one. I take it that this was a separate incident as QF851 was reported.

There were two incidents. One in Perth, one in Darwin that happened a few days apart.

 

[nancypants]

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Not sure if this was the incident reported 3ish weeks ago or a new one. I take it that this was a separate incident as QF851 was reported.

The NT news reporting is all over the place, the Qantas head of engineering quoted in the article says it is as a 787 (and I’d like to believe he’d know, although given he shares his name with an NT MLA I concede it’s possible the news phoned the wrong person).

assuming it was a 787 this suggests the flight in question was QF6119 on 12th June, which was a positioning flight

I can’t account for why a positioning flight was having baggage loaded, especially on a Dreamliner where you’d expect stuff to be containerised- can Darwin even do containerised freight these days?

Anyone able to throw any light on this entire thing, appreciated

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NB there are now a total of 3 incidents- 1 in Perth, 2 in Darwin

 

[AIRwin]

NB there are now a total of 3 incidents- 1 in Perth, 2 in Darwin

Hotspot of a different kind?

 

[nancypants]

Hotspot of a different kind?

It’s nice to be the best at something

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The NT news reporting is all over the place, the Qantas head of engineering quoted in the article says it is as a 787 (and I’d like to believe he’d know, although given he shares his name with an NT MLA I concede it’s possible the news phoned the wrong person).

assuming it was a 787 this suggests the flight in question was QF6119 on 12th June, which was a positioning flight

I can’t account for why a positioning flight was having baggage loaded, especially on a Dreamliner where you’d expect stuff to be containerised- can Darwin even do containerised freight these days?

Anyone able to throw any light on this entire thing, appreciated

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NB there are now a total of 3 incidents- 1 in Perth, 2 in Darwin

Forgot to mention, I also can’t account for why the union is saying “passengers put at risk” etc if it was a positioning flight

 

[jakeseven7]

Hotspot of a different kind?

Well we know PER airport hate QF and VA, maybe they are on a slashing tyres campaign

 

[UP4014]

The NT news reporting is all over the place, the Qantas head of engineering quoted in the article says it is as a 787 (and I’d like to believe he’d know, although given he shares his name with an NT MLA I concede it’s possible the news phoned the wrong person).

assuming it was a 787 this suggests the flight in question was QF6119 on 12th June, which was a positioning flight

I can’t account for why a positioning flight was having baggage loaded, especially on a Dreamliner where you’d expect stuff to be containerised- can Darwin even do containerised freight these days?

Anyone able to throw any light on this entire thing, appreciated

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NB there are now a total of 3 incidents- 1 in Perth, 2 in Darwin

I think if a plane is on positioning move if freight is also going that way they put it on.

 

[nancypants]

I think if a plane is on positioning move if freight is also going that way they put it on.

Agree seems reasonable but the suggestion seems to be it wasn’t a container loader that hit it, rather a baggage type belt thing. Which would make more sense if Darwin can’t do containerised freight

 

[cpatters]

Do we know the rego involved?

 

[oz_mark]

Do we know the rego involved?

As this is about Retro-roo, VXQ is the only aircraft in that livery.

 

[SJF211]

Do we know the rego involved?

If it was in fact a 787 on QF6119 then the Aircraft involved would be VH-ZNF