Lack of fuel forces Qantas jet to land in heavy fog

[simongr]

It's the old addage:

"Why let the facts get in the way of a good story"

[maninblack]

The RMS nominates the airports, most of which we have been discussing here. Obviously in certain extreme situations like Gimli or Air Transat (interestingly both Canadian aircraft) the pilots will get the plane down wherever they jolly-well can. I think the thing about suitability for A330 ops probably also takes into account facilities, not just runway size. Learmonth apparently gets about 6 diversions a year on average and has been provisioned with appropriate facilities for 747 and A330 aircraft and customs service.

Link to brief story. Kalgoorlie Airport viable option, study finds - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

It makes you laugh, they talk about $14M like its a lot of money, I mean that is peanuts, with Perth airport getting up towards 1M passengers a year. Doesn't a house in Dalkeith or Peppermint Grove cost more than that

[markis10]

The RMS nominates the airports, most of which we have been discussing here. Obviously in certain extreme situations like Gimli or Air Transat (interestingly both Canadian aircraft) the pilots will get the plane down wherever they jolly-well can.

Apologies for reopening an old thread, I caught the CH7 show on Gimli last night, interestingly the show missed two points of interest:

1. You cannot sideslip an A330 which would have meant almost certainly a different result in this instance and

2. As noted by our own CASA when they covered the events for its 20th Anniversary in Flight Safety Magazine

"The tale has an interesting postscript. After putting the aircraft down, Pearson "(AC Captain)" was left waiting at Gimli until two in the morning for the Air Canada mechanics dispatched to assess the damage. Driving through the back roads from Winnipeg, they had run out of fuel."

[NM]

"The tale has an interesting postscript. After putting the aircraft down, Pearson "(AC Captain)" was left waiting at Gimli until two in the morning for the Air Canada mechanics dispatched to assess the damage. Driving through the back roads from Winnipeg, they had run out of fuel."

Now that is a hilarious twist to the event

[Flying Fox]

Funny that you should bring this up as the Gimli Glider was featured on Air Crash Investigators last night.

I love this story, esp. the positive ending, ie Fatalities 0, Injuries 0.

[maninblack]

And C-GAUN was only just recently retired and got to do a farewell flyby.

Photos: Boeing 767-233 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net


The whole AC 762 fleet will be retired by year end.

[pauly7]

Funny that you should bring this up as the Gimli Glider was featured on Air Crash Investigators last night.

I love this story, esp. the positive ending, ie Fatalities 0, Injuries 0.

yes, next weeks episode doesn't look so positive though!

there were some minor injuries from people exiting through the rear exits as the slides did not reach the ground due the the angle of incline as the foward landing gear failed.