Spin Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 ABC Four Corners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 on it, cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballpoint 246niner Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 ABC Four Corners Excellent doco- I actually knew the Hegarty's from years ago- they were all clearly still affected by it, even the FO. Thanks for the heads up Spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP503 Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Wow that was amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunlopdangler Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 That was an unbelievable scenario to get through...glad I watched it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spin Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/741699 Glad I came across it, well made I thought and put a human face on the drama without doing the aca/tonight tearjerker. I would probably liked a bit more in depth technical stuff, but they pitched it right for most of the audience. It was quite an amusing aside to see that the first Alan Joyce knew of a problem was when the shares went into freefall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 It was quite an amusing aside to see that the first Alan Joyce knew of a problem was when the shares went into freefall. I picked up on that also! Fortunately, it was only the shares that were falling! Excellent job done by all involved in achieving the final outcome! Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Interesting that the fleet had been grounded before QF32 was on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 The transcript is in the News section: http://www.recreationalflying.org/showthread.php/549-Program-Transcript-ABC-Online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegro2000 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 All, This was one of the best Four Corners programme I have seen. The day after the actaul event happening my Qantas mate (who was in the know) described it as a Mephis Belle situation. I now see what he meant. I thought the Qantas Captain and flight crew were great, they deserves two medals each. Allegro 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captbigwings Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 The program is being replayed tonight, Tuesday 29th March at 11.35 pm according to the Four Corners website. Steve abc.net.au/4corners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerin Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Interesting that the fleet had been grounded before QF32 was on the ground. I think Airbus aircraft have live telemetry back to the factory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I think Airbus aircraft have live telemetry back to the factory? They sure do. The French airbus that went down in the storm last year was still tranmitting faults in it's final seconds. My comment was more directed as to how quick Qantas reacted and grounded the fleet. The captian was taken aback when his passengers pointed out to the TV in the terminal broadcasting of CNN's (i think it was) reporting on his emergency and Qantas's grounding of the fleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jake.f Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Absolutely insane what happened... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 No it's not insane jake.f. It is predictable. A small part that has been machined too thin on oneside nearly brings down the biggest aircraft in the world. Fuel spraying out of the left wing continuously. One spark away from disaster.. The crew had accumulated experience that day in the cockpit at a level that would never be available again, in any future situation. Something like 20.000 hours for each person there. They also worked in unison. No conflict, worked as a team.. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 And... Experience and teamwork aside... incredible luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegro2000 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 To CFICARE, I thought every pilot had seen the movie "The Memphis Belle", if not it is worth seeing. It is a story of a B17 on its 25th mission, then the aircrew are stood down and do not have to fight against Me 109s, FW 190s and of course Mr Flak again. The aircraft returns shoot to pieces, it is the story of the trip home and the landing. Surely this rings a "Belle". Allegro 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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