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QF1 returning to Sydney
QF1 departed approximately 4 pm this afternoon and is returning to Sydney. It is currently just north of Goulburn at 9800 ft Looking at its flight path I guess it is burning off fuel.
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Ch7 said that it was a cabin heater failure that occurred 1hr out of Syd.
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Especially important as it is winter now!
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Cabin heater.....
Now I'm not type rated on the A380, but I imagine it's like any other jet airliner and has PACK's that air condition and pressurise the cabin. Not cabin heaters. Mick |
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Cockpit warning that engine bleed air to cabin heat maybe.
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Not yet :-P
VH-OQI apparently suffered a pack's failure on climb which lead to a pressurisation problem. Returned to YSSY after dumping enough fuel to conduct a safe overweight auto-land at normal speed on 16R just after 7pm local. Vacated at A5 and taxied up A to Gate 24 under it's own steam supervised by numerous tenders. Scheduled out of YSSY 0930 this morning. (tbc)
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Not yet anyway Amsy, ;-)
One PACK should be able to pressurise the cabin no problem (that's the point of redundancy), but personally, I wouldn't want to go all that way across the water with only one :-). Mick |
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I dare say EDTO makes the choice for you, as does the diminished pressurisation and climate control capability.
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Well there's probably the EDTO thing as well, but I wasn't sure if they would run the A380 under EDTO.
There shouldn't be any diminished pressurisation control. One PACK should be able to pressurise the cabin. Mick |
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From QF Source:
QANTAS A380 VH-OQI QF1 Sydney Technical Return. August 3, 2016 QANTAS A380 VH-OQI operating the Sydney – Dubai sector of QF1 Sydney – Dubai – London Heathrow was at 31,000 ft to the north west of Parkes when it initiated a rapid descent to 10,000 ft then returned to Sydney for a safe landing. The rapid descent would seem to indicate a pressurisation issue. |
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