Qantas 5 engines

On Monday night the QANTAS flight to Sydney had an engine blow up about an hour after taking off from KSFO. The B747 returned safely to San Francisco, flying with 3 engines operating.

On Wednesday the QANTAS flight arrived carrying a replacement engine under the port wing.

The B747 which ferried the new engine to SFO from Sydney was towed to the Superbay.

It took only a couple of hours for mechanics to remove the engine from the ferry aircraft for installation on the plane from Monday's flight.

(It was a hot day at SFO as you can see from the heat haze in the above photo.)

The ferry B747 is ready to go back to the gate to prepare for Wednesday's flight back to Sydney.

Comings and goings

United A319 coming in on Bravo.
United B737-500 going out on Alpha.

Virgin America is seemingly being chased out of town by Southwest.
N625VA departed RY01R and will make a right turn to the Northeast, headed for the East Coast. The Southwest jet (N703SW) will make a left turn to the Northwest off RY01L, headed south. Its always pretty complicated at SFO...

Coming and going:
A B767 inbound on taxiway Bravo while a B757 is outbound on taxiway Alpha.

Wanting to go....
A long lineup of jetliners wait for their turn to depart on a windy day at KSFO.

Waiting...
N301UA was United's first B737-300. This workhorse 737 started service in 1987.
Here they are waiting on the ramp for a gate to open on April 17, 2008.

Feb. 14, 2008
With strong winds out of the North the arrivals had to land on runways 1 on Valentines Day morning. United's N118UA, a Boeing 747-422 makes a perfect landing on Runway 1 Right after a long flight from the Far East.