ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356713
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| Date: | Sunday 15 October 2023 |
| Time: | 16:15 UTC |
| Type: |  Airbus A380-842 |
| Owner/operator: | Qantas |
| Registration: | VH-OQD |
| MSN: | 026 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 972-84 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | 67.2 NM 84.7 degrees from Balgo Hill Aerodrome, NT -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Singapore-Changi International Airport (SIN/WSSS) |
| Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Qantas flight QF2 was en route when a bag of linen serviettes caught fire on the galley floor. The crew extinguished the fire. The engineering inspection revealed a heating floor panel in the galley overheated and the floor covering subsequently burnt resulting in the fire.
Sources:
ATSB
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vh-oqd#3271c2d3
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 July 2014 | VH-OQD | Qantas | 0 | near Los Angeles, CA |  |
unk |
| 16 May 2016 | VH-OQD | Qantas | 0 | 1500 km WSW of Dallas, TX, USA |  |
non |
| Litium battery thermal event | ||||||
| 27 October 2018 | VH-OQD | Qantas | 0 | between Sydney and Los Angeles | |
non |
| Litium battery thermal event | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2024 10:06 | ASN | Added |
| 13-Mar-2024 12:58 | ASN | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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