Explosion on QANTAS 747 - Emergency Landing

JEP

Does It Really Matter....?
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What's missing from the picture.....

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Well how the heck did that happen.....?


http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/25/jet.emergency/index.html
 
Re: What's missing from the picture.....

Wow, crazy. By the looks of it one of the cans ruptured. I wonder how many bags were lost??
 
Re: What's missing from the picture.....

picture from front:

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Re: What's missing from the picture.....

Hey maintenance, yeah were gonna have to get some more MEL stickers out here.
 
Re: Explosive Decompression on QF 744; Flight Diverted

See post in Airline Pilots. Sorry for the re-post maybe it ought to have been here first.

The National Transportation Safety Board will be sending a
team of investigators to the Philippines to assist in the
investigation of today's accident in which a Qantas B747
made an emergency landing after the flight crew reportedly
heard a loud bang and the airplane experienced
depressurization while in flight of explosive nature.

The airplane, Qantas flight 30, a B747-400, en route to
Melbourne, Australia from Hong Kong, landed safely in Manila
at 11:15 am local time. There were no reported injuries
among the 346 passengers and 19 crewmembers. The aircraft
has a 5 foot hole in the cargo area forward of the right
wing leading edge and there is also some wing damage.

NTSB Chairman Mark V. Rosenker has designated senior air
investigator Joe Sedor as the U.S. Accredited
Representative, and he will be accompanied by a technical
specialist in the area of airworthiness. The U.S. team will
also include technical advisors from the FAA and Boeing.
 
Re: What's missing from the picture.....

talk about explosive decompression. I'm sure that rattled a few cages on the way down.
 
Re: What's missing from the picture.....

A little bondo and some duck tape, and it will be good as new.
 
Re: What's missing from the picture.....

Front page of CNN.com has video from inside the cabin...pax all had O2 masks on...really quiet...
 
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