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Old 11-03-2010, 11:47 PM  
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Originally Posted by epitome View Post
I bet the media wouldn't be making such a big deal about it if it wasn't the super giant A380 that everybody was betting against.

Both bird strikes (most likely cause) and flying with an engine down are common.

I'd be willing to bet we wouldn't even know about it if it were a 747.
Sure, the plane has something to do with it and the fact that Quantas has never had a crashed plane too. Both add to the hype. The engine failure would be no issue if it was just a simple shutdown but something exploded causing parts to fall off the plane. We'd here about that on a 747 too.
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