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| Destroyed: One of the engine of the Qantas A380 appeared to have exploded. The pilot, who was flying the plane to Sydney, was forced to make an emergency landing in Singapore |
4Nov2010 Australian Qantas Airbus 380 heading from London to Sydney, carrying 466 passengers made an emergency landing at Singapore Changi Airport due to an explosion of 1 of its Rolls-Royce Engine... Debris from the engine fell all over Indonesian Batam Island, ripping walls...
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| Hole in the wall: The 6ft gash the wall of a family home caused by debris from the Qantas A380 |
5Nov2010 Australian Qantas Boeing 747-400 heading from Singapore to Sydney, carrying 412 passengers, 3 pilots and 16 cabin crew made an emergency u-turn back to Singapore Changi Airport because 1 of its Rolls-Royce Engine went into flames...
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| Engineers inspect the port engine of a Qantas Boeing 747, flight QF6, at Singapore's Changi airport |
"A third Qantas aircraft make a priority landing at London’s Heathrow airport on Nov 5. The pilot had received a warning that there may be a problem with the hydraulic fuel system, Simon Rushton, a spokesman for Sydney-based Qantas, said by phone today. After landing, it was discovered the system was working normally, he said."
Quoted from a Bloomberg Report
Qantas 747 Jet Suffers Engine Flameout a Day After A380 Blowout
By - Nov 7, 2010 9:20 AM GMT+0800
A380 is a very new aircraft model and B747 is a relatively much older aircraft model. These 2 incidences doesn't seem to be the fault of Airbus nor Boeing, and it's hard to believe they're just sheer coincidental incidences... Both involves Qantas(Destination: Sydney) & Rolls-Royce Engine, and both happened just a day apart... What is it telling us?
Investigations are going on, and hopefully the results of the investigations will be made known to the world when they're concluded... But for now, I can't help but be skeptical over whether if it was Rolls-Royce Engine's flaws to be blamed? Or was it that Qantas engineers/technicians hadn't been diligent & thorough with their aircraft service checks & maintenance? Or could it have been an act of sabotage? Whatever it was, nobody would have expected a 2nd "Qantas Engine Problem Scare" to happen again in just a day's difference. No doubt nobody was hurt in these 2 incidences, but it is still plunging faiths in their flight safety, and I'd say no Qantas flying for me for a long time...
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| Upset Passengers from Qantas flight QF6 on a Boeing 747-400 passenger plane make their way out of Changi International Airport's terminal after their aircraft returned to Singapore's airport shortly after take off |
"THREE mid-air emergencies in as many days have left more than 1200 Qantas passengers stranded, thousands more affected by flight delays and cancellations, and the airline's boss defending its increasingly shaky safety record.
The pilots union has accused all airlines of lowering safety, maintenance and training standards and said safety incidents were occurring more frequently, placing additional pressure on staff.
But Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce yesterday defended the company's safety record and maintenance practices and ruled out sabotage as the cause of two of the emergencies, both of which involved engine failures just minutes after flights carrying a total of more than 800 passengers left Singapore."
Quoted from a The Sydney Morning Herald Report
Qantas party crashed
Ruth Williams and Rachel Brown
November 7, 2010 |
After a horrendous 48 hours for Qantas with two engine failures, the national carrier celebrated its 90th anniversary on Saturday 6Nov2010 with the help of brand ambassador John Travolta |
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