Simviation Forum - Qantas A380 has engine explode after takekoff/Lands safely

Nov 4^th, 2010 at 8:38am

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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101104/D9J99GTG0.html

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Reply #1 - Nov 4^th, 2010 at 10:56am

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Good grief, Reuters was originally reporting that "A Singapore-bound Qantas jet crashes after explosion inflight." Media sensationalism at its best. Roll Eyes

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Reply #2 - Nov 4^th, 2010 at 6:32pm

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Sounds like what happened to UAL232 to me.

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Reply #3 - Nov 4^th, 2010 at 7:40pm

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I was going to pass comment on this story, but I really cant be bothered. Sensationalist ignorance. Sometimes it can be a real drag working in an industry that the media does its best to shoot down at every turn, but after all good news never sells. I have been working on aircraft for the last 24 years. I have seen it, done it and done it all again, but my mother in law is still the most knowledgeable person on the planet when it comes to aircraft and aircraft safety Roll Eyes

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Reply #4 - Nov 4^th, 2010 at 9:29pm

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Pilot was as cold as ice when explaining the situation to the passengers..... Good job!

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Reply #5 - Nov 4^th, 2010 at 9:47pm

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expat wrote on Nov 4^th, 2010 at 7:40pm:

I was going to pass comment on this story, but I really cant be bothered. Sensationalist ignorance. Sometimes it can be a real drag working in an industry that the media does its best to shoot down at every turn, but after all good news never sells. I have been working on aircraft for the last 24 years. I have seen it, done it and done it all again, but my mother in law is still the most knowledgeable person on the planet when it comes to aircraft and aircraft safety Roll Eyes

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Posted mostly because its the A380.
Its a big mama, but mostly because its new.
Quantas has grounded all their 380's while this is investigated.
Such things can start a bad rep about a plane.

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Reply #6 - Nov 4^th, 2010 at 10:00pm

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A380 is and always will be my favorite commercial plane out there. Good to know Qantas grounded all A380's and good on the captain with a calm message Cool

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Reply #7 - Nov 5^th, 2010 at 7:19am

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The new just said it was most likely faulty material that cause the incident. Just like UAL232... Roll Eyes

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Reply #8 - Nov 5^th, 2010 at 7:47am

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Quote:

expat wrote on Nov 4^th, 2010 at 7:40pm:

I was going to pass comment on this story, but I really cant be bothered. Sensationalist ignorance. Sometimes it can be a real drag working in an industry that the media does its best to shoot down at every turn, but after all good news never sells. I have been working on aircraft for the last 24 years. I have seen it, done it and done it all again, but my mother in law is still the most knowledgeable person on the planet when it comes to aircraft and aircraft safety Roll Eyes

Preserve me from people who are armed with just enough information to be stupid and still not realise Undecided

Matt

Posted mostly because its the A380.
Its a big mama, but mostly because its new.
Quantas has grounded all their 380's while this is investigated.
Such things can start a bad rep about a plane.

My post was not aimed in any way at what you had posted. It was a general remark about the press coverage and of the instant expert that lives around the corner to me. I was going to post the story myself earlier in the day, but after reading all the news stories, I really could not be bothered. I had spend most to the day trying to convince my mother in law that the aircraft was not seconds from crashing etc etc. It is significant only due to the aircraft that it is. Had it been a 747, then it would not really have been that news worthy. I mean, did anyone know that an ATR72 crashed in Cuba yesterday killing all on board and another aircraft went down just short of the runway in Karachi, also all dead.

Matt

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Reply #9 - Nov 5^th, 2010 at 8:20am

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expat wrote on Nov 5^th, 2010 at 7:47am:

Quote:

expat wrote on Nov 4^th, 2010 at 7:40pm:

I was going to pass comment on this story, but I really cant be bothered. Sensationalist ignorance. Sometimes it can be a real drag working in an industry that the media does its best to shoot down at every turn, but after all good news never sells. I have been working on aircraft for the last 24 years. I have seen it, done it and done it all again, but my mother in law is still the most knowledgeable person on the planet when it comes to aircraft and aircraft safety Roll Eyes

Preserve me from people who are armed with just enough information to be stupid and still not realise Undecided

Matt

Posted mostly because its the A380.
Its a big mama, but mostly because its new.
Quantas has grounded all their 380's while this is investigated.
Such things can start a bad rep about a plane.

