| Re: VH-OJK 747-438 Delivered to Qantas 1991 who did the last D Check? |
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Group: aus.aviation · Group Profile
Author: MikeZMikeZ Date: Jul 25, 2008 05:44
> MikeZ wrote:
>> The aircraft involved in the depressurisation incident was VH-OJK 747-438
>> delivered to Qantas in 1991.
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>> The old bus is 17 years old, I wonder how many cycles it's done?
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>> And when and who did the last D check?
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> Does a D check involve an ultrasound examination of the entire hull?
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> Sylvia.
nope.. but selected areas use radiology & ultrasonics on them.
Better not to speculate but wait for the official report from people with
the training and expertese. My experience always shows multiple reasons for
a failure. I'm sure this will be no different.
The hull is very strong, even with a fuselage breach of this size, at 10k
feet it could have flown a long way.
I wonder where the piece of wing root fairing is floating in the China Sea ?
The facts are the skin ruptured, it wasn't catastrophic, and the PIC did a
stirling job. Kudos to JB & the Crew.
(I bet he's had scary episodes in Skyhawks)
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