Cracks in the wing of an Airbus A380 Back Found, A Qantas A380 Flight Prohibited

Australian airline, Qantas Airways, Wednesday (08/02/2012), suspended one flight of Airbus A380 after his skeleton was found cracks in the wing of the superjumbo.

Qantas said the party, no less than 36 cracks found in the different to that found Airbus, in two similar planes last month. Cracks were discovered during routine maintenance checks such storied aircraft.

Last month, found similar cracks in the metal association (wing rib feet) that connects the wing skeleton with the skin of the wing.

The discovery was made ​​the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) ordered a thorough inspection of the aircraft types that have undergone more than 1,300 cycles of takeoff and landing.

Qantas spokesman, Tom Woodward, said the cracks were discovered in the framework of the wing (wing ribs) is similar to that occurring on a Qantas A380 plane experienced incidents of broken parts of the engine shortly after takeoff from Singapore, 2010.

Qantas confirmed, these cracks do not threaten flight safety. The findings could also lead to the airline would not stop his operation 12 A380 aircraft to undergo a special examination.

"Order of current European aviation regulators require that airlines inspect the A380 when it surpassed 1300 flight cycles. Until now, no Qantas A380 has reached the 1300 cycle, "said Woodward.

Qantas Plane Pieces Overwriting Car and Home at Batam Indonesia

Yani Ismail (40) shows two pieces of metal components Qantas Airways plane that hit his car which was parked next to his workplace in Golden Park, Batam, on Thursday (11/04/2010). Due to overwritten, as shown in the picture, the glass front of the car dent.

Source: kompas

Qantas Iron Fell Only 20 cm from a 4-day-Old Infant.

One piece of iron components Qantas Airways fell about 20 feet from a four-day-old infant. A 30 cm piece of Qantas component fell when Anindya Nath Raina, the baby was sleep after penetrating the roof and ceiling of the house.

Anindya Nath Raina, 4-day-old baby who survived
the fall of the iron pieces of the Qantas plane, Thursday

According to Bagus Ahmad (29), Nathan's parents, iron is still hot when they fall. It is estimated, weighing about 2 kg. Iron falling on the side of Nathan left their mark on floor. Iron that looks like a muffler thfell on floor and then bounced as high as two feet and then hit a wall before falling on the floor again.

"When the incident, my wife and I were waiting for Nathan who again fever. Suddenly, he heard a loud noise in the ceiling and before I know the iron-like muffler fell near my child. Gratitude Nathan survived from this accident," said Bagus Ahmad.

source kompas.

Qantas Airplane Explodes in Indonesia

A Qantas plane is suspected of exploding in the air of Batam. The explosion was heard around Hang Nadim airport, Batam, on Thursday.

A Qantas Airways passenger plane carrying 459 people was forced to shut down an engine and return to to Singapore’s Changi airport on Thursday, ending speculation that it had crashed, the airline and Singapore state TV said. The Airbus A-380, the world’s largest passenger plane, suffered engine trouble shortly after it had left the island state.

Initial media reports said the plane had crashed after an explosion over the Indonesian island of Batam, near Singapore. The reports sent the Australian carrier’s shares lower but they later recovered.

Singapore’s Channel NewsAsia said the plane had initially circled Singapore to burn fuel before making an emergency landing at 11:45 am (0345 GMT). Australian officials said no one on board had been injured.

“A Qantas A-380 aircraft operating QF32 from Singapore to Sydney experienced an engine issue soon after take-off and returned to Singapore,” Qantas said in a statement. A Reuters reporter said the plane was surrounded by emergency vehicles but there was no sign of any smoke or fire, with passengers apparently still on board.

Qantas said that 433 passengers and 26 crew were on board. Indonesian TV showed pictures of a small amount of debris on the ground near Batam airport which it said belonged to the Qantas flight, QF32. There was no independent confirmation.

Rusdi, a witness in Batam, told Indonesia’s Metro TV: “After an explosion, the plane was still moving but smoke was trailing from one of its wings.” The plane, which can carry more than 500 passengers, had originated in London and had taken off from Singapore heading for Sydney.

Qantas has never had a fatal accident. A mid-air explosion blew a minivan-size hole in the side of a Qantas 747-400 in 2008 which Australian air safety investigators blamed on an oxygen bottle.

Source: Reuters, Kompas

Qantas calls for air traffic overhaul

ABC
October 7, 2009, 7:27 am

Qantas has increased pressure on the Federal Government to help airlines cut fuel use, pollution and travelling times.

Chief executive Alan Joyce used last night's Sir Reginald Ansett Memorial Lecture to call for Australia's air traffic systems to be modernised.

He says more efficient use of air space would cut emissions and save airlines millions of dollars each year on fuel.

