News Qantas A380 makes emergency landing in Singapore

[Notebook]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11691197

An Australian Airbus A380 superjumbo has made an emergency landing in Singapore after experiencing engine trouble following take-off.
Qantas flight QF32 was travelling from Singapore to Sydney with 459 people on board. It had originated in London.
It is unclear why one of the plane's four engines failed. Qantas has grounded all six A380 it operates.

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[tl8]

Quite a big hole in the engine.

Finally ABC24 pays off.

At least the media are not blaming Qantas. Not yet anyway.

 

[Linguofreak]

Anybody else thinking this was a turbine blade-off?

 

[Turbinator]

That engine looks like it swallowed a Cessna, whole. And is big enough for that too. Look at just how tiny those fire-fighters are compared to the engine. Much less the entire plane.

 

[tl8]

No one is really speculating ATM. Looks to me like the turbine or combustion chamber failed.

What ever it is it is was violent and highly unusual. There seems to be no major maintenance performed on the engines before now.

The aircraft was VH-OQA which was the first A380 delivered to Qantas.

 

[Urwumpe]

I would guess bird strike, since the scorch marks already start right behind the fan, at the thrust reverser.

And it was sure a blade-off, but that was no the primary cause, since the problems started already before the compressor stages. If it was just a blade-off, the flames shouldn't be able to travel forward, at least not that far that it leaves through the idle compressor inlet.

 

[Turbinator]

I was thinking the reason there where scorch marks at the front of the thrust reverser is most likely because they might have been deployed during the landing. If the engine is completely shut off, would the hydraulics still engage the reverser on that engine? There are reports that the engine was still on fire after wheels stop.

There are far to many unknowns yet, for us. We only have a picture to work with.


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Relevant video is relevant.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWzg8w-0TBI"]YouTube - Airbus A380 Engine Fan Blade Test[/ame]

People did report hearing an explosion.


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[Urwumpe]

The damage does more look like a turbine blade failure, not fan blade. Also, the thrust reverser does not invert the direction of air flow of the engine is off, so the flames would still be blown backwards, what changes is the amount of air going past the outside of the turbine section and cooling it.

 

[Turbinator]

I'll post the image here so we don't have to go back clicking on the news article all the time.

 

[Eccentrus]

and this accident makes such a fuss here in Indonesia, where the media purposefully exclaimed that the plane had exploded, and with too few people reading the full news, the rumour that the plane was obliterated is going rampant in twitter, media oh media...

 

[Urwumpe]

Yeah, I can imagine the head lines...

"A380 exploded - all passengers well"

 

[T.Neo]

Maybe it exploded after they all disembarked? :lol:

 

[Wishbone]

The Euronews keep showing pix of engine parts that rained upon the Indonesians...

 

[Krys]

I cant help but be amused by the photo;

"Qantas Spirit of Australia"

and what a firey spirit it is!

 

[n122vu]

My vote is on bird strike, but that's just speculation. For all I know it could have been a pterodactyl.

 

[IronRain]

I don´t think that the damage would be so big after a bird strike

 

[Notebook]

Could have been an albatross

 

[Turbinator]

Here is the on-board video of the damage, recorded by a cell phone camera.
(a surprisingly good quality cell camera video, those exist?)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11691197

That is definitely a blade off, as you can clearly see what looks to be one of the blades sticking in the wing.
And a rather big hole (considering how thick that wing is) right behind it.






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[n122vu]

Here is the on-board video of the damage, recorded by a cell phone camera.
(a surprisingly good quality cell camera video, those exist?)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11691197

That is definitely a blade off, as you can clearly see what looks to be one of the blades sticking in the wing.
And a rather big hole (considering how thick that wing is) right behind it.






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Yes this is very good quality for a cell phone. Perhaps a smart phone instead? iPhone 4 or Blackberry Torch perhaps, or along those lines...

 

[jedidia]

so... what are the chances of such a blade penetrating the passenger cabin?