XWB
in service - 11 years
Posts: 16,115
|
Post by XWB on Aug 16, 2013 16:02:27 GMT 1
Oh and thanks FabienA380 for checking the list. See that's why it's good to have a pair of extra eyes
|
|
XWB
in service - 11 years
Posts: 16,115
|
Post by XWB on Aug 16, 2013 16:04:22 GMT 1
|
|
|
Post by peter on Aug 16, 2013 16:10:12 GMT 1
Correct, I already updated the sheet. It's only 2 days away. Ok, in this case I will keep an eye on it (but only one)
|
|
XWB
in service - 11 years
Posts: 16,115
|
Post by XWB on Aug 16, 2013 16:16:58 GMT 1
|
|
|
Post by FabienA380 on Aug 16, 2013 16:17:41 GMT 1
Wao, already??..... It's been only 5 weeks since it had been reported to be in MNL ( a380.boards.net/post/9040 ), probably then it was already there since a couple of weeks...... do we know then if OQD was replaced there by another frame, QF or other?... (though VH-OQD do not appear at www.theqantassource.com/ .......yet...... ) EDIT: actually www.theqantassource.com/ says that OQD arrived at MNL for the repairs, on the day you posted the twit....... that would mean a 5-week repair?!... Fabien
|
|
XWB
in service - 11 years
Posts: 16,115
|
Post by XWB on Aug 16, 2013 16:21:34 GMT 1
My guess is that VH-OQD was already in MNL. Unfortunately, we can't see the flight history anymore.
Hm ok, Airbus said they could speed up the repairs but 5 weeks sounds still very quick IMO.
|
|
|
Post by FabienA380 on Aug 16, 2013 16:25:38 GMT 1
Especially that it's the first QF to be repaired,... Fabien
|
|
|
Post by FabienA380 on Aug 16, 2013 16:32:54 GMT 1
Merci XWB!! The statement of 120 aircraft by Airbus then was made a long time ago, just early this year, so either they did not count a frame that was delivered previously to that date, either they anticipated the repair of a frame before delivery, and which did not happen... In the first case, I would maybe imagine MSN108 that spent so much extra-time at TLS (EDIT: 15 weeks!!), maybe helped for the process certification, and was permanently repaired then there, and was just waiting for the permanent fix to be certified, to be declared 'fixed'. Otherwise for the second scenario and as you mentionned, it could have been one of the EK frames delivered this year that was originally planned to be fixed before delivery, but which for some reason did not happen. I guess maybe it could be MSN113 or MSN116, as they were originally planned for delivery in Feb and Mar this year, but were so much delayed that EK preferred to take them unrepaired. Fabien
|
|
|
Post by peter on Aug 16, 2013 16:33:14 GMT 1
Especially that it's the first QF to be repaired,... Fabien Does not realy matter, if the people doing the job have previous practice, albeit maybe somewhere else.
|
|
XWB
in service - 11 years
Posts: 16,115
|
Post by XWB on Aug 16, 2013 16:34:31 GMT 1
I agree. And in aviation, plans could always change in the last minute
|
|