Guest guest Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 > Hi Glad to have you back! I too have been worried since I read about the accident, I am due to take a flight to San Francisco on the 18th of Aug and I wonder whether it will affect the airlines decision of supplying o2 to passengers like me, I will soon know I guess.Wonder what caused such and accident. > > G'day you lot.I hope our Air Family is Hunky Dory, Happy as Larry & > generally in Good Form! I've been at a 3 day Writer's Festival. Learning, > laughing & gas-bagging! > > After that we had a lovely young man from Essex in England come to stay for > a few days so I've been acting as 'Mum' & Tour Guide.OMG I had 2 teenage > daughters I had NO IDEA that 18 year old young men need THAT much food! You > can add COOKING to that li'l list! > > Have you all heard about the QANTAS jet that had an in-flight explosion > emergency caused by an Oxygen bottle, only last week? The plane was safely > landed in Hong Kong with no injuries. It seems to be one of the bottles used > to supply the emergency O2 that drop down automatically when the pressure > in the Cabin drops. Some people didn't get O2 when the Cabin Pressure went > whoopy! They must have been connected to the bottle that exploded. > > The thing to watch out for is the reaction from the Airline Industry as a > whole. Will it affect their Policies re allowing passengers to have > Supplemental O2 supplies on board? In Australia we use O2 supplied by the > Airlines for Overseas Travel but Domestically we can bring onboard O2 from > listed Suppliers. > > That story could have been a full blown disaster if it had been a bottle in > a slightly different position in the Cabin. As it was, the news report > today, says it blew a hole OUT through the plane near the wing, blew off a > handle on the Emergency Exit Door & a hole in the Cabin Roof! Amazingly it > didn't actually hit a passenger or crew. It came up through the floor just > under a Cabin Crew Landing Seat! > > AS far as I can tell from News reports this is the first instance in > Aviation History of such a malfunction. My family have said I can travel on > planes fly myself from now on! Thanks Guys.oh yea of teensy weensy little > faith! > > > I'll keep you posted for developments! > > Cheers, > > > in Oz > > IPF: Fibrotic NSIP/UIP ?? > Reynauds' > May 2007 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Hiya Geeta, Yes, I did think about you & your upcoming air travel. It'll most likely mean that all the Airlines do a safety check on their O2 bottles. It seems the valve blew! Incredible to think that it could cause such potentially devastating damage. Fingers crossed for you having no trouble! Cheers, GIO> >> Hi > Glad to have you back! > I too have been worried since I read about the accident, I am due to > take a flight to San Francisco on the 18th of Aug and I wonder > whether it will affect the airlines decision of supplying o2 to > passengers like me, I will soon know I guess.Wonder what caused such > and accident.> > > > > > > > > > > G'day you lot.I hope our Air Family is Hunky Dory, Happy as Larry & > > generally in Good Form! I've been at a 3 day Writer's Festival. > Learning,> > laughing & gas-bagging! > > > > After that we had a lovely young man from Essex in England come to > stay for> > a few days so I've been acting as 'Mum' & Tour Guide.OMG I had 2 > teenage> > daughters I had NO IDEA that 18 year old young men need THAT much > food! You> > can add COOKING to that li'l list!> > > > Have you all heard about the QANTAS jet that had an in-flight > explosion> > emergency caused by an Oxygen bottle, only last week? The plane > was safely> > landed in Hong Kong with no injuries. It seems to be one of the > bottles used> > to supply the emergency O2 that drop down automatically when the > pressure> > in the Cabin drops. Some people didn't get O2 when the Cabin > Pressure went> > whoopy! They must have been connected to the bottle that exploded. > > > > The thing to watch out for is the reaction from the Airline > Industry as a> > whole. Will it affect their Policies re allowing passengers to have> > Supplemental O2 supplies on board? In Australia we use O2 supplied > by the> > Airlines for Overseas Travel but Domestically we can bring onboard > O2 from> > listed Suppliers.> > > > That story could have been a full blown disaster if it had been a > bottle in> > a slightly different position in the Cabin. As it was, the news > report> > today, says it blew a hole OUT through the plane near the wing, > blew off a> > handle on the Emergency Exit Door & a hole in the Cabin Roof! > Amazingly it> > didn't actually hit a passenger or crew. It came up through the > floor just> > under a Cabin Crew Landing Seat! > > > > AS far as I can tell from News reports this is the first instance > in> > Aviation History of such a malfunction. My family have said I can > travel on> > planes fly myself from now on! Thanks Guys.oh yea of teensy > weensy little> > faith!> > > > > > I'll keep you posted for developments!> > > > Cheers,> > > > > > in Oz > > > > IPF: Fibrotic NSIP/UIP ??> > Reynauds' > > May 2007> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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