Smithy (movie) – Aviation Historical Society of Australia

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Aviation Heritage Vol. 54 No. 3 (September 2023) Contents Listing

The latest quarterly AHSA journal – Aviation Heritage – has recently been posted to members. The contents of all articles are listed below: Aviation...

2008 A Canberra-bound Qantas Boeing 737 VH-TIU returned to the Melbourne terminal on 7 August 2008 after odd air conditioning noises were heard. The plane had returned from maintenance in Malaysia two months previously with a reported 95 defects. The airline’s reputation became the subject of sustained media comment with every delay and maintenance incident seemingly in the daily media. Source: Jamie Duncan and Jeff Turnbull, ‘Jet in latest scare had long history of defects’, The Canberra Times, 8 August 2008, p.3. via aph.gov.au website

2022 Qantas Boeing 737-838 C/N 34185 VH-VZJ with over 100 passengers aboard returned to the terminal at Kingsford Smith Airport, Sydney, NSW on 7 August 2022 after smoke and flames were reported from one of the aircraft's engines. The aircraft, operating QF91 from Sydney to Noumea was scheduled to depart at 7.40am, when an emergency radio call stopped it in its tracks. The air traffic control tower received a report that flames and smoke were emerging from the engine, while still on the tarmac. “The pilots followed procedure and shut down the engine as a precaution after being alerted by the control tower while taxiing,” said a spokesperson for Qantas. “There was no warning light in the cockpit and no sign of fire when the engine was shut down.” Sources: 7 News, 9 News