Thread: Hole in plane

Originally Posted by p38arover

100 hours seems very little.

sorry it was early when i wrote it meant to say 100, 000hrs actually it nearer to 120 000hrs.
age is an important factor on all aircrfat maintenace ois carried out according to cycles (pressuristion) landing cycles hours flowna nd calender time.
fuselages have a time life like under carrage, ie a point in time or cycles were it can not exceed, unlike other items such as idg which are on condition, ie they break they get replaced

and for those interesetd there is an in between called condition monitoring which studeis the condition and removes the item befroe total failure as this would be cheaper to over haul eg tyres engines

Originally Posted by ivery819

JDNSW quote:
"Tests and sniffer dogs are said to have shown no evidence of explosives or residues anywhere on the aircraft."

There was a quickly gagged report that this was conducted by "a United States of America agency" and that both Australian agencies and Qantas were denied access to the plane during the process. ( a delay of some 12 hours. )

mmmmmm!!!!

"Blyth told a news conference Sunday that tests for bomb residue were negative and that Philippine officials had bomb-sniffing dogs go through the hold, finding no indication of explosives."

The aircraft was quarantined until Australian investigators arrived as required under international aviation agreements. I have seen no suggestions that Australian investigators were not allowed access as soon as they arrived. Quite properly, Qantas staff, Boeing staff etc as well as FAA would not have been allowed access prior to this. I would be quite surprised if the Phillippines did not follow the letter of the agreements (now if it had been a PIA flight.....)

John