Qantas Jet Makes Emergency Landing

[cdnvic]

A Qantas 737 has been grounded in New Zealand while engineers investigate what sparked a malfunction on a flight to Brisbane yesterday.

The Boeing 737 was forced to return to Auckland Airport with 91 passengers onboard after the plane started to depressurise.

Qantas says the jet lost cabin pressure at 25,000 feet, forcing the captain to turn the plane around shortly after take-off.

- ABC News

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/26/2636480.htm

EDIT: I probably should have thought out the topic better. In retrospect it makes things seem much worse than they were.

Edited July 26, 2009 by cdnvic

[ozfarang81]

i don't know why you bothered posting this minor mishap to the Thailand Travel Forum anyway.... The only reason it was even reported in Australian media is because they love a good headline involving Qantas....

imo mods should lock this thread

[geriatrickid]

Not a story. Please note clarification of carrier and additional details

- Jetconnect Qantas New Zealand Boeing 737-300, registration ZK-JND performing flight QNZ-116/QF-116 from Auckland to Brisbane,QL (Australia)

- 91 PAX

- had already reached FL250, when the crew noticed that the "cabin altitude" continued to climb slowly above target altitude (indicating a slow loss of cabin pressure). Crew decided to return to Auckland, where the airplane landed safely.

- PAX did know that there was a pressurization problem.

[Zpete]

With all the brickbats going the way of QANTAS and JETSTAR.

I reckon I would not touch them with a barge pole, the odds are against both.

Must be a crash soon, then maybe Qantas will bring the maintenance back to OZ.

I did read it was being considered, sooner better.

[nookiebear]

With all the brickbats going the way of QANTAS and JETSTAR.

I reckon I would not touch them with a barge pole, the odds are against both.

Must be a crash soon, then maybe Qantas will bring the maintenance back to OZ.

I did read it was being considered, sooner better.

Outsourcing of Aircraft Maintainance is a good recipe for a disaster..........