I HAD been flying for three-and-a-half decades when I boarded Flight QF32. First with the Royal Australian Air Force, to which I had eagerly signed up at 17, then with Australia’s national carrier, ...

The head of the national Aircraft Engineers Association says passengers on the Qantas flight that had an engine explosion over Indonesia are lucky to be alive. Qantas grounded its Airbus A380 fleet ...

A hero Qantas pilot who saved 440 passengers when his superjumbo's engine exploded in mid-air has revealed how a "picture-book" day turned to terror. Captain Richard ...

Despite the chaos that could have ensued, captain Richard de Crespigny stayed calm and landed the plane, bringing all 469 passengers and crew safely to the tarmac. That was November 4, 2010. Now, with ...

"Like a boom" ... Qantas captain Richard de Crespigny reveals the story behind the A380 that suffered an engine explosion in a new book.Reuters It could have been one of the world's worst air ...

Qantas captain Richard Champion de Crespigny saved a planeload of people with his safe landing of stricken flight QF32 in Singapore, but he couldn't save his career from COVID-19. He's revealed, on ...

The controllability of the Qantas QF32 Airbus A380 when one of its a Rolls-Royce engines disintegrated after taking off from Singapore, was a constant issue for its pilots, according to the ...

Repairs have been completed on a Qantas Airways Airbus A380 that experienced an uncontained engine failure over Singapore in November 2010. The aircraft, registration VH-OQA, will be flown back to ...

A few weeks ago, Captain Richard de Crespigny joined Rod to discuss what it was like to fly the big jets and he took your calls and questions. It was a fascinating chat, but we wanted to know more ...

Human ingenuity may have been all that saved Qantas Flight QF32 earlier this month, according to the Australian and International Pilots Association. The Airbus A380 aircraft was forced to make an ...

Qantas Airways has completed its first assessment flight for the Airbus A380 that experienced an uncontained engine failure in Singapore, since the incident in November 2010. The aircraft, ...

This is the most serious incident involving the super-jumbo A380 since it came into service three years ago. It has emerged that there have been some concerns raised about the model of engines used on ...