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Old 13th December 2019, 11:36 AM
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Qantas grounds 4 freighters converted from passenger jets by Israeli Aerospace Industries

SYDNEY, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Qantas Airways Ltd said on Wednesday it had taken four Boeing Co 737 freighter aircraft out of service while awaiting further advice from Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) about a potential defect with a part within the cabin.

IAI had converted the four 737-300 planes from passenger jets to freighters for the Australian airline in 2006. Qantas operates the planes, which have an average age of 33 years, on domestic cargo routes.

An IAI spokeswoman said she had no immediate comment.

Qantas said the affected part is a rigid barrier at the front of the cargo cabin which is an additional safety feature separating freight from the cockpit.

It was installed during the conversion from a passenger plane to a freighter, not while the aircraft was manufactured, so it is not part of the flight critical systems on the plane.

A Qantas spokesman said the grounding was not expected to affect parcel deliveries in the season leading up to Christmas.

“We have a number of contingencies in place, including access to cargo space on passenger flights and leasing aircraft from other operators, so we aren’t anticipating delays in freight reaching its destination,” the spokesman added. (Reporting by Jamie Freed in Sydney, additional reporting by Tova Cohen in Tel Aviv; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
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Old 13th December 2019, 12:04 PM
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That would explain why A332s and A333s have been operating freight flights on Wednesday and Thursday nights - refer to QANTAS source. Also I noticed an Air Nauru B733 VH-VLI operating a QF freight flight last night from SYD-BNE.
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Old 16th December 2019, 02:13 PM
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B757F is ops PER-MEL-PER and I noticed today on FR24 that XMB flew to Melbourne today.
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Old 17th December 2019, 09:49 PM
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VH-XMB, XMO, XMR and XNH all returned to service on 16/12/19 with XML returning to service today, 17/12/19.
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Old 18th December 2019, 08:34 PM
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XNH was not affected by the issues.
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