Qantas B744 near Bangkok on Jan 25th 2011, engine consumed too much fuel
Last Update: December 19, 2012 / 12:09:18 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 25, 2011
Classification
Incident
Airline
Qantas
Flight number
QF-2
Departure
Bangkok, Thailand
Destination
Sydney, Australia
Aircraft Registration
VH-OJT
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
Qantas said, one of the engines began consuming fuel more quickly than normal. A replacement engine has been dispatched to Bangkok, no replacement aircraft is available in Bangkok. The passengers were taken to hotels, those needing to reach Sydney urgently are being rebooked onto other airlines depending availability.
The incident engine was diagnosed with a high speed gear box bearing failure, the gear box was replaced and the engine returned to service on Boeing 747-400 VH-OJH and was involved in an engine failure on May 9th 2011, see Incident: Qantas B744 near Singapore on May 9th 2011, engine shut down in flight.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 25, 2011
Classification
Incident
Airline
Qantas
Flight number
QF-2
Departure
Bangkok, Thailand
Destination
Sydney, Australia
Aircraft Registration
VH-OJT
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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