Crippled Airbus A380, saved by Pros! | Qantas flight 32

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  @MentourPilot · 6 years ago · pinned

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  @plasmaburndeath · 6 years ago (edited)

  &quot;What do we have that isn&apos;t Damaged?&quot; &nbsp;&quot;AIR CONDITIONING IS FULLY OPERATIONAL&quot; &nbsp; - Oh thank god for that.

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  @garybaris139 · 5 years ago

  What I don&apos;t understand is with all the extremely expensive equipment on a plane, they still haven&apos;t added a screen in the cockpit with cameras looking at the engines/wings. It is probably the most inexpensive safety equipment they can add to any plane that could shave quite a lot of time off diagnosing problems.

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  @anthonykorbel8564 · 3 years ago

  I was on this flight sitting with my wife and 9 month old next to the left wing. I still remember the sound of the explosion and the shuddering of the aircraft. &nbsp;A detail to add to your article is that the passengers we’re concerned but calm, but what worried me the most was the face of the 2nd officer after surveying the damage. When I’ve recalled the incident to friends, the other detail I recall is the speed when we landed - I was astonished that we stopped.<br><br>It took me 2 years to fly again after I arrived back to Sydney, and prior to your review I have never watched a debrief of the incident. In saying that, my conclusion was we should have great confidence in the Qantas pilot training, their senior pilot competence and fly with QF for most long haul trips.<br><br>Thx for the review &nbsp;- informative and affirming about the performance of the pilots.

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  @FlyLeah · 3 years ago

  Its also a testament to how robust the A380 is, even with so many failures it still kept flying and most importantly was controllable

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  @4-7th_CAV · 6 years ago

  Throughout my 41+ years as a CFII, I have always had the mindset of &quot;What is wrong with the airplane?&quot;, or &quot;How can I fix what is wrong?&quot; &nbsp;Today all of that changed! &nbsp;I am actually ashamed to say that not once have I ever approached a problem thinking &quot;What is still operating correctly and how can I best use what is available to me to correct the problem, or to land?&quot; &nbsp;Admittedly, I have only had a small handful of emergencies that needed to be handled, but this new approach for me will definitely make a huge difference in the future! &nbsp;Thank you very much for giving me this new tool to use, not only in aviation but in life itself.

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  @Waldfuerst114 · 3 years ago

  As one of the pilots of QF32 said: &quot;It was a check captian checking a check captain checking a captain.&quot;

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  @brettdavies549 · 2 years ago

  Having met and having the pleasure to speak to Richard de Crespiny at length, &nbsp;there was a third and very key quality to the sucessful outcome of QF32. Something that lacked conversely (and sadly) in the crew of Air France AF 447 .... his commitment to thoroughly learn everything he could about the A380 from her engineering to all the built techno redundancies. He probably knew the A380 as well as Airbus themselves. A true hero. As a true aviatuon &quot;tragic&quot; from OZ, love your vids.

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  @w2ttsy670 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Worth noting that the captain in charge, Richard de crespigny was a former RAAF pilot who had experience in STOL approaches on unfinished air strips using a variety of cargo aircraft and so when it came time to operating under pressure and with an uncertain aircraft configuration, his prior experience was invaluable for bringing QF32 down safely <br><br>We’re all pretty proud of him down under, our own Sully. <br><br>His book QF32 is definitely worth a read as it fills in a lot of the background that helped get him to where he needed to be when that incident happened.

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  @batatarosinante8364 · 5 years ago

  Hi, I’m a retired Qantas Engineer and remember that day very clearly, at the time I was involved in the maintenance of a great number of components and systems. <br>The first news that we received was that the aircraft had crashed, but the fly control centre could see and had all the parameters that indicated the contrary, after a short wile Singapore confirmed that the plane was still flying, that was a big relief for everyone.<br>I personally think that that was the finest hour for Qantas, and after proudly serving for 30 years in the company can say that all the time and money spent on training, from the cleaners on the workshop to the flying crews was money &nbsp;and time well spent!!<br>Finally to correct a previous comment, no passenger of Qantas, the second oldest airline in the world, has Ever lost it’s life due to injury wile travelling, Never. In 1953 they were the development company for the current day’s auto pilot, yes that’s true, but we never lost an aircraft or passenger.<br>Your video, &nbsp;comments and understanding of the incident was excellent!!! Thanks!!

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  @ShakemeisterS64 · 4 years ago

  As a mariner, I appreciate your use of red and green cushions on the correct side.

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  @artistjoh · 6 years ago

  When I book flights I usually book another airline because of price, which is quite okay, until the aircraft starts taxiing, and then a little anxious part of me runs around inside my head saying “should have flown QANTAS” &nbsp;“should have flown QANTAS” &nbsp;“should have flown QANTAS”. No airline is perfect, but QANTAS hasn’t had a fatality since 1953 when they helped develop the black boxes that are in every large aircraft these days. They are not perfect, but they have had a safety first attitude for decades that has given them an excellent record.

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