REX768 - Saab 340 loses prop inbound to YSSY
Well, this happened earlier today.... (courtesy of Grahame Hutchison and heads up from Seth Jaworski)
REX768, a Saab 340, operating a scheduled flight from Albury to Sydney today lost its entire right side no.2 prop inbound to Sydney. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7Fg1o4VoAIgONb.jpg https://twitter.com/www16Right/statu...61803011862528 https://flightaware.com/live/flight/RXA768 http://flightaware.com/live/flight/VHNRX https://www.flightradar24.com/data/f.../zl768#cc2d4ec A full emergency was declared. The aircraft tracked over the field and made a safe landing on 16R at 12:08pm. ATC audio suggests the incident occurred over or prior south western Sydney, inbound. http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/passenger-...17-gv0i1c.html |
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Yikes,
Lucky it didn't spin inboard and hit the fuselage. |
Someone better update flightaware, says it is a twin prop.
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ABC news and more photos (not as good as Grahame's)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-1...peller/8364218 |
First stage of Prop to Turbine conversion process...
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http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/st...anding/?cs=147
Not what I want to read and see, got a flight in less then two weeks with REX to SYD! Rare event but still. :/ |
Lead story on Ch10 news.
Reported, prop sheared off over Camden. |
Thank you Channel 10 for using my image on wide screen ... I checked the Hi-Res images and could not find a mark on the aircraft - very lucky Passengers and Crew. The Pilot on the
radio was as calm as, and they both did an excellent job landing the aircraft with one engine in the wet and windy weather. http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/Channel10_2.png |
With or without permission Grahame??
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ATSB
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/...r/ao-2017-032/ Note at bottom of investigation. Important: The ATSB urges anyone who finds a piece of suspected aircraft debris NOT to handle it. Please call the local police or the ATSB on 1800 020 616. Check EBay tomorrow |
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2 PAN flights within 10 mins of each other?
Listening to the ATC I thought I heard a puzzled Qantaslink a/c with a medical emergency claiming 16R priority as "the PAN aircraft", only to be told that there was another PAN a/c 7 minutes ahead of them with "one engine shut down" and, because a runway inspection would be needed after it landed, they would have to accept 16L or stay aloft until 16R had the all clear. Needless to say they elected 16L but, just as they were established on 16L, 16R was declared available and they made a quick switch with a steeper descent from the sound of it!
The two ATC archives I downloaded from https://www.liveatc.net/archive.php for YSSY Tower/Approach are UTC 17/03/17 0030Z and 17/03/17 0100Z which include the period from approximately 11:48 am Friday Sydney time when the first PAN call was made from REX768 through to when 16R was re-opened following its vacating and a runway inspection to verify that no debris had fallen from the exposed engine or anywhere else. |
It never rains.....
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Oh yeah - it was raining to boot ...
... but it was just pouring!
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Apparently Rex has now grounded an unknown number of aircraft.
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They have grounded 5 additional birds who use the same components as the original victim.
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Rex Media Release today...
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A short recreation of the Rex propeller separation event last Friday, based on actual ATC transmissions, and archive footage of Rex aircraft at Sydney.
Images of the actual aircraft (VH-NRX) after the event are included at the end of the video. Youtube Video |
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I just noticed that Ben Sandilands (in his "Plane Talking" blog) is advising that Rex broke air safety rules by feathering the prop after noticing a malfunction and then flew from Canberra at 8000 feet.
https://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetal...7/03/20/62116/ However on FR24 the aircraft is seen to be flying at FL17 nearly all the way to Sydney before beginning a seemingly normal descent. The mystery deepens... |
So was the engine shutdown just past Canberra or has crikey got it very wrong??
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Hi Stephen
Well if FR24 is correct then REX768 reached FL17 just before Tumut and started descent from this altitude west of RIVET, so well past Canberra. I would have to say Crikey has got it wrong at least re the altitude, or have different source. Cheer Mark |
The propeller from the plane has apparently been found by police.
It was found in bushland off the River Road in Revesby, so a bit closer to YSSY than originally thought. Cheers M |
Confirmed found in the bush land between The River Road and Sandakan Road - some 700-900 metres left of track.
Winds from the south would've played a part in it's final location. http://www.9news.com.au/national/201...ydney-bushland http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2...ydney-bushland |
The Rex propeller was found in the position I calculated in my Tweet at 6:05pm last Friday evening.
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Not quite, your dot is over Alford's Point Rd, River Rd begins left of the indicated flight path which I suspect is a mapping error, as I don't think there would have been too much lateral travel on the props flight path. Unless the River Rd reference is wrong?
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Give him a little slack Mark! Pretty darn close.
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Mark, This was the actual Flight Path based on our ADS-B tracking data, the Prop Separation call by Rex 768 was at the Padstow position, so allowing a small amount of time for the crew to react to what had just happened before making the radio call, and you have the midpoint of my original prediction of between Picnic Point and Padstow Heights. By my calculations the prop was 800m left of this track.
Note: Camden is 31km further to the southwest of this location - not sure how the authorities (or Media) came up with this. |
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Even though the prop was feathered (and the pictures from it laying in the bush would suggest that it hit the ground that way), I suspect that it would have developed quite some rotation on the way down from 8000', leading to a good amount of lateral travel. Also the wind on the ground at YSSY was southerly up to 35kt, so I imagine it was even stronger at altitude also helping to push it off course. |
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Still amazed it happened the way it did, plenty of schools, roads and houses could easily have been the unintended target. |
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I wonder how long the search took based on the size of the target.
When you look at the pictures it was had to see it within the trees. Someone missed out on a nice lawn ornament in Southern Sydney. |
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Despite the redactions, all of which are more than justified, the Crikey post is STILL incorrect. The propeller had been found and the press release issued HOURS before the redaction's... such irresponsible reporting and potentially very damaging to Rex.
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One thing's for sure, it must have made one helluva thump when it hit! |
I was also surprised by the condition of the propeller. I would be curious to know whether the shaft was attached still.
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Flight ZL768 Propeller Found
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