Posted:
Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:03 pmby Daniel
Heck
The united 747 200 incident many years back seems familiar
Here is another link to another report.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/ts_af...rqantasincidentQUOTE
Qantas said the 747-400 was not the one that was used to fly Pope Benedict XVI out of Australia earlier this month after his visit to Sydney.
An urgent investigation is underway into what punched a hole of about three metres (10 feet) in diameter into the fuselage near the right wing.
A Qantas spokeswoman said the plane, carrying 346 passengers and 19 crew, was now undergoing an inspection on the ground in Manila, where luggage could be clearly seen jutting out of the hole.[/quote]
Posted:
Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:33 amby spongebob206
Not good.
I bet it was a harrowing flight for all.
Excellent work by the pilots though, cant of been easy to bring her in.
Posted:
Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:13 amby creator2003
They said it looked like the rivets gave way as it wasent ripped in any other way around the area it was a clean line around one area where the part was missing and people on board only heard a crack ,there should be some footage on BBC world website and more of the story there
Posted:
Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:20 amby Bluebird
Hi all
Here is the link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7524733.stm 
nice still got food to eat....
Todd
Posted:
Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:21 amby Anthony
I read about this on PPRUNE and Airliners.net.
One story I read made it seem like the pilots lost control, and "plunged" 20 000 feet - which is just standard operating procedure.
Posted:
Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:10 pmby Peppermint
Anthony wrote:I read about this on PPRUNE and Airliners.net.
One story I read made it seem like the pilots lost control, and "plunged" 20 000 feet - which is just standard operating procedure.
It's just the Media thinking they're Einstein when they really aren't. Anyway, must have been a pretty rough ride for the passengers. BBC says the plane was at 29,000ft when the decompresion happend, so I think that's where the media might have thought it 'plunged' down to 9,000ft. Could have been poor maintanence, an explosive, the oxygen tanks, rivets gone etc. I guess what countc is the passengers are safe and sound.
Posted:
Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:50 pmby deaneb
An interesting situation. There are two layers torn away - the first is the wing fillet fairing (probably fibrglass) and the second a hole in the aluminium pressure hull. This could occur if the fairing tore off and pulled a hole out of the fuse via an attachment point or if something caused the pressure hull to rupture and it burst out taking the fairing with it.
Deane
Posted:
Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:30 pmby jastheace
well the media here in oz are saying that the aircraft has got a history of corrosion. so that could be an explaination, i guess we will find out in time
Posted:
Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:09 pmby victor_alpha_charlie
'You can see the oxygen masks have dropped, and the plane is turning erratically"
Bullshit it was. How can you tell from a seat in between the aisles? Stupid media.
Posted:
Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:14 pmby Matthew
victor_alpha_charlie wrote:'You can see the oxygen masks have dropped, and the plane is turning erratically"
Bullshit it was. How can you tell from a seat in between the aisles? Stupid media.
Thats normal with the media though
