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I flew on this exact same plane, VH-OQA, on November 4, 2019, from Singapore to Melbourne. While I was sitting at the gate, I remembered that line from Rain Ma
by paulmooreparks 1mo ago
I flew on this exact same plane, VH-OQA, on November 4, 2019, from Singapore to Melbourne.
While I was sitting at the gate, I remembered that line from Rain Main about "Qantas never crashed," and since that flight would be my first time flying on an A380, I wondered if any had crashed or had any other incidents. I looked up "a380 crash" on my phone, and what do you know? The first hit was a Wikipedia article about a Qantas A380 uncontained engine failure, which had occurred four minutes after takeoff... from Changi! Even wilder was the fact that it had happened 9 years earlier. When I looked up the plane's registration number on Flightradar24, I realized that was the same plane I was flying to Melbourne on.
- gregjw 1mo agoyikes, im sure that didnt freak you out at all.
- Insanity 1mo agoI'd be insanely stressed about this. While at the same time realizing that logically it has flown for _years_ without incident afterwards.
- segfaultex 1mo agoI wouldn't, the A380 is designed to fly with just one operational engine.
- thedrbrian 1mo agoThere is no way an a380 is maintaining level flight with only one engine.
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- AaronM 1mo agoI think the person above you is mistaken. The A380 is a quadjet. It is certified under FAR (Federal Aviation Regulations, USA) part 25 and JAR (Joint Aviation Regulations, Europe) part 25. One of the requirements of FAR/JAR 25 is that the directional control can be maintained when two critical engines (that means under the same wing) fail.