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Richard Champion de Crespigny AM (/ ˈ k r ɛ p. n iː / KREP-nee) (born 31 May 1957) is an Australian Qantas pilot and author who served as pilot-in-command of Qantas Flight 32 and was widely praised for his cockpit resource management during the emergency with his crew (first officer Matt Hicks, second officer Mark Johnson, check captain Harry Wubben, and check captain David Evans).
The incidents between 1942 and 1944 were during World War II, when Qantas Empire Airways operated on behalf of the military. [3] While strictly speaking not accidents, the shootdowns of G-AETZ and G-AEUH are included for completeness. In 2014 and 2023, Qantas was rated the world's safest airline by Airline Ratings. [4]
Qantas Flight 72 (QF72) was a scheduled flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Perth Airport by an Airbus A330.On 7 October 2008, the flight made an emergency landing at Learmonth Airport near the town of Exmouth, Western Australia, following an inflight accident that included a pair of sudden, uncommanded pitch-down manoeuvres that caused severe injuries—including fractures, lacerations ...
Qantas Flight 30; Qantas Flight 32; Qantas Flight 72; QantasLink Flight 1737; 1954 BOAC Lockheed Constellation crash; Q. 1942 Qantas Short Empire shootdown
Of the 21 passengers and 3 crew, the pilot dies and 9 people are injured (5 seriously). 15 September 2006: Easyjet Flight 6074 to the UK suffers serious problems in the air and is unable to contact ATC. It is very close to an America bound American Airlines plane and ATC is able to request the latter to descend, narrowly missing the other plane.
2011 – In response to an ongoing industrial dispute with three labour unions, all Qantas aircraft are grounded by Qantas chief executive officer Alan Joyce. [2] 2009 – S-Air Flight 9607, a BAe 125, registration RA-02807, crashes on approach to Minsk International Airport. All three crew and both passengers are killed.
Arthur Herbert Affleck (3 July 1903 – 11 September 1966) [1] was a Qantas pilot who was the first pilot of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia in 1928. [2]Affleck was born at Brighton, Victoria on 3 July 1903.
The aircraft was carrying 16 passengers and had a crew of three: two pilots and a flight engineer. The two pilots were Australian; Captain Ross Kelly, 65, was a retired Qantas A380 senior check captain, while First Officer Douglas Haywood, 58, was a check-and-training captain for the airline's fleet of Airbus A380s. [8]