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Qantas Pilots Saved Crippled Airbus, Investigator Says
The plane's pilots didn't realize the extent of the damage, however, until a passenger (himself an airline pilot) showed one of them a picture of the damage—captured by a camera on the plane's tail—that had popped up on the onboard entertainment system. (www.nytimes.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Im saying, "stay on the ground and we wouldnt have these problems" Can I Get one ??
Honza .. The A380 is an Aircraft, all of it.. Failure of the Trent 900 and the inadequate design of the containment is hauntingly similar to the failure of the GE CF6-6D in the United DC10 that went down over suoix city. In both cases the true threat to the aircraft was not the catastrophic loss of the engine, which in both cases was survivable but the loss of containment integrity which compromised vital flight systems. Point being, the A380's containment is inadequate. One would think that effective use of hydraulic fuses would be commonplace now ... look for some rethinking of the 380's systems just as McDonnell-Douglas did with the DC-10 and MD-11. Once again, as was the case with United 232, it was the cool mind of the man with his hands on the yoke (stick, whatever) that made the difference here.
I agree with Pileits...
Great job by the Pilots who saved nearly 500 lives and MILLIONS of dollars in lawsuits. For those who think pilots aren't worth the wages they get paid, think again!
The general public only recognizes the airplane...not the engine. So what actually causes the incident/accident becomes completely irrelevant. Because of this reality, the problem truly belongs to Airbus.
@ toolguy105 : no, better take a 787 which is overheating/on fire during flight...or take a 777/787 with ETOPS of more than 3 hours...if you would think (if...) you would know that the basic problem here was the engine, not the plane...