This Airliner Was Doomed To Crash (But It Didn’t) | Qantas 32

In 2010, the most modern airliner in the world, the Airbus A380, was also meant to be the safest. However, a serious incident over Singapore would put this claim to the test. And at stake would be the lives of 440 passengers and 29 crew.

CREDITS
Voice Actors
Captain – Spyro Kouvaras
First Officer & Check Captain – Sid Whiting
Second Officer – Jakeb Sparke
Air Traffic Control and Fire Commander – Jens (Lezvox) Bak

Music

Sim Footage
Prepar3D – now upgraded 😊
Camera System – ChasePlane
Ground Services – GSX
Airbus A380 – Project Airbus

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[Greens]

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[brianpollard]

I was on this flight and am eternally grateful for the performance of the entire crew. Amazing example of calm under pressure and leadership everywhere you looked. The scariest moments were actually sitting on the tarmac after we landed in that big puddle of Jet A. Captain De Crespigny is a legend

[LostsTVandRadio]

In November 2010 I drove two of my good Aussie friends to Heathrow for their flight home to Sydney. As we parted I said to them 'have an uneventful flight'. I was astonished to wake the next morning and hear the news on the radio. I reached for my phone and was amused to read their text: 'All good - apart from the engine blowing up after leaving Singapore!'

[leonaessens]

Incredibly fortunate circumstance of having THREE experienced captains in the cockpit plus a top-notch crew led by a man who listened and didn't think he alone had all the answers. The passengers on board that A380 had the good fortune to be in the hands of what may just have been the best crew in the air anywhere on the planet that day!

[bonniecassler]

I admire not only the crew's cool heads, but also that they all retained their sense of humor, in such a dire situation.
Every flight should have a captain, and crew like this one.
Brilliant !

[moseszero]

This is a great example of good piloting and a good crew - they repeatedly stopped each other from doing things that could have made the situation worse.

[peterwilliams]

I was also on this fight in business class and I remember the first officer coming to look out my window as I was on the side of the failed engine. When I asked him about our return he told me it was likely to be the fastest landing I will have ever experienced. As one other comment stated, the real danger was after we landed when we sat in the plane given the risk of fire from the leaking fuel and overheated brakes. It seemed for ever before we disembarked, but the captain came and addressed us all in the business lounge and gave us a fall report. We all owe him and crew a great deal of thanks.

[amyish]

When the captain announces we've lost an engine, we're turning back, and the fire crew will be meeting us, I'm actually not that worried about making my connection.

[KienDLuu]

That transcript shows the great teamwork amongst the pilots and the amazing culture Qantas has - the captain was open to suggestions the entire time and took challenges to his decisions like a true leader. Amazing.

[rocknral]

Proud that this is my airline here in Australia . Trustworthy and professional in every way.

[iionite]

it's incredible how the aircraft managed to stay airborne while carrying the massive balls of the entire crew

[deeprollingriver]

The teamwork is amazing. The captain was willing to listen to the other team members. Everyone was calm and felt safe in voicing their assessments! Total respect between the team members . Beautiful

[bonnieboyer]

I worked on this ship.i was an interior installer.the seats, panels on the sids interiors. i made the carpet, and installed it. I was always proud of my work, and so were my inspectors
. i worked there for 30 yrs now retired. Bonnie

[tasmedic]

It's a fantastic display of team work and cool heads. Equally impressive is that they didn't make a quick decision to land the plane. They analysed all the checklists, worked out which didn't make sense or had no impact on the airworthiness of the plane, then progressively simplified things until they could reach the position of a workable landing configuration.
Highly impressive airmanship. Amazing stuff.
One great example of simplifying the situation is how the Captain threw all the fuel calculations out of the window and decided to work with the amount of fuel in the feed tanks over the engines. When it became clear that they had plenty of time available to thoroughly assess the failures, and get a feel for how the plane was performing, a safe landing became much more likely.

[captjohn]

Well done video. I was a Field Engineer for the company that supplied the fuel gauging system and in tank wiring for the system. The uncontaminated burst ripped a hole in the wing big enough to stick your head into. The reason their was no fire was because the wing was full of fuel. Lack of enough air/oxygen within the wing prevented ignition. The fuel gauging wire harness do no carry enough electrical power to cause arcing or heating, power is in the microamp range. The engine that couldn't shut down, the wire harness to the engine controls was cut. So it just kept running. The pilots did a great job, Australian pilot are known to be VERY good. On the oil issue, those engines had oil issues from day one. I can remember meeting flights to check the fuel gauging system and they always had oil leaks. I suspect they finally fixed that?

[kahlesjf]

Impressive crew resource management. The captain had nothing to fear from YouTube as it turned out. He maintained command while soliciting, considering, and, when he agreed, acting upon input from the other pilots. He also did a good job refocusing one of them them when the information provided was not relevant to what he needed to know. Disturbing to think how many accidents could have been avoided or less severe, if the cockpit culture had been less authoritarian and intimidating to copilots who disagreed with how a captain was handling a situation, but were hesitant to speak up. Just as impressive was the ability of the crew to diagnose and effectively manage a multi-system failure they had never encountered, by applying their knowledge to a novel set of circumstances. Excellent presentation of this incident by 3 Greens.

[peterprokop]

I have seen a number of documentaries about this flight, so I hesitated to watch another one, but you put in many interesting details that made me much better understand how the crew dealt with the overwhelming amount of ECAM-Checklists and how they chose what to focus on and what to ignore, and how they kept each other from making mistakes. Thank you.

[walterbordett]

This is a classic example of good cockpit workload management. One of the fortunate things was the two check pilots in the rear cockpit seats.

[tigerchuu]

The fact that the A380 can still function like it did after that is a testament to how well engineered and safe it is. The crew was top notch as well calmly assessing the situation and making well informed decisions. Amazing

[IvenFrangi]

My father in laws next door neighbour is the extra Captain on the flight deck, 'Harry'. He was 'deadheading' (catching a ride home from a flight he had flown into Singapore). A charming man with a very calm and measured personality. He said they all experienced the very real pressure, and, despite the 'we can't really train for this level of failure', the cockpit crew didn't feel they ever lost control of the situation. He explained that flying the aircraft was the second most important thing to making the decisions about what to do, and when to do it.