Friday, November 12, 2010

Criminal Minimization of QF32 Drama

Captain R de Crespigny, Changi Airport
Today's news reports were speaking of “last weeks oil leak” re flight QF32

The reality was midair explosion no2 engine, case failure, lost control on no1 engine, fuel pouring out of wing tank. (engine shrapnel penetrating control lines and fuel system)

Imagine being in the QF32 hull on an outer runway area, Changi Airport, surrounded by fire trucks, the blown engine half missing, a 2nd engine refusing shutdown, fuel pouring onto the tarmac and someone sprouts “probably just an oil leak”

Why would the media/Qantas or any other authority minimize so radically?
Something to do with the stock market?
http://timezombie.blogspot.com/2010/11/money-market.html

The explosion of no2 engine was subsequently found to be a counterbore manufacturing error (off-center bore hole in an oil pipe) causing the pipe to fracture resulting in an oil fire subsequent to explosive release of the intermediate turbine disk.