My post was not aimed in any way at what you had posted. It was a general remark about the press coverage and of the instant expert that lives around the corner to me. I was going to post the story myself earlier in the day, but after reading all the news stories, I really could not be bothered. I had spend most to the day trying to convince my mother in law that the aircraft was not seconds from crashing etc etc. It is significant only due to the aircraft that it is. Had it been a 747, then it would not really have been that news worthy. I mean, did anyone know that an ATR72 crashed in Cuba yesterday killing all on board and another aircraft went down just short of the runway in Karachi, also all dead.

Matt

I saw a story on the one in Cuba, not Karachi, tho.

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Reply #10 - Nov 5^th, 2010 at 8:20am

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expat wrote on Nov 5^th, 2010 at 7:47am:

Quote:

expat wrote on Nov 4^th, 2010 at 7:40pm:

I was going to pass comment on this story, but I really cant be bothered. Sensationalist ignorance. Sometimes it can be a real drag working in an industry that the media does its best to shoot down at every turn, but after all good news never sells. I have been working on aircraft for the last 24 years. I have seen it, done it and done it all again, but my mother in law is still the most knowledgeable person on the planet when it comes to aircraft and aircraft safety Roll Eyes

Preserve me from people who are armed with just enough information to be stupid and still not realise Undecided

Matt

Posted mostly because its the A380.
Its a big mama, but mostly because its new.
Quantas has grounded all their 380's while this is investigated.
Such things can start a bad rep about a plane.

My post was not aimed in any way at what you had posted. It was a general remark about the press coverage and of the instant expert that lives around the corner to me. I was going to post the story myself earlier in the day, but after reading all the news stories, I really could not be bothered. I had spend most to the day trying to convince my mother in law that the aircraft was not seconds from crashing etc etc. It is significant only due to the aircraft that it is. Had it been a 747, then it would not really have been that news worthy. I mean, did anyone know that an ATR72 crashed in Cuba yesterday killing all on board and another aircraft went down just short of the runway in Karachi, also all dead.

Matt

Cuba isn't even news here in Holland even though there were 3 Dutchmen onboard. The main media and air disasters are always quite incompetent...

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Reply #11 - Nov 5^th, 2010 at 9:26pm

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Wouldn't it be hilarious if this was the replacement jet? Grin

"Second Qantas jet returns to Singapore after engine trouble"

This probably wouldn't be in the news if it weren't for the earlier A380 engine failure, but I thought it was funny. Cheesy

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Reply #12 - Nov 5^th, 2010 at 10:57pm

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you guys should see the newspapers down here Shocked

like 'bringing home the stricken A380 safely to land' really it survived for another 2 hrs before it landed :|

its funny how they have blown the whole thing out of proportion.

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Reply #13 - Nov 5^th, 2010 at 11:05pm

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It is all because every media outlet is waiting to report the first A380 crash. There was so much speculation about what it would be like to have an aircraft with 600 people on board have an accident, long before it ever got off the drawing board.

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Reply #14 - Nov 6^th, 2010 at 4:30am

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Pet peeve of mine, when people spell Qantas with a 'u'. Title changed. Grin

As you can imagine the media are having a field day over here with these latest mishaps. I think because Qantas is Australia's national airline they are monitored very closely and any incident will make for a media frenzy. Qantas has had an extremely bad run of luck lately, the last 4 years have seen its fair share of minor incidents. These haven't helped the airlines image when media jump all over it, passengers will be avoiding Qantas for fear of an engine falling off. Just ignore the fact that Qantas is one of the worlds safest airlines, not a single crash in its 90 year history. Pretty damn good considering its the second oldest airline still in continous operation. Roll Eyes

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