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DateDoc · 11-03-2010, 11:17 PM

Quantas has suspended all Airbus A380 flights after the issue with the plane leaving Singapore.

BJ · 11-03-2010, 11:18 PM

looked like a birdstrike, they should suspend all birds instead.

DateDoc · 11-03-2010, 11:19 PM

Not much info from Reuters other than an engine failure. Pictures are circulating that engine parts have been found on the ground. The plane did land safely and no one was hurt.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSDY4ME64420101104

DateDoc · 11-03-2010, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by BJ

looked like a birdstrike, they should suspend all birds instead.

Maybe - the engine broke apart though from the photos showing debris on the ground. The plane was about 25-30 miles out of Singapore too.

DateDoc · 11-03-2010, 11:20 PM

More info and photos here http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-1...ds-safely.html

BJ · 11-03-2010, 11:28 PM

from my old pilot days I remember that birds when migrating can fly up to 30,000 feet and they do serious damage to aircraft, large and small. heres one that happened on takeoff

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9KhZwsYtNDE

epitome · 11-03-2010, 11:35 PM

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.

DateDoc · 11-03-2010, 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BJ

from my old pilot days I remember that birds when migrating can fly up to 30,000 feet and they do serious damage to aircraft, large and small. heres one that happened on takeoff

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9KhZwsYtNDE

Agreed, just seems odd Quantas would ground other flights if it was a bird strike.

DateDoc · 11-03-2010, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by epitome

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.

epitome · 11-03-2010, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DateDoc

Agreed, just seems odd Quantas would ground other flights if it was a bird strike.

I think everybody still thinks these planes are impossible and this must be a sign of a bigger problem. Damn this story is getting a lot of traction.

I have not seen one in person, but the sheer size of the A380 that is evident in photos and video is unbelievable. The Saudi's or whoever bought one to modify it to a private jet have a flying palace with something like 9k square feet of living space.

DateDoc · 11-03-2010, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by epitome

I think everybody still thinks these planes are impossible and this must be a sign of a bigger problem. Damn this story is getting a lot of traction.

I have not seen one in person, but the sheer size of the A380 that is evident in photos and video is unbelievable. The Saudi's or whoever bought one to modify it to a private jet have a flying palace with something like 9k square feet of living space.

It is indeed a flying behemoth.

DateDoc · 11-03-2010, 11:52 PM

DateDoc · 11-03-2010, 11:53 PM

Interesting tidbit - could it have been volcano debris in the air?

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Qantas had no immediate comment on whether the engine troubles were related to eruptions of Indonesia's Mount Merapi over the past 10 days.

Adam_M · 11-04-2010, 12:01 AM

Would be a wild ride for sure.

P.S Qantas not Quantas ;)

DateDoc · 11-04-2010, 12:04 AM

Apparently, the pilot was very confident in the plane's ability to fly as they flew for 2 hours dumping fuel before landing according to a passenger on board. Can't imagine it takes that long to dump fuel so not sure what else was going on there.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapc...rgency/?hpt=T2

Seth Manson · 11-04-2010, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by DateDoc

something exploded causing parts to fall off the plane.

Birds tend to explode when they hit the compressor of a turbine engine.

MrMaxwell · 11-04-2010, 12:43 AM

Well, at least from the looks of the picture, it wasn't a god damned fan disc
I can't remember what kind of plane that was
But a god damned tiny hairline crack looking imperfection caused the fucking plane to come down 25 odd years later on some airplane

Who knows i drink too much

Zorgman · 11-04-2010, 01:11 AM

I will catch the boat when I got to USA

I might even swim.

Calico Jack · 11-04-2010, 01:48 AM

You'd shit yourself if you were looking out the window and saw the engine go up in flames. Yikes!!!

Seth Manson · 11-04-2010, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by MrMaxwell

Well, at least from the looks of the picture, it wasn't a god damned fan disc
I can't remember what kind of plane that was
But a god damned tiny hairline crack looking imperfection caused the fucking plane to come down 25 odd years later on some airplane

Who knows i drink too much

United Airlines Flight 232 out of Sioux City on July 19, 1989. Aircraft was a DC-10, disc fan failure.

November 3, 1973 - National Airlines Flight 27, a DC-10-10 experienced an uncontained failure of the right (#3) engine. The cabin was penetrated by shrapnel from the engine and lost pressure. One passenger was killed.

June 13, 1996 ? Garuda Indonesia Flight 865, DC-10-30 PK-GIE had just taken off from Fukuoka Airport, Japan when a high-pressure blade from engine #3 separated. The aircraft was just a few feet above the runway and the pilot decided to abort the take-off. Consequently, the DC-10 skidded off the runway and came to a halt 1,600 ft (490 m) past it, having lost one of its engines and its landing gear.

March 26, 2009 - an Arrow Air DC-10 en route from Manaus, Brazil to Bogotá, Colombia sustained an engine failure during flight. Large pieces from the engine fell onto the town of Manaus damaging 12 houses, but causing no injuries. The aircraft managed to land safely in Colombia.

Toni · 11-04-2010, 05:04 AM

I always prefered Boeing much more, especially for long flights

DateDoc · 11-04-2010, 07:17 AM

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One passenger, Rosemary Hegardy, 60, of Sydney, told The Associated Press that she heard two bangs and saw yellow flames from her window.

