QF594 sent back to Perth.
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45 minutes into the flight, an electrical fault was detected and caused fumes down the back of the plane, which cycled through to the captain's deck causing them to need oxygen.
As a safety precaution the flight was turned around, and here I am now in the lounge waiting further information.... plenty of flashing lights and fire trucks around. Exciting, but annoying!!
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Re: QF594 sent back to Perth
Wow. Can't wait for the NoNews Ltd headline tomorrow. They hammered Qantas today due to a rejected take-off for QF175 BNE-LAX (an engine warning light turned on apparently), so the pilot put on the brakes and headed back to the terminal.
Wow. Can't wait for the NoNews Ltd headline tomorrow. They hammered Qantas today due to a rejected take-off for QF175 BNE-LAX (an engine warning light turned on apparently), so the pilot put on the brakes and headed back to the terminal.
I wonder if I'm the first person to report this, and they'll quote "Flashware"
Mark Wiemers, a passenger on board QF175 and a Platinum frequent flyer with Qantas, said he no longer feels safe with the airline, describing yesterday's ordeal as his worst flight experience ever after the pilot "slammed on the brakes".
"I'm not a one-time flyer – nothing really freaks me out – but what happened today really got to me," Mr Wiemers said.
"I fly regularly to Asia and the US, and I'm starting to get fearful flying with them."
Mr Wiemers said passengers were told the takeoff was aborted because an indicator warning light had flagged an engine malfunction in the third engine, but the pilot was confident the problem was likely just a faulty relay switch.
"He didn't believe it was a problem with the engine, because other alarms weren't going off.
"But with stopping just before takeoff speed, he came close to the end (of the runway) – he had to use a combination of brakes and reverse thrust – he had to really pull it up in a hurry so he didn't go airborne," Mr Wiemers said.
"You can play that down all you want, but if it was a simple problem, you'd be able to fix it."
Instead, Mr Wiemers said it wasn't until three or four hours later before Qantas decided the plane was unserviceable and conceded they would need to cancel the flight.
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Mr Wiemers said frequent flyers like himself were not only the airline's best customers, but also the most at risk of being involved in an air accident.
"It's purely an ageing fleet and lack of maintenance, but I feel they've had too many warning signs," he said.
"How many incidents does it take before we have a disaster?
"And that's going to be a tragedy."The incident comes just two weeks after the civil aviation watchdog told Qantas to make a range of improvements to its aircraft maintenance system amid signs of "emerging problems".
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