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

Reply #15 - Nov 6^th, 2010 at 5:00am

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DaveSims wrote on Nov 5^th, 2010 at 11:05pm:

It is all because every media outlet is waiting to report the first A380 crash.

That is the be all and end all of the subject Roll Eyes

ApplePie wrote on Nov 5^th, 2010 at 9:26pm:

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

No what is funny (in that funny peculiar way), it is the same captain too. Captain Richard de Crespigny is rated on both aircraft and was flying this this one too. Maybe someone is telling him it is time to change vocation Grin

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Reply #16 - Nov 6^th, 2010 at 8:15am

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expat wrote on Nov 6^th, 2010 at 5:00am:

No what is funny (in that funny peculiar way), it is the same captain too. Captain Richard de Crespigny is rated on both aircraft and was flying this this one too. Maybe someone is telling him it is time to change vocation Grin

It's now being more accurately reported that Capt de Crespigny and his crew were travelling back to Oz as pax. No way would they have been allowed to operate back after the previous day's events (unless Qantas were a real cowboy outfit!).

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Reply #17 - Nov 6^th, 2010 at 9:01am

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C wrote on Nov 6^th, 2010 at 8:15am:

expat wrote on Nov 6^th, 2010 at 5:00am:

No what is funny (in that funny peculiar way), it is the same captain too. Captain Richard de Crespigny is rated on both aircraft and was flying this this one too. Maybe someone is telling him it is time to change vocation Grin

It's now being more accurately reported that Capt de Crespigny and his crew were travelling back to Oz as pax. No way would they have been allowed to operate back after the previous day's events (unless Qantas were a real cowboy outfit!).

I did wonder, but it was in the papers, so it must be true Grin

He is probably up to his armpits in paperwork Undecided

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Reply #18 - Nov 6^th, 2010 at 7:12pm

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expat wrote on Nov 6^th, 2010 at 9:01am:

I did wonder, but it was in the papers, so it must be true Grin

This was in yesterdays Telegraph as example of modern journalistic excellence:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/8109934/Injured-RAF-of...

"Senior Officer" is a rank in the RAF apparently? It's a sad day when a broadsheet no longer understands the difference between Officers and NCOs. Why would a perfectly sensible Sgt want to be tarred with the same brush as a Sqn Ldr! Grin

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Reply #19 - Nov 7^th, 2010 at 5:25am

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C wrote on Nov 6^th, 2010 at 7:12pm:

expat wrote on Nov 6^th, 2010 at 9:01am:

I did wonder, but it was in the papers, so it must be true Grin

This was in yesterdays Telegraph as example of modern journalistic excellence:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/8109934/Injured-RAF-of...

"Senior Officer" is a rank in the RAF apparently? It's a sad day when a broadsheet no longer understands the difference between Officers and NCOs. Why would a perfectly sensible Sgt want to be tarred with the same brush as a Sqn Ldr! Grin

Did you ever see the episode of MASH where Hawkeye wanted to take Radar into the officers mess. He gave Radar his captains bars and made him a Captain Corporal, a new rank being trialed Grin

The DT does drop some large ones on a regular basis nowadays Roll Eyes

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Reply #20 - Nov 7^th, 2010 at 5:48am

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expat wrote on Nov 7^th, 2010 at 5:25am:

Did you ever see the episode of MASH where Hawkeye wanted to take Radar into the officers mess. He gave Radar his captains bars and made him a Captain Corporal, a new rank being trialed Grin

The DT does drop some large ones on a regular basis nowadays Roll Eyes

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I'm more a fan of the film than the series! Wink

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Reply #21 - Nov 7^th, 2010 at 4:35pm

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Mitch. wrote on Nov 6^th, 2010 at 4:30am:

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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Reply #22 - Nov 8^th, 2010 at 3:41am

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Mitch. wrote on Nov 6^th, 2010 at 4:30am:

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

Oh yeah, right.
Sorry about that.

Not entirely true. They have had plenty of mishaps. Admittedly, the last passenger deaths where in the 1950's, but Qantas are well known in the aviation world for manipulating incidents to maintain the accident free image. This is done by splashing the cash. Even if an aircraft is written off by the insurance company as in the 747-400 that came to rest on a golf course after sliding off a runway at Bangkok's airport (The Australian Transport Safety Bureau criticised numerous inadequacies in Qantas' operational and training processes), Qantas had it rebuilt to maintain a no hull loss record. The accident recording at Qantas is a bit like a Ryanair ticket, you have the basic ticket price, but a lot of stuff tucked away just out of sight.

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Reply #23 - Nov 19^th, 2010 at 8:58am

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The plot thickens.
Qantas: 40 engines on A380s need to be replaced

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101118/D9JIHBFG0.html

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