Explosion, debris from jet : Qantas Airbus 380
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We actually took a A380 fr Sing to HK, on 7 Dec. It was on SQ. and to be honest, i was thinking of the recent Qantas incident after checking in luggage, but did not voice it out lest it put my folks and DW through unnecessary worries… kids are too small to know so it’s ok.
only when we landed at HK then i finally loosened up. -
atrecord:
Chill man. The SQ 380s are safe. Reason is because the model of Rolls Royce engines used by SQ is not the same as the Qantas one.We actually took a A380 fr Sing to HK, on 7 Dec. It was on SQ. and to be honest, i was thinking of the recent Qantas incident after checking in luggage, but did not voice it out lest it put my folks and DW through unnecessary worries... kids are too small to know so it's ok.
only when we landed at HK then i finally loosened up.
Qantas had to deploy a very high-end RR engine capable of an extremely high engine thrust in order to fly the Sydney-LAX route. I believe this variant of RR engine is at the cutting edge and quite untested.
SQ's engines aren't configured in that way. Furthermore SQ has been flying the A380s for a far longer time. The engines have not given any problems, at least so far. -
noobparent:
i guess so...
Chill man. The SQ 380s are safe. Reason is because the model of Rolls Royce engines used by SQ is not the same as the Qantas one.
Qantas had to deploy a very high-end RR engine capable of an extremely high engine thrust in order to fly the Sydney-LAX route. I believe this variant of RR engine is at the cutting edge and quite untested.
SQ's engines aren't configured in that way. Furthermore SQ has been flying the A380s for a far longer time. The engines have not given any problems, at least so far.
but hor, back in aug 2008, my father took a SQ A380 to Beijing for the Olympics. And know what, he boarded the plane, then waited v long on it, before everyone was asked to disembark to change to another plane. Apparently the aircon got problem and the flight was delayed for a few hours, but it was just short of the limit to claim travel insurance....
from then on (and that was the early days of A380), my impression of the model hasn't been good. -
noobparent:
From discussion with SQ people (cannot quote name), both SQ & QF are using same RR Trent 900 but of different power setting. SQ is more conservative with the power setting - IMHO - that results in less wear and tear hence only detected some oil stain instead of leaking engine oil for the QF's Trent 900. (it is like some Merc, same engine cc but different power output when put in different models)
Chill man. The SQ 380s are safe. Reason is because the model of Rolls Royce engines used by SQ is not the same as the Qantas one.atrecord:
We actually took a A380 fr Sing to HK, on 7 Dec. It was on SQ. and to be honest, i was thinking of the recent Qantas incident after checking in luggage, but did not voice it out lest it put my folks and DW through unnecessary worries... kids are too small to know so it's ok.
only when we landed at HK then i finally loosened up.
Qantas had to deploy a very high-end RR engine capable of an extremely high engine thrust in order to fly the Sydney-LAX route. I believe this variant of RR engine is at the cutting edge and quite untested.
SQ's engines aren't configured in that way. Furthermore SQ has been flying the A380s for a far longer time. The engines have not given any problems, at least so far.
I have taken both SQ and QF's A380 and noticed the take off roll is more aggressive by QF compared with SQ. Also, the new A380 of SQ and QF using the newer Trent 900 has already got the identified \"problem\" parts built with new improved parts, hence no problem. That explain why not every Trent 900 in the fleet need to be changed....and SQ has less units of Trent 900 replaced compared with QF even though SQ fleet size is 11 A380 compared with 6 A380 for QF -
atrecord:
All planes are like, they will always have problems, you can't expect the A380 to have no problems at all.
i guess so...noobparent:
Chill man. The SQ 380s are safe. Reason is because the model of Rolls Royce engines used by SQ is not the same as the Qantas one.
Qantas had to deploy a very high-end RR engine capable of an extremely high engine thrust in order to fly the Sydney-LAX route. I believe this variant of RR engine is at the cutting edge and quite untested.
SQ's engines aren't configured in that way. Furthermore SQ has been flying the A380s for a far longer time. The engines have not given any problems, at least so far.
but hor, back in aug 2008, my father took a SQ A380 to Beijing for the Olympics. And know what, he boarded the plane, then waited v long on it, before everyone was asked to disembark to change to another plane. Apparently the aircon got problem and the flight was delayed for a few hours, but it was just short of the limit to claim travel insurance....
from then on (and that was the early days of A380), my impression of the model hasn't been good. -
Jan 19, 2011
Qantas flight from Australia diverts to Fiji
SYDNEY - A QANTAS passenger jet bound for New York made an unscheduled stop in Fiji after it developed a problem with one of its engines, the Australian airline said on Wednesday.
