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Friday, July 25, 2008

A Qantas flight from London to Australia made an emergency landing today in Manila after a hole opened in the Boeing 747-400's fuselage during flight. "One hour into the flight there was a big bang then the plane started going down," a passenger said. "There was wind swirling around the plane and some condensation."

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Bush's fault

Gremlin.

Batman?

Was McSame flying it?
Oh, it landed....

McCain's Fault!


Gremlins from the Kremlin?

www.youtube.com

Can I get you coffee, tea or.... OH SHIT!

Osama's I mean Obama's fault...

after a hole opened

Quick Danni, rush in to repair it with a giant dildo!

So the Bush economy is flying Quantas these days...

That this plane landed safely is a tribute to the fabulous, brilliant engineers at Boeing. Way to go guys.

This just in, the transcript from the flight recorder,

Pilot; Umm houston, everything is going great and we are all happy and at peace with our...

Kapooooow!

Pilot: WTF was that?
Co-pilot: Sounded like a big noise.

Pilot to passengers: No need to be alarmed, one of our big noises just escaped. We're gonna be landing now, you may feel a little wind, and it appears to be raining inside the cockpit.

Obviously an attack by alquaidaroo.

"There was a hole big enough to fly a 747 through!" one of the passengers exclaimed after landing in Manila.

That this plane landed safely is a tribute to the fabulous, brilliant engineers at Boeing. Way to go guys.

Posted by nutcase at 2008-07-25 02:40 PM |

em, would they not also be somehow partially responsible for the BIG FUCKING GAPPING HOLE as well?! Heckofajob!

em, would they not also be somehow partially responsible for the BIG FUCKING GAPPING HOLE as well?!

We should know after the investigation is complete.

No wonder the article said some of the passengers vomited when the plane landed.
I just heard on the news the plane dropped thousands of feet before they were able to get it under control. I'd upchuck too if I didn't faint first.

Osama's I mean Obama's fault...

Posted by armyof1 a

Stupid Flag.


This just in, the transcript from the flight recorder,


Pilot; Umm houston, everything is going great and we are all happy and at peace with our...


Kapooooow!


Pilot: WTF was that?
Co-pilot: Sounded like a big noise.


Pilot to passengers: No need to be alarmed, one of our big noises just escaped. We're gonna be landing now, you may feel a little wind, and it appears to be raining inside the cockpit.

Posted by Lipzoidial at 2008-07-25 02:57 PM | Reply | Flag


Funny!

Out loud laughing funny!

rwd

I just heard on the news the plane dropped thousands of feet before they were able to get it under control. I'd upchuck too if I didn't faint first.

Chris, from what I understand, it's S.O.P. for a rapid descent when cabin pressure is lost. Got to get to air with O2 in it stat. That was intentional I believe. The pilots did a hell of a job getting this bird on the ground. Oh and I would have puked, crapped and pissed my pants, and then died of fright.

I did a quick google search and came upon this:
www.montereypeninsulaairport.c
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It will be interesting to find out if in fact the Boeing 747 suffered a flight breakup on the aft cargo door -- seems it's happened before with much deadlier consequences.

JohnnyLock

Chris, from what I understand, it's S.O.P. for a rapid descent when cabin pressure is lost. Got to get to air with O2 in it stat. That was intentional I believe.

Just read now the plane dropped 20,000 feet!
A faulty door blew off. Somebody better start some maintenance check-ups asap. Probably cheap crap metal from China used to make the doors. It didn't say if it was a cargo or passenger door. Maybe more news tomorrow. A good percentage of the airlines are now having their maintenance outsourced and done on the cheap. Airliners aren't an item where you want to pinch pennies on maintenance and repair.

The pilots did a hell of a job getting this bird on the ground.

Your right about the pilots doing a terrific job. It probably took all their strength to pull it out of a 20,000 foot dive as fast as the one they took. That's when they react on pure reflex and all their flight experience. I wonder if they were even able to put their oxygen masks on? The passengers weren't able to. Their oxygen masks were just left dangling from the roof of the plane. What a ride!

Um, airplane cruises at 30,000ft so needed to drop the 20,000ft to get below 10,000 for air. Above 10,000ft and altitude sicknesss.

Not aft cargo door since it is in front of the wings not behind and the fwd cargo door is about 20 ft forward of the leading edge bull nose.

The new -400s don't have the same problem the older -200s had with the cam roller locks.

The hole is where the water and waste tanks are for lavs also that is the junction for all the power feeder cables coming from the engines to power the systems.

thanks Moneywar.

Me talking about planes is like me talking about having a monthly. I know nothing about it.

what does it point to?

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