Fuel tank temp

[Guest Darren Masters]

Just noticed this on an ACARS message. Maybe they are monitoring this due to the BA incident?

 

ACARS mode: S Aircraft reg: VH-OJU [boeing B747-438]

 

Message label: H1 [Message to/from terminal] Block id: 9 Msg no: D36A

 

Flight id: QF0032 [London-Heathrow, UK-Sydney, Australia via Singapore, Changi, Singapore] [Qantas]

 

Message content:-

 

#2UBFTE 2

 

VH-OJU QFA0032

 

0845 21DEC08 WSSS YSSY DC 585 167 148

 

FUEL TANK TEMP BELOW -15 DEG C FOR 0.62 HRS

 

COUNT 4 PERIOD 1

 

GMT FT PALT LAT LONG SAT TAT MAC DEN0808 -16 39936

 

 

[Uncle Chop Chop]

Why would they warry about the Fuel Tank Temp?

 

 

[Guest Darren Masters]

Why would they warry about the Fuel Tank Temp?

With the BA incident the fuel was partly frozen as the temp of the fuel dropped. This caused the engines not to respond to the pilots increase in throttle (for obvious reasons).