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Old 4th November 2010, 02:10 PM
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Jason, at the moment it appears to only be a single engine failure which was bad enough that parts of the engine cowling appear to have fallen on the Indonesian island of Batam.

The reports seem to indicate that the rest of the aircraft has now safely landed back in Singapore after dumping fuel.

EDIT: Snap... three of us replied at once.

Certainly another serious and disturbing incident for the ATSB and others to look into, but doesn't appear to be anything catastrophic at this point.
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Old 4th November 2010, 02:13 PM
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Another pic has surfaced, appears to have been taken from onboard QF32

http://yfrog.com/0quh4dj

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Old 4th November 2010, 02:13 PM
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Thanks Rob, looking at those photos it looks like the whole engine cowling. Would love to see what the engine looks like on the ground
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Old 4th November 2010, 02:14 PM
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Happy 90th Qantas!

Looks like it was Nancy Bird
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Old 4th November 2010, 02:15 PM
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http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/dyn...010/nov10/5029

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Statement on QF32 Air Return to Singapore - Aircraft has Landed Safely
Sydney, 04 November 2010

A Qantas A380 aircraft operating QF32 from Singapore to Sydney experienced an engine issue soon after take off and returned to Singapore.

The aircraft had 433 passengers and 26 crew on board.

In line with procedure, the pilot sought priority clearance for its return to Singapore. The aircraft landed safely at 11.45am local time.

Some media reports suggested the aircraft had crashed. These reports are incorrect. No Qantas aircraft has crashed.

Further details will be released once they are available.
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Old 4th November 2010, 02:36 PM
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Looks like it was Nancy Bird
She is haunting it
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Old 4th November 2010, 02:37 PM
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SMH has some pictures of the engine damage. Certainly looks serious.

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-...ml?autostart=1
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Old 4th November 2010, 02:37 PM
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Changi Airport Group spokesperson has just announced the following:

An A380 Qantas flight, QF 32, bound for Sydney, Australia, departed Singapore Changi Airport at 0956 hours today. For technical reasons, the aircraft turned back to Changi. It landed safely at 1146 hours.


So looks like we will see OQA missing in action for a short period and another 5th pod (on A380 or B744?) will be sent to Singapore for the replacement of the damaged engine? And isn't OQA just back from C-check from Frankfurt? Looks like the Qantas engineers will make some noise about outsourcing of maintenance works overseas...

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Old 4th November 2010, 02:38 PM
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Nancy is haunted!!

Whoops just saw Sarah's response. That's the word around QF!!
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Old 4th November 2010, 03:05 PM
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Nancy is way too young to be having these problems
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