Dramatic footage captures Qantas plane tearing up Perth runway

Posted by twcau@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 36 comments

The main runway [03/21] at Perth Airport has been left out of action after an alarming incident in which part of it was torn up by a Qantas plane.

Video circulating online shows Qantas flight QF71 appearing to damage the runway as it took off for Singapore about 12.15pm on Sunday.

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twcau@reddit (OP)

Much clearer footage (original source): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlSFBpDqrO4

Fast forward to timecode 00:50.

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Howard_Cosine@reddit

I’ll have to take your word for it. I couldn’t see any tarmac flying up. On mobile though.

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rosie2490@reddit

I’m also on mobile. A huge swath of it took flight behind the aircraft itself. The big black thing.

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piercejay@reddit

Because it's a runway, not "tarmac"

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coneycolon@reddit

The aircraft didn't destroy the runway. The runway disintegrated due to normal usage.

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rocketshipkiwi@reddit

Definitely not normal for a newly laid runway to disintegrate like that.

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thesuperunknown@reddit

That’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.

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turdburglar2020@reddit

It’s ok though - the runway got blown outside of the environment.

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ExZowieAgent@reddit

Into another environment?

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haventkilledamanyet@reddit

no, it was towed beyond the environment, it’s not in the environment

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cyberentomology@reddit

Must have used cardboard derivatives.

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poemdirection@reddit

Disagree, the way that dirt shot up he was definitely heavy on the clutch.

He was Granny shiftin' not double clutchin' like he should. He's lucky that hundred shot of NOS didn't blow the welds on the intake!

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DCS_Sport@reddit

Now me and the mad scientist have to tear apart the engine block to replace the piston rings they fried!

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DidgeridooPlayer@reddit

You can have any beer that you want, as long as it’s a [s]Corona[/s] Fosters.

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ArcticBiologist@reddit

Danger to Manifold!

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latrans8@reddit

Exactly

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Illustrious-Book4463@reddit

Pretty shoddy maintenance on that runway

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Doopie5@reddit

Being a quantas pilot must be stressful imagine being the first one to cause an accident in its entire accident free history

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hat_eater@reddit

What's with the hyperbole? This is not an infrequent occurence at all.

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rocketshipkiwi@reddit

Can you give us some other examples of runways failing like that?

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hat_eater@reddit

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=jet+blast+causing+runway+surface+damage

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rocketshipkiwi@reddit

J.P. Tristani, an Aviation Consultant with more than 43 years in military and commercial aviation and more than 30,000 hours of flying time, sees this runway emergency as very rare.

So your description of it being “not infrequent” isn’t correct then?

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hat_eater@reddit

I suppose so. I just I saw such films several times recently, but considering the way unusual events are amplified in social media, I should have had checked.

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SecureThruObscure@reddit

Babies are born all the time but why are these new parents so dramatic about it?!

The obgyn who’s done this a thousand times confused why others are interested in something that happens rarely for them.

Even for folks in general aviation, who are a bit more exposed to planes than just anyone, this is something of a novelty.

It’s not really hyperbole to call it dramatic, I think.

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alsotheabyss@reddit

I mean, it’s Perth. This is the most exciting thing to happen there in about 12 years.

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Grolschisgood@reddit

Might not be infrequent, but the video was pretty cool!

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twcau@reddit (OP)

shrug The article was written by someone who doesn’t fully understand what happened, frequency of occurrence, or didn’t care to understand.

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twcau@reddit (OP)

It’s like some people are intentionally ignorant.

Most reddit subs i’m on don’t allow or permit you to editorialise the title of links posted.

That was the title the article used, doesn’t mean I agree with its characterisation.

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