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Garpal Gumnut

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This story about an Airbus A340 full of passengers and crew having a near fatal takeoff at Tullamarine on the 20th March 2009 seems to have slipped under the news radar.

CASA are investigating.

It is alleged the plane was underpowered at takeoff due to a mistake at loading and possible pilot fatigue.

CASA are investigating.

The pilots have resigned.

I travel not infrequently to the Mideast, Europe and Africa and this is of some concern.

I've never travelled Emirates. Anyone got any up to date info?

gg

http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2009/AAIR/aair200901310.aspx


http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/unusual-attitude/2009/04/strange-twist-in-emirates-a340.html

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25386322-661,00.html

gg
 
No more latest than links you have quoted G.G.

It appears the take off was underpowered and aircraft scraped its ars* along the end of the runway (possibly beyond ) but not for the reasons quoted by the tabloids (AKA BS newspapers).

The aircraft has been grounded since undergoing major repairs.
 
You could always use the procedure that the media do and make it up as you go along. Joe public always believe the media when the commentary is about something that they don't understand or are scared of.

Click on link below and create your own...
http://radans.net/jens/planestory.html

 

Nice picture of the underside of the tail at this link.

Its supposed to have taken out some of the antennae and only just cleared the 2.5m fence. !!

http://forums.jetphotos.net/showthread.php?p=508770#post508770

gg
 
Forgot all about this when I booked my flights with Emirates...

Ahh well this will cause a safety shakeup and all flights will be better than before (it is what I will tell myself when boarding)
 
There was another incident which slipped under the radar recently. Remember hearing about a flight that had a fuel leak on its way to Hamilton island?

http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/story/2009/04/24/rocky-jet-fuel-leak-terror/

Well after reading lots of news sources and reading the whole investigation report by casa, I still couldnt find out the operator of the aircraft. I ended up doing a search for the registration number of the plane and it turns out it was a virgin blue plane. talk about a cover up!
 
JTLP said:
Forgot all about this when I booked my flights with Emirates...

Ahh well this will cause a safety shakeup and all flights will be better than before (it is what I will tell myself when boarding)
Click to expand...

I fly Emirates all the time and I actually feel safer flying with them now after this near miss than before, as every pilot will be super conscience of entering the correct data and making sure all is ticky te boo. Its the 3 rd world carriers that give me the most worry. Not a lot you can do about it though and just hope its not your flight that ends in disaster.
 
Haha...flew some great carriers throughout Europe...ableit they are not 3rd world but the planes may have well as been :

Ahh well you can't complain getting flights from Marrakech to Madrid for only $30 AUD
 
Nothing makes you feel more alive than flying NAP of the earth over the Malaysian jungle mountains in a Fokker Friendship during a thunder storm...
 

gg, ATSB have classified this event as an Accident/Significant Event which is pretty high up the scale. Not sure if the PF & PNF have resigned. In events like this I usually don't like to speculate until a prelim or final report is released. I find it hard to see how a wrong weight could be entered and missed on the cross check. I'm eager to see a report.
 

Yes the Pilots have "Resigned" it's the Arabic way :ald:

Some interesting threads here;

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25386322-661,00.html

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/366754-ek407-tailstrike-ml.html

http://www.pprune.org/middle-east/371101-emirates-big-one-about-happen.html


http://www.pprune.org/middle-east/371163-7-ek-pilots-sacked-10-days.html
 
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