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Old 4th November 2010, 03:14 PM
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I like how the SMH article now has this line:

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A Qantas spokeswoman said there was "no suggestion it's come from our aircraft".
You can only hope that this autobot reponse was before the Batam debris imagery started coming out.

Meanwhile their approach to Twitter is poor - twitter is where the misconceptions about the incident got completely out of hand, but their official twitter team (as linked from http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airl...w-us/global/en ) could only say this:

http://twitter.com/qftravelinsider/status/29637434349

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@senopatix @bradatslice @grahamhills hi, we are an editorial team managing http://su.pr/3Egebp please direct your enquiries to Qantas direct
Basically their engagement with Twitter at present is purely marketing... not a great look when expectations today are that official Twitter accounts should be about customer engagement, not just promotion.
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Old 4th November 2010, 03:24 PM
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Agree with you Robert. I'm disappointed (as an avid Tweeter) that Qantas don't have an official Twitter feed. qftravelinsider is the closest we get and it's purely marketing and holiday advice.

I'm not saying Qantas need a twitter feed, but a lot of other airlines do and in a situation like this it would certainly be of benefit.

Maybe we should put our hands up for a job at Qantas to look after their twitter feeds for them? Would get us access to the 90th anniversary celebrations too!

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Old 4th November 2010, 03:49 PM
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The interview with Ian Woods (aviation expert I guess) on channel 9 4.30 news put a calming level headed opinion to an otherwise excitable broadcast.

He stated that this is what they train for and that landing on 3 engines is basically similar to landing on 4.

I do have to say though that the pic of the debris through the front of the wing is pretty full on.

Qantas press conference shortly.
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Old 4th November 2010, 03:54 PM
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She's just come back from a C check as well!
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Old 4th November 2010, 03:55 PM
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It was a standard engine failure, handled like all others, but the damage to the engine and wing is significant. Rolls Royce would be concerned at the damage, hopefully it is not a flaw with the engine design.

Anyone know what engines EK and SQ have on their 380's?
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Old 4th November 2010, 03:57 PM
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EK has EA engines.
SQ have RR engines.
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Old 4th November 2010, 03:57 PM
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Thanks Brian.
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Old 4th November 2010, 03:58 PM
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Might see OJR back in service!
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Old 4th November 2010, 04:03 PM
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Qantas suspends all A380 services
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Old 4th November 2010, 04:04 PM
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Qantas now reporting that they will suspend all A380 take off's until they get further info from Airbus / Rolls Royce -
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