Qantas flight 32 / Airbus A380

[+Big Bang 1,549]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_32

 

Holy ****. I've never been involved in a Crisis like this before in all my years of flying and with EVERYTHING that could have went wrong it has. The workload is quite tense and I can't imagine sitting in the cockpit but it ends up with the best possible ending.

 

( On a side note I'm a Boeing fanboy and I hate Airbuses so)

[chconline 1,337]

Read it on here earlier today as well.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/11/18/qantas-engine.html

 

Pretty intense. I've been watching a lot of Mayday episodes lately lol... good thing this one won't be part of the new season

[shc-boomer 1,337]

Man, that is very intense, how can so many things go wrong at once? Maybe that's why no one buys modern Rolls-Royce anymore.

[chconline 1,337]

RR jet engines has nothing to do with their cars... they're one of three largest in the world. You either get a Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce or General Electric. There are two engines available on the A380, where one is the aforementioned RR and the other is an Engine Alliance (Which is a joint venture between GE and Pratt & Whitney).

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Trent_900

[+TL6MT 2,563]

^ Someone's an enthusiast.

 

Man, that is very intense, how can so many things go wrong at once? Maybe that's why no one buys modern Rolls-Royce anymore.

 

It's also because their cars are cost so much money neither me or BB or you or the chc combined can reasonably afford one - even if I could it wouldn't be a Phantom...

[+Big Bang 1,549]

That's what we're paid for - emergencies. Most new planes can practically Fly themselvces. Props on the guys unlike those who were distracted by the laptops.