flythere From Hong Kong, joined exactly 3 years ago today! , 384 posts, RR: 0 Posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 27243 times:
Incident Time: 7 Apr 2012 17:44 local time (09:44 GMT)
According to local aviationists, flare was observed during landing of EK flight 384 bound from BKK at RWY 07L.
Involved aircraft is A6-EDQ. Evacuation was taken place on the runway.
CZ346 From United States of America, joined Feb 2012, 95 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 26196 times:
I actually just popped on a.net to see what was up with this.
I was on UA117 from EWR and we were scheduled to land at 1830 local. While we were decending through FL190 we levelled off pretty suddenly and went directly into what was clearly a teardrop entry into a hold. Having close to 60 stamps in my passport at HKG I knew that was a bit irregular. I turned to the guy I was sitting next to and said that somethings going on - entering holds like that doesnt happen for no reason. A few minutes later thr captain came on and said there was a disabled A/C shutting down a runway and we'll be in a hold for a while. The flight was PACKED and the route is riht on the threshold of the 772's range - so, after 5 circuts he came back and told us we were going to Macau. That is the LAST thing you want to hear after a 15hr non-stop polar crossing (even in F)... Luckily the pilots used their Jedi mind tricks with ATC and got us priority into HKG and we got in on time. When we deplaned I asked the pilots how they Got us into HKG and apparently they claimed they had a lot of cargo and could not use the runway at Macau...
Anyway - so what happened? I'm at the Marriot at HKG and can't see too much going on. Does anyone have any further information?
Raptor1090 From United Arab Emirates, joined May 2011, 82 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 25946 times:
avherald says it was blown tyres on landing.
How many tyres on an A380 need to be blown to make the aircraft disabled? I would guess that it would be more than a couple, pointing to the fact that it was more than just a hard landing. http://www.avherald.com/h?article=44da4394&opt=0
CX Flyboy From Hong Kong, joined Dec 1999, 6341 posts, RR: 56 Reply 6, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 25173 times:
Heard that there was fire involved and multiple wheels had to be changed prior to the aircraft being towed off the runway. Not sure if they evacuated or deplaned via the steps as I have heard both versions. The runway is now reopened but the aircraft was blocking the north runway for around 4 hrs.
flythere From Hong Kong, joined exactly 3 years ago today! , 384 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 23713 times:
Quoting superhub (Reply 7): Some passengers took a video of the onboard camera, and showed flames coming out of the right wheel
aquariusHKG From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2010, 92 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 23213 times:
I was flying CX581 from CTS to HKG today, during departure we're expecting to land at 2030, but when we are near Hong Kong the pilot informed us that there's some delay "and chaos" at HKG, and we end up holding for another 20-30 minute before landing on the south runway. I was actually quite surprise that we landed on the South Runway as a I know that usually the North runway is the landing runway. End up getting off in a remote stand, something I havn't done since Kai Tak's day.
Yikes! I guess the brakes locked. It is also interesting how the tail camera makes the passengers see things they would not otherwise have seen. Do RR-powered A380s have engine cameras?
lightsaber From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 10671 posts, RR: 100 Reply 12, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 19461 times:
Quoting kaitak (Reply 1): I certainly hope it did flare during its landing!
KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11708 posts, RR: 52 Reply 14, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 16948 times:
This is not a big deal. Anti-skid systems don't fail very often, but when the do on a heavy airplane it can be spectacular. This will of course mean replacing many wheels and tires, as well as the effected brakes, and trouble-shoot the anti-skid system and make repairs as needed.
liftsifter From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 237 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 16708 times:
Hasn't this bird just come out of heavy safety checks due to the issues with the wings? More maintenance already...
SR 103 From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1702 posts, RR: 42 Reply 16, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 16536 times:
I was on QR 817 from HKG to DOH last night and shortly after boarding, the captain came on to inform us of "an incident with a large aircraft on one of the runways." Almost 3 hours later we taxied by the EK 380 on our way to the lone active runway. Here are the pictures (sorry not the best...)
liftsifter From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 237 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 13211 times:
Raptor1090 From United Arab Emirates, joined May 2011, 82 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 10696 times:
Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 14): This is not a big deal. Anti-skid systems don't fail very often, but when the do on a heavy airplane it can be spectacular. This will of course mean replacing many wheels and tires, as well as the effected brakes, and trouble-shoot the anti-skid system and make repairs as needed.
Okay, granted they may not be a big deal; but shouldn't there be additional precatuionary measures on a heavy airplane so that the wheels etc don't get affected to such an extent so as to diable the aircraft and put it out of service for a couple of days?
ZKOKQ From Australia, joined Mar 2012, 289 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago) and read 9986 times:
Quoting Raptor1090 (Reply 22): Okay, granted they may not be a big deal; but shouldn't there be additional precatuionary measures on a heavy airplane so that the wheels etc don't get affected to such an extent so as to diable the aircraft and put it out of service for a couple of days?
What do you propose? The systems did their job and everyone got off safely.
25 soon7x7: Their are, but S---t happens. The aircraft is only a machine...not a magic carpet! When the 747 first arrived, many said it won'y fly, but it did. It
26 Raptor1090: Well I'm not blaming the aircraft for what happened, and I'm no expert to really comment on the failure - but, I'm just saying that if it is known th
27 StickShaker: No it is not expected. Airbus took a significant commercial gamble when they launched the A380 program but they never gambled with the technical perf
28 scbriml: Apparently not when flown correctly. If you land fast, stuff like burst tyres will happen. I'd agree - burst tyres due to a fast landing are to be ex
29 johnclipper: One time does not indicate "every time". Like every incident, there is an element of luck. I hope that there is never an A380 hull loss involving los
30 StickShaker: I'll rephrase it to "The 380 has no design flaws that make it more vulnerable to mishaps than any other commercial jet aircraft". OK - I apologise in
31 WingedMigrator: Avherald has detail photos of the damaged gear, including a close-up of one of the wheels nearly ground down to the axle. Very impressive, and not so
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