777ER From New Zealand, joined Dec 2003, 11350 posts, RR: 17 Posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 2064 times:
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A plane carrying 14 people made a forced landing at Sydney Airport today after the plane's engine caught fire. A Qantas Dash-8 aircraft made an emergency landing about 11.30am. The NSW police said no one was injured and the plane landed safely. It is not known whether the plane had just taken off when it was forced to land. NSW police were at the scene this afternoon.
BMAbound From Sweden, joined Nov 2003, 660 posts, RR: 5 Reply 2, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 1789 times:
I'm just curious, how do you native english speakers define "forced landing"? When I hear that phrase, I immediately think of an off-airport landing site that's gonna be everything but comfortable.
An engine catching fire is of course serious, but putting a Dash 8 down with the other engine on a looong runway, would that be called a forced landing?
Tsentsan From Singapore, joined Jan 2002, 2016 posts, RR: 16 Reply 4, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 1764 times:
My defintion of a forced landing is one that is made out of necessity, which means to say its not at its intended destination, and the flight would not land if not for this event.
777ER From New Zealand, joined Dec 2003, 11350 posts, RR: 17 Reply 5, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1239 times:
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A forced landing is a landing that has to made due to the safety of the plane and passengers/crew. The Qantas Dash-8 had to make a forced landing at SYD cause the plane and passengers were in danger
Aussie747 From Australia, joined Aug 2003, 1161 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1170 times:
The result of the inflight emergency or whatever we shall call it was the result of an oil leak, the hot oil touching metal components in the engine resulting in what appear to be an engine fire, as such it was a leak not an engine malfunction as per say. Qantas is investigating this incident on the behalf of CASA.
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