Qantas said flight QF107, a Boeing 747, carrying 375 passengers from Sydney to New York via Los Angeles, touched down in Nadi on Tuesday for repairs to a fuel valve supplying one of its engines.
'Just past Nadi the flight crew got a message to say there was a fault with a fuel valve so they returned to Nadi to correct it... They could have flown on, it was just a precautionary measure,' a Qantas spokesman told AFP. The passengers were given hotel accommodation for the night and the flight continued early Wednesday, she added.
The hitch comes just days after another Qantas Boeing 747, QF11 to Los Angeles, experienced a contained engine failure on the runway of Sydney airport due to a turbine blade defect.
Media reports on that incident said that passengers heard 'a loud bang' and saw black smoke pour from the affected engine, with the captain reportedly telling those on board that the engine had 'cooked itself' over the plane's intercom.
The incidents follow a dramatic few months for the Australian airline which in November temporarily suspended flights of its Airbus A380 superjumbos after an engine on one exploded after taking off from Singapore, damaging the plane. -- AFP
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_625784.html -
verykiasu2010:
Qantas again? What's happening to Qantas lately? Qantas Chief ought to give a good explanation, or maybe even step-down! Too many incidents involving Qantas of late. Or is it too many incidents involving Australia of late? E.g. the ongoing flood...Jan 19, 2011
Qantas flight from Australia diverts to Fiji
SYDNEY - A QANTAS passenger jet bound for New York made an unscheduled stop in Fiji after it developed a problem with one of its engines, the Australian airline said on Wednesday.
Qantas said flight QF107, a Boeing 747, carrying 375 passengers from Sydney to New York via Los Angeles, touched down in Nadi on Tuesday for repairs to a fuel valve supplying one of its engines.
'Just past Nadi the flight crew got a message to say there was a fault with a fuel valve so they returned to Nadi to correct it... They could have flown on, it was just a precautionary measure,' a Qantas spokesman told AFP. The passengers were given hotel accommodation for the night and the flight continued early Wednesday, she added.
The hitch comes just days after another Qantas Boeing 747, QF11 to Los Angeles, experienced a contained engine failure on the runway of Sydney airport due to a turbine blade defect.
Media reports on that incident said that passengers heard 'a loud bang' and saw black smoke pour from the affected engine, with the captain reportedly telling those on board that the engine had 'cooked itself' over the plane's intercom.
The incidents follow a dramatic few months for the Australian airline which in November temporarily suspended flights of its Airbus A380 superjumbos after an engine on one exploded after taking off from Singapore, damaging the plane. -- AFP
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_625784.html -
Don’t blame Qantas, blame Rolls-Royce for not ensuring safe engines. I took a Qantas A380 recently from London to Singapore and everything was quite good. The engines don’t even seem to have been in an incident.
Its a whole lot better than its competitor, the Boeing 747, which has been in a number of high-profile accidents (don’t worry, its safe). -
AUSTRALIA’S The Age newspaper reported that a Qantas airliner carrying 99 passengers from Adelaide to Melbourne was forced rapidly to descend 26,000 feet after a sudden cabin depressurisation on Tuesday morning.
Oxygen masks dropped from the overhead consoles on the Boeing 737-400 as the pilots of flight QF670 announced that they would have to make a rapid descent from a cruising altitude of 36,000 feet to just 10,000 feet.
The incident occurred 30min from Melbourne and the pilots obtained air traffic control permission to fly at the lower altitude for the rest of the flight into Melbourne.
"It experienced a depressurisation in the cabin," Qantas spokesman Sophia Connelly said. "We think it was related to the airconditioning at this stage; we’re waiting on confirmation of that."
The masks in the cabin dropped automatically as a result of the depressurisation, she said, but it was thought the passengers did not need to put them on immediately. -
Alex001:
as a passenger, you will never know until things happenDon't blame Qantas, blame Rolls-Royce for not ensuring safe engines. I took a Qantas A380 recently from London to Singapore and everything was quite good. The engines don't even seem to have been in an incident.
Its a whole lot better than its competitor, the Boeing 747, which has been in a number of high-profile accidents (don't worry, its safe).
touch wood!
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