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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.
Qantas Airways (QUBSF) suspended all flights of Airbus A380s after one of its planes was forced to make an emergency landing following engine failure. The A380 fleet will remain grounded "until we ...
Air France Flight 066 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, operated by Air France and using an Airbus A380-861. On 30 September 2017, the aircraft suffered an uncontained engine failure and made an emergency landing at Goose Bay Airport, Canada.
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.
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 ...
The Airbus A330 ran out of fuel because of a fuel leak caused by improper maintenance. Captain Robert Piché, 48, an experienced glider pilot, and First Officer Dirk DeJager, 28, glided the plane to a successful emergency landing in the Azores, saving the lives of all 306 people (293 passengers and 13 crew) on board. [1]
[failed verification] At 350 metres (1,148 ft) beyond the end of the runway, the landing gear hit and damaged the 1.8-metre-high (5 ft 11 in) localiser antenna array. At 500 metres (1,640 ft) beyond the end of the runway, the aircraft barely missed the 2.24-metre-tall (7 ft 4 in) airport perimeter fence.