Where is qantas damaged a380

First of all i must congratulate the crew of the Qantas plane for getting the plane back on the ground safely, one assumes it is all in a days work, but that was an exceptional incident and was not a normal days work.

I always wonder why the passengers were not deplaned at an earlier time then what they were, if i was in the plane i would want to get out as quickly as possible, especially as i think there was a high risk of fire. In my ignorance i would have deplaned the passengers as soon as it came to a stop on the opposite side of the damaged area, That is what they did at the incident in the USA where the female passenger was almost sucked out of the plane, The plane landed and as soon as it stopped they deplaned the passengers using the emergency shoots so i am a bit confused as to the different procedures over these two incidents.

Wayne — as noted in the story ; one engine could NOT be shut down; fuel was leaking from the damaged wing cells etc. At the time it was decided by those in charge — it was safer for the passengers to remain on-board, until some of these problems could be sorted.

Wayne , combustible aviation fuel was still leaking and flooding tarmac areas. Whatever happened to the damaged wing sections? Part of Australian aviation history now.

Would be great to have them in a museum. Excellent work by the manufacturer, the airline, the flight crews, and all the technical teams involved in the repair, and subsequent tests, culminating with bringing back this awesome aircraft into service. This is the kind of combined effort which produces this remarkable result, and gives the flying public total confidence in the professionalism found in the commercial aviation industry.

This just proves that we all can rely on Qantas to get us to where we want to go safely. Well done Qantas. You have had me as a customer for my entire life and I never intend to change that. And it has 4 engines. Great article. Waiting for the print version of your fine new version of the mag. Does anyone remember the Boeing assisted repairs to a B involved in a takeoff collision at Sydney? Wayne Easy to critique at your keyboard. Job well done by the crew. The Qantas crew on the actual flight were remarkable having spoken to a passenger who was on that flight.

I look forward to flying on her one day. Never let the accountants change that. If ever there was an aircraft that was really going to be safe, I knew it would be Nancy-Bird after all that meticulous work. To add to the experience, there was Richard De Crespigny leading his crew into action at Dubai for the final leg and he was very quick to point out into the flight that he had a special relationship with this aircraft most on the flight would not have known what he was talking about and that she was as tough and strong as old boots my words.

To top it all off, the air bridge at LHR failed to engage and Captain De Crespigny came down to great us at the door as we finally emerged after an extended delay.

He has no doubt been congratulated and patted on the back thousands of times for the heroic work that day including his crew of course also, but it was my turn next in line to offer my humble congratulations, small words indeed. Great to be Qantas! Absolutelyamazing feat of accomplishment — of engineering, collaboration, project management.

I am so proud of Qantas! I will continue tofly the A whenever I can, especially after reading this superb article of an over-engineered plane. I flew the A upstairs from Doha to Sydney only 10 days ago, and love the aircraft!

I have a signed copy of Richards book. I have read it 6 times, over and over, an enthralling story. Get the book folks, its worth reading. Kudos to the flight crew for keeping their nerve — otherwise I would have grown up without a father. Vh-tja comments made me read the full accident report. Given this taxi back down the runway accident happened before the Tenerife catastrophe it seems lessons did not get learnt to avoid that runway collision.

Thanks again Gerard for this insightful and full report. It shows the depth of teamwork required to design, build, certify, operate and repair the most complex machinery in high risk environments and deliver a level of service and safety that is unimaginable and the envy of other industries.

In the US in , one hospitalization has the same risk of accidental death as 70, one-hour commercial flights. After 4 hard years of work my next book on resilience comes out in September and providing culling the word count by half has not done too much damage, I hope it will show and give pride to the culture, systems, processes, people and human factors of the people who work in extraordinary teams to make aviation and other HROs safe.

We must not discount the essential need for intrepid leaders who make decisions most others fear, and who set the culture that permeates the entire business. Passengers would want and deserve nothing less. I wish to mention also the outstanding contribution of the entire cabin crew, the excellent CRM and communication between the pilots and the cabin crew, as well as the efforts of the cabin crew who cared for the passengers and performed their safety duties during the unfolding emergency and subsequent safe disembarkation of the passengers at Singapore Changi Airport.

This is no easy task either, particularly when you talk about an aircraft the size of the A, with two large cabins, twenty three cabin crew and about people on board. It is during moments like this that the thorough training, professionalism and skills of crew come to the forefront of everybodies thinking and actions. It reflects the great training and safety culture this Company has displayed, trained and practised throughout its entire operational life.

Qantas is just another airline. Would rather fly that other Australian flag carrier Virgin anyday. Always felt uncomfortable on the but never on that brute. Both the post mortem on the incident, death defying, has me deciding to Re-engage with QF as a lifetime gold client.

Also I do congratulate Both Airbus and Qantas, more for the companionship during repairs and rebuild, a lesson to us all in these troubled times, pull together, work together, that there were tears proves the reality of that old the fashioned work effort endures. Thank you. The inspection followed an airworthiness directive from the US Federal Aviation Administration FAA in October ordering airlines to check any s that had completed more than , takeoff and landing cycles. Earlier this week Qantas found one example of cracking on a aircraft that had completed less than 27, cycles.

Two more planes with cracks were found since. Any aircraft with more than 22, cycles was inspected, in line with advice from regulators. Qantas has 75 Boeing s in its fleet. To join the conversation, please log in. Don't have an account? Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout. The Australian airline Qantas has grounded its six-strong fleet of Airbus A airliners after one of the superjumbos made an emergency landing. Qantas flight QF32 experienced engine trouble shortly after taking off from Singapore on its way to Sydney.

One of the engines exploded with a bang, a passenger told the BBC, and debris was found on an island below. Singapore Airlines said its A flights would be delayed pending technical checks. Engine maker Rolls-Royce said it was in the process of checking the 20 A planes currently in service - with Qantas, Singapore and Lufthansa - that use its Trent engines.

It said "the safe operation of our products is our number one priority". The other 17 As in service - with Air France and Emirates - use another engine. There is no evidence that this is linked to the latest incident.

Qantas said flight QF32, with passengers and 26 crew on board, experienced an "engine issue" over western Indonesia shortly after taking off from Singapore at about GMT. And we're not going to take any risks with passenger safety - and as a precaution, we're suspending the flights of the A aircraft until we're comfortable that we understand the reasons for this.

No-one was injured during the incident, which ended at Singapore's Changi airport. Smoke billowed from the aircraft, which aviation experts say is capable of flying on two engines. One of the engines was blackened and its rear casing was missing.

A team of air crash investigators is being sent to Singapore from France, where Airbus is based, to assist in the investigation. I'm a little bit shaken up.