"The agenda for action is not just driven by environmental concerns, vital though they may be," he said.

"There are pressing economic imperatives here too. Oil prices will not return to the levels of the good old days, they may continue to rise and could even spike to levels dangerous for the commercial viability of many airlines, including Qantas."

Mr Joyce wants massive changes to the way Sydney's air space is managed.

Sydney Airport was named one of the world's best in a poll run by an international magazine last week.

But Mr Joyce told the audience the city's air traffic systems are inefficient and its flightpaths should be redesigned.

"I appreciate that this overhaul will require a lot of work and sensitive handling, but I can assure you that Qantas will lend all our support, because of what we believe is the extreme importance," he said.

"We'd love to see Sydney's airspace management as worthy of accolades as its airport."

Mr Joyce has also called for an urgent roll-out of a navigation system being trialled in Brisbane.

"We believe the savings for Qantas alone can conservatively be placed in the order of $20 million per year," he said.

"The savings double if the fuel price reaches last year's level of $140 per barrel."

He also announced it will hire 100 more engineering apprentices in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Qantas calls for air traffic overhaul

ABC
October 7, 2009, 7:27 am

Qantas has increased pressure on the Federal Government to help airlines cut fuel use, pollution and travelling times.

Chief executive Alan Joyce used last night's Sir Reginald Ansett Memorial Lecture to call for Australia's air traffic systems to be modernised.

He says more efficient use of air space would cut emissions and save airlines millions of dollars each year on fuel.

"The agenda for action is not just driven by environmental concerns, vital though they may be," he said.

"There are pressing economic imperatives here too. Oil prices will not return to the levels of the good old days, they may continue to rise and could even spike to levels dangerous for the commercial viability of many airlines, including Qantas."

Mr Joyce wants massive changes to the way Sydney's air space is managed.

Sydney Airport was named one of the world's best in a poll run by an international magazine last week.

But Mr Joyce told the audience the city's air traffic systems are inefficient and its flightpaths should be redesigned.

"I appreciate that this overhaul will require a lot of work and sensitive handling, but I can assure you that Qantas will lend all our support, because of what we believe is the extreme importance," he said.

"We'd love to see Sydney's airspace management as worthy of accolades as its airport."

Mr Joyce has also called for an urgent roll-out of a navigation system being trialled in Brisbane.

"We believe the savings for Qantas alone can conservatively be placed in the order of $20 million per year," he said.

"The savings double if the fuel price reaches last year's level of $140 per barrel."

He also announced it will hire 100 more engineering apprentices in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Qantas pilots forgot to lower landing gear

Shane McLeod for AM, ABC

An air safety investigation has been launched after a Qantas jet made its approach to land at the nation's busiest airport without deploying its landing gear.

The pilots apparently noticed their oversight less than 300 metres above the ground.

The airline has stood down the two pilots pending the safety investigation.

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The Qantas 767 was on a morning flight from Melbourne as it came in to land at Sydney airport last Monday.

Once the error was realised, the pilots returned power to the engines and regained altitude, before circling and successfully landing.

But how they came so close to trying to land their jet without being ready to do so is now the subject of a serious incident investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

Qantas has released a statement, agreeing it was a serious incident.

"This is an extremely rare event but one we have taken seriously," the statement said.

"The flight crew knew all required procedures but there was a brief communications breakdown. They responded quickly to the situation and instigated a go-around. The cockpit alert coincided with their actions."

The cockpit alert was an audible warning from the ground proximity warning system.

The airline says there was no issue of flight safety and it is fully cooperating with the investigation.

The president of the Australian and International Pilots Association that represents Qantas flight crew, Captain Barry Jackson, says coming in to land is when pilots are at their busiest.

"You're dealing with air traffic, you're dealing with slowing the aircraft down, configuration changes, changing frequencies, all those things," he said.

Mr Jackson says pilots welcome the investigation, to work out what went wrong and how to avoid similar problems happening again.

"It's very serious if the enhanced warning system is activated," he said.

"It's designed to go off when an aircraft is close to the ground and it's not configured for landing, it's designed for that. And so therefore it's done its job.

"I can't comment on the detail. The pilots have been stood down while an investigation takes place, the proper investigation process will take place, will find out the facts, then we'll start to ask the questions how the pilots got there and obviously deal with that as it comes up."

Mr Jackson says it is hard to speculate on the key areas the investigation will need to focus on.

"I believe the go-around was attempted a little bit higher than the altitude that the warning went off," he said.

"I don't know if they actually started to climb straight away because usually when you do a go-around you select the go-around switches. The aeroplane will climb rapidly and if for some reason it's continued to a lower altitude before it's gone around and that warning has been set off."