{"id":272,"date":"2026-06-10T12:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/?p=272"},"modified":"2026-06-10T12:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:35:04","slug":"the-whos-ewes-in-the-annals-of-bali-aviation-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/?p=272","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cWho\u2019s Ewes\u201d in the \u201cAnnals\u201d of Bali Aviation History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the most celebrated tales from the \u201cannals\u201d of Bali Aviation sometimes falls victim to malapropism in the retelling as the \u201canals (sic)\u201d<\/em> of a Singapore Airlines<\/em> near-emergency that occurred over Bali in 2015<\/p>\n

\u200bPerhaps it’s time to \u201cclear the air<\/em>\u201d and retell the true story of an incident that took place on 27 October 2015, when a Singapore Airlines (SIA) <\/em>747 cargo aircraft (9V-SFI), operating as SQ 7108,<\/em> was forced to make an emergency landing at Bali\u2019s Ngurah Rai International Airport.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u200bAs recounted by Kompas.com and the respected publication The Aviation Herald<\/em>, the SIA Boeing 747-400 <\/em>cargo jet carrying 2,186 live sheep from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur was flying at 32,000 feet over Indonesian airspace 400 nautical miles south of Bali when the alarms in the plane’s cockpit sounded, warning of smoke and a possible fire in the B747\u2019s cargo hold.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u200bA potential fire on board warranted the urgent attention of the plane\u2019s four crew members, who were determined to safely deliver the 2,2186 four-legged sheep \u201csafely grazing\u201d<\/em> on the cargo deck to their appointed destination.<\/p>\n

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\u200bFollowing established safety procedures, the flight crew quickly descended to 25,000 feet, where they assessed their predicament and decided to divert to the nearest airport at Bali\u2019s Ngurah Rai International Airport <\/em>capable of accommodating an emergency landing of a fully-loaded Boeing-747 aircraft.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u200bSome 45 minutes later, SIA 7108<\/em> landed safely in Bali, with the local fire brigade on emergency standby to deal with a suspected fire in the plane’s cargo hold.<\/p>\n

\u200bFortunately, emergency teams found no fire on board the aircraft, and the large flock of Australian sheep was safe and sound.<\/p>\n

\u200bThe cause of the \u201cfalse alarm\u201d?<\/em> Apparently, a buildup of sheep manure, animal flatulence, and the resulting methane and natural heat triggered automated fire alarms.<\/p>\n

\u200bSIA management was quick to explain that safety alarms triggered by natural gases on flights carrying livestock may be rare but are not unusual.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

\u200b2.5 hours after making an emergency landing in Bali and allowing natural ventilation of the aircraft to alleviate gas and heat build-up, SQ 7108<\/em> continued on its way, successfully shepherding its flock of 2,2186 sheep to Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n

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One of the most celebrated tales from the \u201cannals\u201d of Bali Aviation sometimes falls victim to malapropism in the retelling as the \u201canals (sic)\u201d of a Singapore Airlines near-emergency that occurred over Bali in 2015 \u200bPerhaps it’s time to \u201cclear the air\u201d and retell the true story of an incident that took place on 27 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}