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Quantas A380 Engine Failure: The story of an ops team pulling through a crisis
- mhenr18 13y agoBit of a nitpick before I've even read the article: Qantas is an acronym and doesn't actually have a U after the Q.
- mmaunder 13y agoDoh! Fixed. Keyboard-finger reflex.
- andrewcooke 13y agowhy didn't it catch fire? brakes at 900C and a lake of jet fuel...
- mmaunder 13y agoJet fuel auto ignites at over 200C so if the brakes weren't heating the ground above that and there was no spark, then that would perhaps explain it. From what I've gathered, fuel misting is a big cause of the fiery crashes one sees. In '84 NASA tested an anti-misting additive in a controlled crash but it proved ineffective.
- phyzome 13y agoThere's not much of an article here.
- evanm 13y agoBlog should point to the full hourlong piece. Coincidentally, I just watched this a few days ago and it was excellent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHb9gjOFEbA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHb9gjOFEbA
- mmaunder 13y agoThank you! I found it accidentally and didn't realize the full piece had been uploaded somewhere. Added the link.
- ulfw 13y agoFour Corners did a great job with the report. Here's them filming my miniscule part of the program over at my apartment in Singapore - http://blog.ulfw.com/2011/09/abc-four-corners-on-the-qantas-qf32-incident/ http://blog.ulfw.com/2011/09/abc-four-corners-on-the-qantas-...
- ulfw 13y agoI was on board QF32 as a passenger near where the engine exploded. Kudos to the wonderful team under Captain de Crespigny. Feel free to ask anything - http://blog.ulfw.com/2010/11/im-safe/ http://blog.ulfw.com/2010/11/im-safe/