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Old Nov 17, 2008, 9:07 pm
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Qantas planes collide
in hanger...
or on the runway
(depending on the news source)

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-29277,00.html
or
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...770427139.html

Famous Manilla bird out for a bit longer
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Old Nov 17, 2008, 11:30 pm
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Originally Posted by moa999
in hanger...
or on the runway
(depending on the news source)

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-29277,00.html
or
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...770427139.html

Famous Manilla bird out for a bit longer
Let me be the first to blame overseas maintenance for this
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Old Nov 18, 2008, 12:00 am
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Probably one of the more dramatic - and slightly misleading thread titles. Strictly correct, but still misleading.

May I suggest something like the thread on another Board may be more appropriate? : http://yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=1947
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Old Nov 18, 2008, 1:38 am
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I can't wait to fly on that bird, knowing it has been so well cared for at Avalon.
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Old Nov 18, 2008, 5:30 am
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And not only that Ch. Ten Late News also showed footage of a QFLink (mentioned as operated by Sunstate - amazed the journos researched that much) that had smoke in the cabin.

Also had footage of the Avalon incident looked like a wingtip to nosecone collision.

Agree my OP was 'sensationalist' but I was just repeating the crap that was in the newspaper.
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Old Nov 18, 2008, 6:34 am
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Originally Posted by BiziBB
I can't wait to fly on that bird, knowing it has been so well cared for at Avalon.
I have work colleagues here in London who this morning are refusing to take their families back to Sydney for Christmas on QF flights they are booked on if it cannot be confirmed that it won't be the Manila 747 (what is its rego?).
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Old Nov 18, 2008, 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by James S
I have work colleagues here in London who this morning are refusing to take their families back to Sydney for Christmas on QF flights they are booked on if it cannot be confirmed that it won't be the Manila 747 (what is its rego?).
The Manila 744's rego is VH-OJK - but i would have thought that, out of the QF 744 fleet, it might just be the safest to fly in following repairs post-incident.

What about the rego of the other 744 that OJK collided with?
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Old Nov 18, 2008, 1:03 pm
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I have work colleagues here in London who this morning are refusing to take their families back to Sydney for Christmas on QF flights they are booked on if it cannot be confirmed that it won't be the Manila 747 (what is its rego?).
That position is actually grossly unsophisticated.
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Old Nov 18, 2008, 1:55 pm
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Originally Posted by James S
I have work colleagues here in London who this morning are refusing to take their families back to Sydney for Christmas on QF flights they are booked on if it cannot be confirmed that it won't be the Manila 747 (what is its rego?).
Will they also refuse to fly on VH-OJH as well?
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Old Nov 18, 2008, 2:22 pm
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And will they refuse to fly on which ever of the three ugly sisters had the crack near the tail?

And will they refuse to fly on the 717 that (IIRC) had the fire near the APU after some local maintenance people forgot to remove a rag during maintenance?

And will they refuse to fly on the 744 that burst a tyre, cracked a windshield, had electrical problems somewhere in the world etc etc blah blah?
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Old Nov 18, 2008, 3:22 pm
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Well I guess the "other" 744 was due to take QF93 today.

The 388 is being turned around in MEL (arriving as QF94) this morning to fly back to LAX, operating today's QF93 (it will then fly to SYD as Wednesday's QF12).
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Old Nov 19, 2008, 8:54 pm
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What about the rego of the other 744 that OJK collided with?
VH-OJM another 4-class config aircraft.
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Old Nov 19, 2008, 9:06 pm
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Well I guess the "other" 744 was due to take QF93 today.
I doubt that was the case. It was VH-OJM is 4-class bird and would normally have been going north-west. Perhaps that is why VH-OEB is doing a kangaroo run this week.
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Old Nov 20, 2008, 1:13 am
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Originally Posted by NM
VH-OJM another 4-class config aircraft.
If my memory serves me correctly, it was the a/c involved with the Bangkok incident in January?

OJM & OJK - 2 lucky (or unlucky rather) birds narrowly escaping the unimaginable...
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Old Nov 20, 2008, 2:56 am
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Originally Posted by og
And will they refuse to fly on etc etc blah blah?
Shhh they don't know about those, it is the Manila 747 that has got the media attention over here. And then there is the assumption that these things come in threes...
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