"There was flames ? yellow flames came out, and debris came off. ... You could see black things shooting through the smoke, like bits of debris," she said.

Although it was nearly 90 minutes from the time of the explosion to the plane landing, there was no panic inside the aircraft, she said.

The captain addressed the passengers immediately by saying "'I'm sure you realize there's a problem. We have to find out what the problem is,'" she said. Shortly after that, the captain explained that an engine had failed and needed to dump fuel before landing.

Click image to see more photos of the emergency landing

"The crew were fantastic, really ? I am so amazed that everyone stayed calm," she said. "We were all sort of really shaken up, but what could you do?"

In another seat, Tyler Wooster watched as part of the skin of the wing peeled off, exposing foam and broken wires.

"My whole body just went to jelly and I didn't know what was going to happen as we were going down, if we were going to be OK," Wooster told Australia's Nine Network news.

Residents on the western Indonesian island of Batam, near Singapore, helped authorities pick up more than 100 pieces of debris scattered in 15 locations in Batam. The pieces, mostly small, torn metal but some the size of doors, were brought to police headquarters for the investigation.

The trouble with one of the plane's four engines happened 15 minutes after takeoff from Singapore at 9:56 a.m. The plane landed after one hour and 50 minutes.

"The shut down of the Qantas engine had no connection with Mount Merapi," said Bambang Ervan, a spokesman for Indonesia's Transportation Ministry. "It was too far from the volcano ? the sky over Singapore and Sumatra island is free of dust. "

The flight is a regular service that flies between Sydney, Singapore and London. Qantas' A380s can carry up to 525 people, but flight QF34 was carrying 433 passengers and 26 crew, all of whom were evacuated by a stepladder in an operation that lasted two hours.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_singap...ntas_emergency

MrMaxwell · 11-06-2010, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Calico Jack

You'd shit yourself if you were looking out the window and saw the engine go up in flames. Yikes!!!

I wouldn't. I am un fucking believably calm under pressure. I've been in situations where I was about to be killed and I was just straight. Level and calm. My god damned family can make my chest all tight and give me a heart attack but things like a plane going down or people shooting at me does not do it.

One time I was driving my Cadillac over 90mph and BLAM a front tire blew out and I just kind of sat there letting it come down and maintained perfect control and there was no problem at all. Everyone else in the car almost pissed themselves and one of them was kind of screaming. LoL.

Fuck

MrMaxwell · 11-06-2010, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seth Manson

United Airlines Flight 232 out of Sioux City on July 19, 1989. Aircraft was a DC-10, disc fan failure.

November 3, 1973 - National Airlines Flight 27, a DC-10-10 experienced an uncontained failure of the right (#3) engine. The cabin was penetrated by shrapnel from the engine and lost pressure. One passenger was killed.

June 13, 1996 ? Garuda Indonesia Flight 865, DC-10-30 PK-GIE had just taken off from Fukuoka Airport, Japan when a high-pressure blade from engine #3 separated. The aircraft was just a few feet above the runway and the pilot decided to abort the take-off. Consequently, the DC-10 skidded off the runway and came to a halt 1,600 ft (490 m) past it, having lost one of its engines and its landing gear.

March 26, 2009 - an Arrow Air DC-10 en route from Manaus, Brazil to Bogotá, Colombia sustained an engine failure during flight. Large pieces from the engine fell onto the town of Manaus damaging 12 houses, but causing no injuries. The aircraft managed to land safely in Colombia.

YES!!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cU2mqOLzlfU
Plane crash documentaries like these are oddly comforting to me, and they help me sleep. I watch one on repeat/autoplay every night to help me to sleep. And, strange as it may seem - it helps me fly

SallyRand · 11-06-2010, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by DateDoc

Quantas has suspended all Airbus A380 flights after the issue with the plane leaving Singapore.

Sometimes makes you woinder just how far we have really come:

MrMaxwell · 11-13-2010, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SallyRand

Sometimes makes you woinder just how far we have really come:

Being human fucking sucks

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DateDoc Outside looking in. Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: To Hell You Ride Posts: 14,243	Apparently, the pilot was very confident in the plane's ability to fly as they flew for 2 hours dumping fuel before landing according to a passenger on board. Can't imagine it takes that long to dump fuel so not sure what else was going on there. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapc...rgency/?hpt=T2 __________________

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BJ Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: asia Posts: 5,590	looked like a birdstrike, they should suspend all birds instead.

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DateDoc Outside looking in. Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: To Hell You Ride Posts: 14,243	Not much info from Reuters other than an engine failure. Pictures are circulating that engine parts have been found on the ground. The plane did land safely and no one was hurt. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSDY4ME64420101104 __________________

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BJ Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: asia Posts: 5,590	from my old pilot days I remember that birds when migrating can fly up to 30,000 feet and they do serious damage to aircraft, large and small. heres one that happened on takeoff https://youtube.com/watch?v=9KhZwsYtNDE

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epitome So Fucking Lame Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 12,156	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.

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MrMaxwell Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 10,057	Well, at least from the looks of the picture, it wasn't a god damned fan disc I can't remember what kind of plane that was But a god damned tiny hairline crack looking imperfection caused the fucking plane to come down 25 odd years later on some airplane Who knows i drink too much

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