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The aircraft involved was an Airbus A380-842, [12] registration number VH-OQA, serial number 014. [ 2 ] [ 18 ] Having entered service in September 2008, it was the first A380 delivered to Qantas and had four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines; [ 19 ] it was named Nancy-Bird Walton [ nb 1 ] in honour of an Australian aviation pioneer.
The Airbus A380 is a very large wide-body airliner, developed and produced by Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and the only full-length double-deck jet airliner. Airbus studies started in 1988, and the project was announced in 1990 to challenge the dominance of the Boeing 747 in the long-haul market. The then-designated A3XX ...
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Airbus A380" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A Qantas Airbus A380-800, the aircraft type that operated these flights from 2014-2020.. Qantas Flight 7 (QF7/QFA7) [a] and Qantas Flight 8 (QF8/QFA8) [a] are flights operated by Australian airline Qantas between Sydney Airport and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, which, from 2013 to 2016, were the longest regularly scheduled non-stop commercial flights in the world.
An Airbus A340-300 from Kuwait Airways. Note the usage of an isolated 2-wheel unit in the central landing gear (similar to the MD-11) A340-500/600: 14 wheels [1x2]+[3x4] Airbus A340-600 of Virgin Atlantic: A350-1000: 14 wheels [1x2]+[2x6] Airbus A350-1000 of Qatar Airways: A380: 22 wheels [1x2]+[2x4+2x6] Airbus A380 in Airbus markings
A more tangible benefit is the increased ability to exit the runway at a specified turnoff point. The European Aviation Safety Agency certified the system, initially for use on the Airbus A380, in 2009. [1] The second Airbus product to incorporate BTV will be the Airbus A320 family, which is much more widely used around the world than the A380 ...
There’s a Buddha in the cockpit. The orange-robed icon looks on as the pilot speedily executes a dramatic last-minute turn to land the A319 on the slender runway.
[32] [33] [34] Both the earlier and later takeoff weights establish the An-225 as the world's heaviest aircraft, exceeding the weight of the double-deck Airbus A380 airliner. Airbus claims to have improved upon the An-225's maximum landing weight by landing an A380 at 591.7 t (652.2 short tons) during testing. [35] [a]