First Boeing 717 written-off?

[IberiaMD-87]

One Boeing 717 of QantasLink could be the first write-off because of a very hard landing at the end of a doemstic flight two days ago. I do not have much information regarding this incident. The fuselage of the aircraft was severely damaged but luckily no passenger and crew were injured.
Maybe a member of this forum is better informed and is able to provide more accurate facts.

Regards, IB M87

[Brenden S]

VH-NXE suffered a Hard landing up at Darwin. There is some pretty major damage however the damage is aft of the pressure bulkhead. Will be interesting to see if Qantas pays the money to get the aircraft fixed. (You can fix anything its just how much you want to spend.)

Borrow off crikey.com

Qantas Boeing 'wrinkled' in hard landing in Darwin
Ben Sandilands writes:



Qantas is in damage control this morning trying to hide a Qantaslink Boeing 717 that was so severely damaged in a hard landing at Darwin last Thursday that it may be a write-off.

No reports, no photos, no survivor interviews, indeed no recognition of any sort has appeared in the media for almost four days. No-one was injured in the "incident" that dared not show its face until an inquiry into it was officially listed on the air safety data base today.


The Australian Transport Safety Bureau says it is investigating the incident which happened in a jet configured with 115 seats and flown by National Jet under contract to Qantas.


The air safety investigator says on its website that "On final approach the aircraft entered an area of high sink and made a heavy landing. Wrinkling was later found in the aft fuselage. Damage: Substantial".


Hundreds of jets enter areas of high sink every day worldwide. And with rare exceptions, they don’t "wrinkle" or end up being rebuilt or scrapped.


ATSB investigations like these look clinically at pilot experience and the training and checking procedures of carriers, as well as factors flight crew are required to deal with, such as wind shear or degraded engine performance that might have affected this flight.


If the damage leads to a write-off it will be the first time this has happened to any passenger jet of size in Australia.


There were 11 Boeing 717s in the Qantaslink fleet.

[Alessandro]

Any chances it get fixed and sold to maintain Qantas record of no write offs?

[HalcyonDays]

Any chances it get fixed and sold to maintain Qantas record of no write offs?

It isn't a Qantas aircraft, it's a National Jet Systems aircraft operated on behalf of Qantas through the QantasLink network.

If it is a hull loss, however, it would be the first Australian commercial jet airliner written off.

[Uncle Jay]

High Sink Rates

yes it does happen remember Delta N726DA

[AJ]

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Darwin gets very interesting wind conditions, particularly on Runway 11. There is no ILS on that runway and as the sea breeze picks up a tailwind component can kick in a 100' then drop out again suddenly at 30'. Coupled with a massive hump in the runway at the touchdown zone it can be very tricky.

[AJ]

DUSTIN Hoffman's Rain Man can rest easy: Qantas will not have to write off a Boeing 717 involved in a heavy landing in Darwin last week.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23214051-23349,00.html

[Brenden S]

I am hoping to be sent up there...... Will be very interesting to see how long it will take.