Maybe the pilots were turning the handle the wrong way?
Qantas A330 undercarriage problem
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by Chairman » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:35 pm
The comments are interesting on that page.
I also have to wonder why anyone would buy a plane and not get the fuel dumping equipment installed, surely it can't add that much (in percentage terms) to the cost of an airbus and it avoids those embarrassing PA calls ...
BING BONG "Ladies and Gentlemen, I know it's only 90 seconds since we took off from Sydney but we now have a problem with the plane. As we can't dump fuel we're going to spend the next three and a half hours flying in circles then land here again, then you can all get into another plane and try again while we go home because that would put us over our hours. Those of you who are wondering why we have to fly around in circles for three and a half hours before letting you get onto another plane should contact our accountants".
I also have to wonder why anyone would buy a plane and not get the fuel dumping equipment installed, surely it can't add that much (in percentage terms) to the cost of an airbus and it avoids those embarrassing PA calls ...
BING BONG "Ladies and Gentlemen, I know it's only 90 seconds since we took off from Sydney but we now have a problem with the plane. As we can't dump fuel we're going to spend the next three and a half hours flying in circles then land here again, then you can all get into another plane and try again while we go home because that would put us over our hours. Those of you who are wondering why we have to fly around in circles for three and a half hours before letting you get onto another plane should contact our accountants".
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