Qantas plane in emergency landing

[Daniel M]

from cairns post:

Qantas plane in emergency landing

Friday, June 20, 2008

© The Cairns Post



BREAKING NEWS: A QANTAS plane bound for Cairns with an almost full load of passengers has made an emergency landing in Weipa after one engine stopped mid flight.

The right-side engine on the 72-seat turbo-prop stopped 10 minutes after take off from Horn Island in the Torres Strait.

A passenger who was sitting next to the engine told The Cairns Post the engine accelerated rapidly for about a minute before the pilot performed an emergency shutdown.

The plan was diverted to Weipa while more than 60 passengers and crew endured a nervous 20-minute single engine dash to safety.

“All the passengers, on the surface at least, appeared calm,” the witness said.

“On the outside you were calm but on the inside I was definitely thinking about the different possible outcomes.”

On reaching Weipa the plane circled the airport while emergency crews positioned themselves.

It is believed the front landing gear was damaged on landing.

The airport was closed after passengers safely left the plane which remains stuck halfway down on the runway.

Qantas is being sought for comment.

[Rhys Xanthis]

http://www.cairns.com.au/article/200...ocal-news.html

Originally Posted by cairns.com.au

BREAKING NEWS: A QANTAS plane bound for Cairns with an almost full load of passengers has made an emergency landing in Weipa after one engine stopped mid flight.

The right-side engine on the 72-seat turbo-prop stopped 10 minutes after take off from Horn Island in the Torres Strait.

A passenger who was sitting next to the engine told The Cairns Post the engine accelerated rapidly for about a minute before the pilot performed an emergency shutdown.

The plan was diverted to Weipa while more than 60 passengers and crew endured a nervous 20-minute single engine dash to safety.

“All the passengers, on the surface at least, appeared calm,” the witness said.

“On the outside you were calm but on the inside I was definitely thinking about the different possible outcomes.”

On reaching Weipa the plane circled the airport while emergency crews positioned themselves.

It is believed the front landing gear was damaged on landing.

The airport was closed after passengers safely left the plane which remains stuck halfway down on the runway.

Qantas is being sought for comment.

It would appear to be a Q400 given 72 seater (if the report is correct).

EDIT: 1 minute too later

[Edward Terry]

nervous 20-minute single engine dash

Tehehe

[Carsten Bauer]

Anyone got any more details?
I was in a similar situation a few years ago.
We were flying in the Pilbara, and the No 2 engine lost oil pressure, so the pilots shut it off, and diverted to Meeka... yay
Stuck there for 6 hours until a 146 came to rescue us.

[Paul C.]

Vh-qo* ????

Qoh?

[Hugh Jarse]

A passenger who was sitting next to the engine told The Cairns Post the engine accelerated rapidly for about a minute before the pilot performed an emergency shutdown.

Must've been DAMN cold sitting out there!

[Carsten Bauer]

Not if he was sitting behind the engine exhaust

[Nigel C]

According to the report he was next to it, not behind it.

[Adam P.]

I wanna know how the engine got a boarding pass.

Would have been interesting conversation.... whine, whine, whine...

[David M]

Would have been interesting conversation.... whine, whine, whine...

Better than some of the passengers' conversations! Would rather listen to the hum of an engine!