Qantas A380

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  Plane 'Nosedives' Over Ocean Due To Turbulence From Another Jumbo Plane

  Qantas Airways Ltd. said one of its A380 aircraft had a brief dive above the Pacific Ocean because of turbulence from another superjumbo plane.

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  Qantas Plane, With Hundreds On Board, Turns Back After Engine Fails

  A Qantas A380 ferrying hundreds of passengers from Los Angeles to Melbourne has been forced to turn back after an engine failure, the airline said Sunday.

• What Brought Torrent of Water Gushing Onto Plane Passengers

  A torrent of water which gushed into the cabin of a Qantas superjumbo, raining down on some passengers' heads, could have been caused by cleaning mops loosening a pipe coupling, an inquiry said Wednesday.

• The World's Largest Plane on World's Longest Route

  Qantas is putting the world's biggest passenger plane on the world's longest airline route.

• Flight Turns Back to Los Angeles After Leak 'Floods Aisles'

  A Qantas A380 superjumbo flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne turned back an hour after take-off when a water leak flooded the plane's aisles, the airline and passengers said on Thursday.

• Qantas A380 hit by turbulence, 7 injured

  Seven passengers were treated for cuts and bruises after a Qantas Airways superjumbo hit severe turbulence en route from London to Singapore, the Australian airline said on Sunday.

• Qantas says no risk after cracks found in A380 wing

  Australian airline Qantas on Friday reassured passengers there was no risk to safety after cracks were found on the wings of some A380 superjumbo jets, including one in its fleet.

• Qantas A380 crew lauded for saving doomed aircraft

  A report by Australian aviation investigators on Friday provided fresh insight on the challenges faced by a Qantas A380 jet that experienced a mid-air engine explosion last month, describing in vivid detail the damage sustained to the plane's wing and fuel systems and lauding the crew's calm and professionalism in bringing the crippled jet with 469...

• Qantas resumes some A380 flights after engine blast

  Qantas today announced the partial resumption of A380 flights but said most of its superjumbos would remain grounded and the trans-Pacific Los Angeles route was off-limits after a mid-air engine blast.Chief executive Alan Joyce said he would be on the first Airbus A380 which will leave Sydney for London via Singapore on Saturday -- more than three ...

• Human ingenuity saved the day for plane in crisis

  One moment, the super-sized airliner was climbing thousands of feet over Indonesia. The next, the engine exploded, shooting flames and shrapnel through one wing. Computer warnings of impending systems failures throughout the aircraft started flashing on cockpit screens.That was the position five pilots found themselves in two weeks ago when their Q...

• Ruptured fuel pipe on Qantas A380: Reports

  The Qantas Airbus A380 that experienced an engine blast en route to Sydney, suffered a ruptured fuel pipe in the incident which could have caused a disastrous mid-air explosion, reports said.The Sydney Morning Herald said yesterday that official preliminary reports showed elements from the exploding engine ripped through the wing, narrowly missing ...

• Qantas: 40 engines on A380s need to be replaced

  Up to half of the Rolls-Royce engines of the type that disintegrated on an Airbus superjumbo this month may need to be replaced by the three carriers in Australia, Singapore and Germany that use them, the Qantas chief executive said on Thursday.Australia's Qantas, Singapore Airlines and Germany's Lufthansa fly A380s powered by four giant Rolls-Royc...

• London: Rolls-Royce explains failure of A380 engine part

  Rolls-Royce Group PLC says the failure of a Qantas A380 engine last week was specific to the Trent 900 series of engines and confined to specific component of the turbine engine that started an oil fire.

• Oil fire may have caused A380 problem

  Europe's air safety regulator said on Thursday an oil fire may have caused an engine turbine failure on a Qantas superjumbo, and issued an emergency order requiring airlines to re-examine that type of Rolls-Royce engine and ground any planes with suspicious leaks.The order by the European Aviation Safety Authority backed earlier indications from in...

• After Qantas, Singapore Airlines grounds A380s

  Singapore Airlines today joined Qantas in grounding several A380 super jumbos because of engine problems, piling more pressure on European aircraft maker Airbus and Britain's Rolls-Royce.The SIA said it would keep three of its 11 Airbus A380s on the tarmac to carry out "precautionary" engine changes, almost a week after a mid-air engine blowout on ...