A380 stuck on grass in changi airport

elektra SG

SIA's A380 plane gets stuck on grass verge at Changi Airports T3
Posted: 10 January 2008 2346 hrs

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SIA Airbus A380

SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines A380 plane accidentally ended on the grass verge off the tarmac at Changi Airport's new Terminal 3 on Thursday evening.

SIA said a truck which was being used to push back the SQ221 flight from Singapore to Sydney, experienced some failure.

This caused the truck to disconnect with the aircraft, which then came into contact with the grass verge.

The airline said the plane was not under its own power at the time.

The plane's 446 passengers are being disembarked so it can be positioned back onto the tarmac and inspected for any damage, before returning to service.

Arrangements are being made to enable as many passengers as possible to continue their journey to Sydney early Friday, using a Boeing 747-400 aircraft instead.

The aircraft involved in the incident was scheduled to depart at 8.30pm on Thursday.

Nobody was injured in the incident and SIA said it's too early to know what caused it.

However, it will investigate the incident and is filing reports with the relevant Singapore authorities. -CNA/vm

ceecookie SG

Cannot start engine and self-reverse ah? Laughing

Pitot SG

thanks for the correction. due to misleading info, previous thread has been deleted.

kopiosatu SG

you don't know how a gas turbine engine works?

Pitot SG

i wonder all those flying the suites one.. how sia.. price diff very big. Laughing

elektra SG

unfortunately the airplanes do not have a key to turn on the engine Laughing

there is an airtug to push back the airplane, then tow it forward slightly. then the airplane can start engine, and proceed itself to the runway.

caleb_chiang SG

what misleading information? Rolling Eyes

Pitot SG

the previous thread was started by me and had the incident happened at SYD instead of SIN.

kopiosatu SG

quoting myself in the previous topic "got refund?"

elektra SG

its okay... wah ur info quite fast also hor

Pitot SG

shld have in one way or another... Laughing

elektra SG

there goes my bonus for this yr =(

polarsnake SG

This seems like so ominous for the start of SIA flights from T3..

Hello Kitty SG

Another World First

Singapore Airlines now holds the record for the first Airbus A380 to be stuck on a grass verge. None were hurt, except for Singapore Airlines, who also suffered the ignominy of having this piece of news achieving most popular story on CNNs website yesterday, no thanks to the misleading headline.

For punters who buy 4D numbers of accident vehicles, the planes registration is 9V-SKA. Oh wait, thats not four digits.

Lessee Scheduled departure time of the flight SQ221 was 2040hrs. It was retimed to 0015hrs. The scheduled arrival in Sydney was 0715hrs, but the retimed arrival, 0850hrs.

OK, now go buy those numbers. You read it here first. Win first prize better thank me!

sbst275 SG

2nd A-380 was delivered ytd to SIA Laughing

Pitot SG

Found pic of the incident online.

http://images2.photomania.com/331737/1/radE88F5.jpg

Seems like she is back in service already. not much of an issue.

meanwhile, 9V SKB touched down this morning 0800hrs. Mr. Green

megatron SG

Hi HK,
SQ is not the only party who is "hurt" here. AIB & tug driver were affected as well .

leewan SG

It's possible for a turbofan to start and reverse out of the gate using thrust reversers although it's strongly not recommended bcos of possible engine damage and ground damage. Anyway, a380 only has 2 thrust reversers.
From wat i heard, the hydraulics on the airtug failed cosing loss of braking and steering power.

Meia Gisborn SG

For expediency at most US airports, engine startup is initiated while the aircraft is being pushed back. This allows the taxi to commence once the towbar is disconnected.

Sometimes a tug isn't even needed: under certain conditions, Northwest's DC9s are allowed to "power back" from the gate using reverse thrust. I've been on a few domestic flights where this has happened.

Meia Gisborn SG

Thus far, I've only seen the DC-9/MD-8X series perform powerbacks from the gate. A good friend of mine who flies for NWA mentioned that this was permitted due to the high mounting location of the engines which reduces the possibility of debris being sucked into the engines when the thrust reverser buckets are deployed during the powerback.