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Is this another sign?

Thought I'd file this one in O&O for future reference, so first a re-hash courtesy the Search For IP thread:

Q/ Will the ATSB now be investigating?

From the AAP courtesy SBS two days ago:

8 Aug 2016 - 5:57am
Jetstar Qld flight forced to land in Guam

P2 comment: Teagan with all due respect would you rather risk having to swim the rest of the way to the Gold Coast? - UDB

This line...

 "..The Australian Transport Safety Bureau says it's gathering more information on the unplanned landing but is yet to decide if it will investigate.."

Well after just reviewing the ATSB aviation investigation page - see HERE - it would appear that the ATSB is still pondering whether they will investigate??

Maybe Hoody is temporarily distracted with his teams, frankly shambolic, recent PR management of the MH370 SIO search, however after reading Binger's article (in the Oz today) on the Jetstar Guam occurrence, I think he made need to seriously consider opening an investigation:

Fault in new engine sets off Jetstar Guam emergency

Jetstar passengers arrive home from Guam yesterday. Picture: Regi Varghese

• Mitchell Bingemann
  
• The Australian
  
• 12:00AM August 9, 2016
  

Well...ho hum.. ..5 days later, with some subtle pressure from Binger at the Oz , finally the ATSB 'powers to be' decide to investigate... :

Aviation safety investigations & reports

Investigation title

Engine shut down involving Boeing 787, VH-VKK, about 370 km N of Guam, on 7 August 2016
 
Investigation number: AO-2016-095
Investigation status: Active
 

• Summary
  

The ATSB is investigating an engine shut down involving a Jetstar Airways Boeing 787, registered VH-VKK, about 370 km north of Guam, on 7 August 2016.

During cruise, the crew received low oil quantity and pressure warnings from the right engine. The engine was shut down and the crew diverted the aircraft to Guam. There were no injuries and the aircraft was not damaged.

As part of the investigation, the ATSB will interview the crew and gather additional information.

A report will be released within several months.
 
General details

General detailsDate: 07 Aug 2016
 
Investigation status: Active
 
Time: 01:00 EST
 
Investigation type: Occurrence Investigation
 
Location   (show map): Guam International Airport, N 370 km
 
Occurrence type: Engine failure or malfunction
 
State: International
 
Occurrence class: Infrastructure
 
Occurrence category: Incident
 
Report status: Pending
 
Highest injury level: None
 
Expected completion: Dec 2016 
 
Aircraft details

Aircraft manufacturer: The Boeing Company
 
Aircraft model: 787-8
 
Aircraft registration: VH-VKK
 
Serial number: 36237
 
Type of operation: Air Transport High Capacity
 
Sector: Jet
 
Damage to aircraft: Nil 
 
 


Last update 12 August 2016

   
And of course this development did not go unnoticed by Binger via the Oz... :

Jetstar probed over engine shutdown

Jetstar aircraft seen at Sydney International Airport, Sydney, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016.

• Mitchell Bingemann
  
• The Australian
  
• 6:11PM August 12, 2016
  

Reporter
Sydney
@Mitch_Hell
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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has opened an investigation into why a Jetstar flight from Tokyo to the Gold Coast was forced to shut down one of its two engines midflight and divert to the Pacific Island of Guam.

Flight JQ12 — a one-year-old Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner — was bound for the Gold Coast from Narita, Japan, with about 320 people on board when it was forced to divert to the US island territory last Sunday because of a suspected oil pressure problem with one of its General Electric-manufactured GEnx engines.

“During cruise, the crew received low oil quantity and pressure warnings from the right engine. The engine was shut down and the crew diverted the aircraft to Guam. There were no injuries and the aircraft was not damaged,” the ATSB said.

“As part of the investigation, the ATSB will interview the crew and gather additional information.”

The Jetstar Dreamliner remains grounded in Guam where it is being looked over by GE and the airline’s engineers.

“As the aircraft is in Guam it has presented a few challenges with getting the aircraft quickly back in operation,” said a Jetstar spokesman.

“Our engineers will be fitting another engine to the aircraft over the next few days and we expect the aircraft to depart Guam mid-next week.”

The opening of the official investigation comes after The Australian revealed the faulty engine was only three months old.

It had been fitted to the plane three months ago to replace a nine-month-old version of the same model in need of repair.

An investigation by The Australian found 22 incidents of in-flight engine failures with the General Electric-manufactured GEnx engine dating back to 2013, not long after the Boeing Dreamliner aircraft first took to the skies for commercial operations.

The incidences have affected international airlines including Jetstar, Air India, Qatar Airlines, Japan Airlines, Air Canada and United Airlines.

General Electric has defended the GEnx engine — used on about 270 Dreamliners and which has totalled close to four million flight hours — saying it has displayed “outstanding ­reliability” since being in service.

OK so ATSB 'team Hoody' reckon they can get this one done & dusted by December (this year)  ?? Hmm..we'll see -


MTF...P2

Ps Choc frog for Binger