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Qantas Airways completes first assessment flight for the A-380 aircraft that experienced an uncontained engine failure in Singapore
Sydney, Australia - "The aircraft performed very well"
Qantas Airways communicates today April 16, 2012, that it has completed its first assessment flight for the Airbus A-380 which experienced an uncontained engine failure in November 2010 while flying from Singapore. The aircraft (registration code VH-OQA, the same one which also suffered the wing-crack phenomenon, as reported in this AVIONEWS), took off from Singapore-Changi at 07:14 a.m. and landed...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1139655
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency