The Civil Aviation Safety Authority has just issued an urgent airworthiness directive affecting all 21 Airbus A330 wide bodied jets flown by Qantas (15) and Jetstar (6).
CASA says that in lay terms, pilots must now follow revised procedures to isolate a faulty Air Data Inertial Reference Unit or ADIRU like the one that imitated the [...]
Tag Archives: QF 72
CASA issues urgent directive to A330 pilots
November 20, 2008 – 3:42 pm
A unique incident that needs further examination
October 14, 2008 – 8:06 pm
The ATSB media briefing this evening, at a time and place almost no-one could attend and without dial-in facilities, has described the QF 72 accident as being caused by a ‘unique’ fault in the jet’s computer linked control systems.
A detailed statement issued after the briefing puts the spotlight on one of three sets of [...]
QF 72 late developments
October 14, 2008 – 3:01 pm
The ATSB has called a media conference to update the public on its QF 72 inquiry for this evening, coincidentally after most of the first editions of tomorrow’s newspapers will be locked up.
Earlier today someone in CASA drew the technical media’s attention to this list of airworthiness directives that apply to the Airbus A330-300 involved [...]
Inside the QF 72 investigation
October 10, 2008 – 3:56 pm
The ATSB held another briefing on the QF 72 accident today which includes an animation of the episodes of uncontrolled flight, a pitch up from level cruise and two dives which might even squeeze in between the financial crisis coverage on tonight’s news casts. In fact it resembles some of the graphs of the flight [...]
QF 72 made shorter but nasty dives
October 9, 2008 – 5:54 pm
Some early surprises have emerged from the black box flight recorders that have been read at the ATSB headquarters in Canberra.
The flight data recorder shows that the initial uncommanded climb above the cruise altitude of 37,000 feet was 200 feet, not 300 as previously indicated in briefings. The first dive was 650 feet in 20 [...]
Some important questions about QF 72
October 9, 2008 – 4:08 pm
In today’s Crikey some important questions about the QF 72 incident are highlighted.
They may or may not prove to be material to the accident investigation but the records associated with aircraft maintenance are always an important part of the investigative process.
Qantas hasn’t yet answered our question about these possible issues and has indicated it [...]
How far down, how quickly and why?
October 8, 2008 – 6:16 am
At this stage the general public and the investigators from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau know as much about the QF 72 emergency over WA yesterday as each other. Which is next to nothing in terms of the reasons.
However the ATSB will soon start to get the hard facts together. The cockpit voice recorder and [...]
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