What happened on Qantas flight 32?
What happened on Qantas flight 32?
Qantas Flight 32 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from London to Sydney via Singapore. On 4 November 2010, the aircraft operating the route, an Airbus A380, suffered an uncontained failure in one of its four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines.
Is A380 still in production?
Airbus has officially confirmed the end of A380. Because of the lack of airline demand, the superjumbo production is to cease in 2021. The previous order, which included the A330-900 and the A350-900 was nowhere to be seen in Airbus’ Orders & Delivery data.
What happened to Qantas Flight 32?
Qantas Flight 32 was a Qantas scheduled passenger flight that suffered an uncontained engine failure on 4 November 2010 and made an emergency landing at Singapore Changi Airport. The failure was the first of its kind for the Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger aircraft. It marked the first aviation occurrence involving an Airbus A380.
What happened to the engine on Qantas A380?
The left inboard engine of the A380 showing the effects of the failure. On 4 November 2010, Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380 on a scheduled passenger service from London to Sydney via Singapore, suffered an uncontained failure in one of its four Trent 900 engines.
What is the QF32 report?
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released the final report of its investigation into the QF32 flight of 4 November 2010. Taking 966 days to produce, the 305 page QF32 report is the largest investigation the ATSB has ever conducted using resources from over 10 organisations spanning at least seven countries.
When did Lufthansa have engine problems?
In September 2009, an engine malfunctioned on a Singapore Airlines flight from Paris to Singapore, and a Tokyo-Frankfurt Lufthansa flight in August 2010 had engine trouble that resulted in one engine being shut down due to low oil pressure.
