Qantas A380 Fuel Fungus?

[David M]

I only found out that the board had a "search" function during this last spotting weekend!

sorry Amsy... couldn't resist

David.M.

[Stephen Brown]

all ground handlers are trained in according to IATA standards in the handling and loading of dangerous good on aircraft.

I was trained in Piano Accordion...Watch me whip out a mean Polka!!!!

[Marty H]

Originally Posted by David M

Boom tish! (and at ferst I thort you hadn't used the speeling chooker)



Not only ground crew Marty, but flight/cabin crew too.

David.M.

Correct, should have mentioned that, every two years www.dgsafety.com is our freind

[NickN]

So on any given flight pax could be sitting above tonnes of highly flammable or radioactive material without knowing about it?

[Nigel C]

Well, you're already surrounded by tonnes of highly flammable (and toxic) stuff anyway. It's called fuel!

[NickN]

The difference being the pilot can dump fuel before making an emergency landing, they can't eject freight.

[Andrew McLaughlin]

Originally Posted by NickN

The difference being the pilot can dump fuel before making an emergency landing...

Nick - not all of it! Plus, it's not so much the fuel that is explosive, it's the fumes that are left once the fuel is gone!

[NickN]

Yes true not all of it.

But say for instance the Turkish airlines crash in Amsterdam, could have been worse if the plane was full of flammable goods. The fuel may not have ignited but the freight may have.

[Nathan Long]

Originally Posted by NickN

So on any given flight pax could be sitting above tonnes of highly flammable or radioactive material without knowing about it?

You're more at risk from the Dangerous Goods transported on the road.

[Owen H]

NickN,

If you've been on many aircraft, then you've been on top of "Dangerous Goods" by definition many times.

We carry all sorts of stuff... but it is all packed and labelled according to very strict criteria, and all airline staff that are involved in operations are trained in Dangerous Goods management.

These are always goods that when packed correctly in proper quantities pose no risk to aviation, so you don't have anything to worry too much about.

Yes, we do sometimes carry radioactive materials, but they are small quantities, and are packed so they don't leak. If they were in a crash, sure, they might radiate a little, but not at levels that are dangerous for short term exposure. They are small amounts.

There is more likely to be a crash of the truck carrying the goods from the aircraft to final destination than of the aircraft itself.