I may be wrong, but I believe that Qantas is the only major flag carrier that has never had a major crash.
Maybe it's time? Dan (I hope not) --- On Sat, 11/6/10, OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Quantas and Airbus A380 > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Saturday, November 6, 2010, 2:42 PM > *FYI - * > > (Reuters) - Australia's Qantas Airways hopes to have its > grounded fleet of > six Airbus A380s flying again "within days" following > urgent checks after an > engine failure, chief executive Alan Joyce said on > Saturday. > > Joyce said he was optimistic that the world's largest > passenger plane would > pass the tests, as two safety incidents on consecutive days > overshadowed > lavish celebrations to mark the airline's 90th anniversary > this month. > > The airline grounded its six A380s after an engine failure > on one of the > aircraft on Thursday during a flight to Australia, which > forced it to make > an emergency landing in Singapore. > > It marked the biggest incident to date for the world's > largest passenger > plane, which has been in service since 2007. The incident > forced other > airlines to recheck their own A380s. > > "We are hopeful that within days we will have our A380 > fleet flying again," > Joyce said at an event in Sydney to mark the anniversary > this month of the > founding of Qantas in 1920. > > In a second incident on Friday, a Boeing 747 en route to > Australia was also > forced to turn back to Singapore. Joyce said an engine on > that plane > produced "smoke and sparks" but called it a "contained > engine failure" and > said there were no plans to ground the airline's 747 > fleet. > > "We are not concerned about our 747 fleet," he said. > > However, the incidents have cast a shadow over Qantas' > anniversary > celebrations, which on Saturday included a visit by > Hollywood actor John > Travolta, who is a pilot and an aviation enthusiast. > > Travolta piloted his own vintage 707 in old Qantas livery > for the cameras > before voicing his personal support for the airline. > > "The Qantas brand around the world is very strong," > Travolta said. > > A Qantas spokeswoman told Reuters that although both > Thursday and Friday's > incidents involved Rolls-Royce engines they were of > different types and the > incidents were distinct. > > "They are different aircraft and they are different > engines. They are very > different incidents," she said. > > Shares in Rolls-Royce, Airbus parent EADS and Qantas all > lost ground on > Friday following Thursday's incident. > > http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A435P20101106?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=76 > -- > OK Don > 2001 ML320 > 1992 300D 2.5T > 1990 300D 2.5T > 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
