Initial investigations have determined that water in a generator control unit led to the loss of electrical power on a Qantas Airways Boeing 747-400 earlier this week.

The Oneworld alliance carrier says in a statement that “the incident was triggered by water entering the generator control unit which caused loss of power. The aircraft had automatically reverted to standby power”. It does not elaborate.

Qantas confirmed basic details of the 7 January incident earlier today, saying it involved a 747-400 carrying 344 passengers which lost electrical power while on descent into the Thai capital Bangkok, but it gave few details.

It says now

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 at 11:00 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.