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Qantas Plane, With Hundreds On Board, Turns Back After Engine Fails
A Qantas A380 ferrying hundreds of passengers from Los Angeles to Melbourne has been forced to turn back after an engine failure, the airline said Sunday.
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Qantas A380 crew lauded for saving doomed aircraft
A report by Australian aviation investigators on Friday provided fresh insight on the challenges faced by a Qantas A380 jet that experienced a mid-air engine explosion last month, describing in vivid detail the damage sustained to the plane's wing and fuel systems and lauding the crew's calm and professionalism in bringing the crippled jet with 469...
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Qantas resumes some A380 flights after engine blast
Qantas today announced the partial resumption of A380 flights but said most of its superjumbos would remain grounded and the trans-Pacific Los Angeles route was off-limits after a mid-air engine blast.Chief executive Alan Joyce said he would be on the first Airbus A380 which will leave Sydney for London via Singapore on Saturday -- more than three ...
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Human ingenuity saved the day for plane in crisis
One moment, the super-sized airliner was climbing thousands of feet over Indonesia. The next, the engine exploded, shooting flames and shrapnel through one wing. Computer warnings of impending systems failures throughout the aircraft started flashing on cockpit screens.That was the position five pilots found themselves in two weeks ago when their Q...
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Qantas: 40 engines on A380s need to be replaced
Up to half of the Rolls-Royce engines of the type that disintegrated on an Airbus superjumbo this month may need to be replaced by the three carriers in Australia, Singapore and Germany that use them, the Qantas chief executive said on Thursday.Australia's Qantas, Singapore Airlines and Germany's Lufthansa fly A380s powered by four giant Rolls-Royc...
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London: Rolls-Royce explains failure of A380 engine part
Rolls-Royce Group PLC says the failure of a Qantas A380 engine last week was specific to the Trent 900 series of engines and confined to specific component of the turbine engine that started an oil fire.
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Qantas A380: French experts say fault at rear of engine
An Airbus A380 airliner that was forced to make an emergency landing in Singapore had suffered a "serious" fault at the rear of one of its jet engines, French crash investigators said.Separately, French airline Air France said it had no plans to ground any of its four A380 super jumbos following the drama aboard the Qantas jet, which had 450 people...
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Qantas flight lands in Singapore after mid-air emergency
Qantas Airways said on Thursday that it is suspending all flights of its Airbus A380 jetliners after an engine failure earlier in the day forced a flight to make an emergency landing in Singapore. (See Pictures) Alan Joyce, Qantas's chief executive, said the Australian airline would suspend services on its A380 fleet "until we are confident that Qa...
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Qantas Plane, With Hundreds On Board, Turns Back After Engine Fails
A Qantas A380 ferrying hundreds of passengers from Los Angeles to Melbourne has been forced to turn back after an engine failure, the airline said Sunday.
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Qantas A380 crew lauded for saving doomed aircraft
A report by Australian aviation investigators on Friday provided fresh insight on the challenges faced by a Qantas A380 jet that experienced a mid-air engine explosion last month, describing in vivid detail the damage sustained to the plane's wing and fuel systems and lauding the crew's calm and professionalism in bringing the crippled jet with 469...
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Qantas resumes some A380 flights after engine blast
Qantas today announced the partial resumption of A380 flights but said most of its superjumbos would remain grounded and the trans-Pacific Los Angeles route was off-limits after a mid-air engine blast.Chief executive Alan Joyce said he would be on the first Airbus A380 which will leave Sydney for London via Singapore on Saturday -- more than three ...
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Human ingenuity saved the day for plane in crisis
One moment, the super-sized airliner was climbing thousands of feet over Indonesia. The next, the engine exploded, shooting flames and shrapnel through one wing. Computer warnings of impending systems failures throughout the aircraft started flashing on cockpit screens.That was the position five pilots found themselves in two weeks ago when their Q...
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Qantas: 40 engines on A380s need to be replaced
Up to half of the Rolls-Royce engines of the type that disintegrated on an Airbus superjumbo this month may need to be replaced by the three carriers in Australia, Singapore and Germany that use them, the Qantas chief executive said on Thursday.Australia's Qantas, Singapore Airlines and Germany's Lufthansa fly A380s powered by four giant Rolls-Royc...
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London: Rolls-Royce explains failure of A380 engine part
Rolls-Royce Group PLC says the failure of a Qantas A380 engine last week was specific to the Trent 900 series of engines and confined to specific component of the turbine engine that started an oil fire.
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Qantas A380: French experts say fault at rear of engine
An Airbus A380 airliner that was forced to make an emergency landing in Singapore had suffered a "serious" fault at the rear of one of its jet engines, French crash investigators said.Separately, French airline Air France said it had no plans to ground any of its four A380 super jumbos following the drama aboard the Qantas jet, which had 450 people...
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Qantas flight lands in Singapore after mid-air emergency
Qantas Airways said on Thursday that it is suspending all flights of its Airbus A380 jetliners after an engine failure earlier in the day forced a flight to make an emergency landing in Singapore. (See Pictures) Alan Joyce, Qantas's chief executive, said the Australian airline would suspend services on its A380 fleet "until we are confident that Qa...
