An Australian passenger plane with 203 people on board has been forced into an emergency landing after a fire broke out in the cockpit.
The Airbus A330, operated by Jetstar, was flying from Japan to Australia when a window in the cockpit caught fire…….
Interesting how the window can ‘catch fire’. I presume they mean something involving the windshield heating circuit. Perhaps someone more informed could elaborate.
I’m just waiting for the sensationalist media to pick up on the fact it was an A330 and for them to declare them unsafe!
By: steve rowell - 12th June 2009 at 04:54
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25623207-662,00.html
By: Arabella-Cox - 11th June 2009 at 09:22
Is it a busy day, or just the Journo’s jumping all over every airliner incident after a major? Every time you have a major, for the next couple of weeks it seems like flying is the most dangerous thing ever.
New York has 151 emergency landings a year, Brussels over 100, and thats not even considered a major airport.
By: KabirT - 11th June 2009 at 06:09
eventful day it seems.
By: steve rowell - 11th June 2009 at 05:51
A RUSSIAN Airbus on a domestic flight with 122 people on board has made an emergency landing at the western Siberian city of Novosibirsk, the Ria-Novosti news agency reports.
The Aeroflot Airbus A320 landed in the city today after its windshield cracked, a security official quoted by the agency said.
The Moscow-bound plane had taken off in Irkutsk.
“No one was injured in the incident,” she said.
Source:The Herald Sun
By: steve rowell - 11th June 2009 at 02:52
Pilots of a JAL Boeing 767 that flew the service from Kansai Airport, Japan, to Taipei on Saturday evening, declared an emergency prior to landing when smoke was reported in the passenger cabin.
Flight JL653 landed safely, with no injuries to any of the 33 passengers or crew.
A cigarette lighter was discovered under the seats, and it is suspected this was the source of the smoke.
By: steve rowell - 11th June 2009 at 02:44
An American Airlines jet airliner with 210 people aboard was forced to land in eastern Canada late yesterday when an electrical fire broke out in the bathroom, airport authorities reported.
There were no injuries and the passengers and crew are safe, said spokesman Peter Spurway of Halifax airport.
American Airlines Flight 64 was flying from New York to Zurich when the fire broke out.
The emergency was caused by “fire in a fan motor in a mid-cabin washroom”, said spokesman Peter Spurway.
Source: smh.com.au
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