How 469 Passengers and Crew on an Airbus A380 Escaped Death

[Weatherman2020]

While I was in aerospace I was on our divisions accident team to oversee investigations for the cause of any aircraft incident that may involve our parts on it. I find the detective work fascinating.

Minutes after takeoff a catastrophic failure of the #2 engine on a Qantas A380 sends shrapnel through the aircraft severing critical electrical, fuel and hydraulic systems nearly crippling the aircraft.

A good read on the professionalism of the flight crew and the design of the aircraft that brought everyone home safely.

 

[luiza]

Very similar to my reaction after finding out that this is a chat site full up with faulty parts

My number two engine blew and I nearly went into a crash dive . Unfortunately I can never land because of my wrecked electric and hydraulic systems and I am forced to orbit in hyperspace until food and water run out and I keel over .

 

[jackflash]

While I was in aerospace I was on our divisions accident team to oversee investigations for the cause of any aircraft incident that may involve our parts on it. I find the detective work fascinating.

Minutes after takeoff a catastrophic failure of the #2 engine on a Qantas A380 sends shrapnel through the aircraft severing critical electrical, fuel and hydraulic systems nearly crippling the aircraft.

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A good read on the professionalism of the flight crew and the design of the aircraft that brought everyone home safely.

And I thought losing a pressure plate/clutch disc @ 8K+ was catastrophic! Thanks for the tech link as I found it to be very interesting. If the craft was @ 36 K feet then yeah, there would be debris in outer space for sure. That centrifugal energy force must have been awesomely awesome when it disintegrated & that blistering rpm. Not one person injured like that had to be a miracle. Thanks again for sharing the link with us.