TerminalQ From Australia, joined Jul 2007, 13 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 years 9 months 4 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2140 times:
From the front page of 'The Age' website
Quoting www.theage.com.au:
A Qantas plane flew from Darwin to Brisbane with a burning cloth in the engine after crew had ignored a fire warning, an investigation has found.
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) report concluded the October 11, 2006, flight went ahead despite an alarm going off in the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) about 2.20pm (CST).
Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) personnel who visually checked the outside of the Boeing 767-336's APU found no signs of fire, but did not examine inside the engine, the report found.
They then advised the crew there was no sign of fire and the aircraft was returned to the Gate ready for departure for Brisbane.
This doesn't strike me as being particularly dangerous, however that may be because of my lack of Operational knowledge! Do things like this happen often?
Scouseflyer From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2006, 3255 posts, RR: 10 Reply 1, posted (5 years 9 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2073 times:
Quoting TerminalQ (Thread starter): A Qantas plane flew from Darwin to Brisbane with a burning cloth in the engine after crew had ignored a fire warning, an investigation has found.
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) report concluded the October 11, 2006, flight went ahead despite an alarm going off in the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) about 2.20pm (CST).
Don't know about whether it was dangerous or not - I'm guessing that it wasn't the most sensible of ideas though! but as usual the press is being misleading - they're giving the impression that it was in one of the actual underwing engines not the tiny little bit in the tail!
Sparklehorse12 From Australia, joined Feb 2007, 869 posts, RR: 2 Reply 2, posted (5 years 9 months 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1823 times:
Even though the press are running with it in their usual fashion, it seems QF are not the 'safety first' airline they once were. I wonder why this is, and it seems ever since 2002.
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