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is anything more known about exactly what failed and exactly what engine was in it?

looks like not to bad a place for a forced landing, but it would only take one rabbit hole to flip the plane. I hope they recover quickly. It will be interesting to hear the full story.

or is it just me? I'm getting an error message. Does anyone know of an alternative? thanks

but isn't Pakistan RHD, like Australia?

having had smoke in the cabin once, I think that the above advice will be a little too complicated to follow in this situation. All I could think of was "get it down NOW"

if you're solo, you'd be hard pressed landing the plane and operating the extinguisher at the same time

yeah my one experience with smoke in the jab cockpit I put it down pronto; I don't ever want a repeat of that.

as a jab pilot, I'd really like to know what caused a fire to break out in the cockpit.

it says "a fire broke out in the cockpit", every pilot's nightmare. I hope he makes a full recovery.

remind me to never fly a Cirrus, it sounds like it's a tricky, unforgiving plane.

gee, do you really need to practice forced landings over that tiger country? Coward that I am, I practice in a place that is much more benign if I had a real engine failure

great news that he's OK; when I'm on final I make darn sure I'm well above those powerlines, never flown at night, which would make it a lot trickier.

note to self: next time on a trans-Pacific ferry flight, check that fuel supply is OK from all tanks, all valves working, early in the flight. Not that I'm likely to take the jab across the pacific any time soon.

She may be competent, but also extremely lucky.

she stopped right at the traffic lights. Very lucky.

on Pprune it's said that he has ruptured eardrums

there's an extensive thread on this on Pprune. The pilot did a fantastic job, with many instruments unreadable, and a freezing high-speed blast of air into the cockpit.

I'm not sure of your point: similar before or after the chop? Shirley he didn't hate Qantas inflight service so much that he sought revenge against an airframe?

"he had to land the plane manually"!!!!!! I'm sure he was stressed, did a great job under the circs etc, but what can I say? We all do this every day; surely he does the same as often as possible. I'd congratulate him for responding appropriately to the emergency, not for hand-flying a landing.

can you tell us what make/model charger was involved?

I had a car battery explode in my face once. My own silly fault: it was fully charged and bubbling, and I disconnected the charger leads without turning it off. I had acid dripping down my face. Luckily I wear glasses so none got in my eyes. I'm more careful now.

here: Nocookies it says: "Mr Joyce, then the Coalition transport minister, had agreed with Mr Albanese, his Labor counterpart, about removing a key part of the act that requires CASA to “regard safety as the most important consideration” in regulating the industry. Under the changes, CASA would instead be required to prioritise the “highest level of safety in air navigation” with the need for “an efficient and sustainable Australian aviation industry”." I've written to my MP commending the changes to him, and I suggest we all think about that.

yes, I hired a C152 in the US recently for $99/hr! Maintaining a warbird would be a considerably more heroic venture.

$2500 for a Kittyhawk flight....I might be able to get ministerial approval for that if it's birthday and xmas presents for the next 10 yrs.....

on my bucket list is to go on a flight in a warbird eg Spitfire, Hurricane, Mustang, but to be honest there are lots of planes that would do. Has anyone done this in our neck of the woods (Oz, NZ) and if so, any recommendations? thanks