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Thread #133306 Message #3024132
Posted By: GUEST,Steamin' Willie
05-Nov-10 - 06:17 AM
Thread Name: BS: Qantas A380 blows engine
Subject: RE: BS: Qantas A380 blows engine
I was on that bugger recently! Taking off from Singapore too...
I love A380, and use both Qantas and Singapore Airlines versions. (I even ended up having an unnecessary stopover in order to be on one rather than a 747. They are that good.)
I am a nervous flyer all the same, so despite being thousands of miles from the scene, it fair shook me (!)
Wonderful documentary recently about the Derby RR factory and the making of the engines. Things can go wrong with anything, but from the photos, although superficial debris was strewn, the main carcass remained bolted to the wing with no dangerous damage to that wing. interestingly, depending on the cause, this could actually be a good advert for the engine after all...