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| November 4, 2010 | Qantas grounds entire A380 fleet after Singapore emergency landing | | Sydney: Qantas Airways has grounded its entire Airbus A380
fleet following the emergency landing of one its aircraft at Singapore's Changi airport. A double-decker plane, flight QF32 bound for Sydney from Singapore, was carrying 433 passengers and 26 crewmembers when it ran into trouble shortly
after take-off on Thursday. According to reports, the engine of the A380 had dramatically exploded mid-air over the Indonesian island of Batam , near Singapore , and had
to return to Changi Airport . "We have decided that we will suspend all A380 takeoffs
until we are fully comfortable that sufficient information has been obtained about
QF32," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Qantas Chief Executive Officer, Alan Joyce,
as saying. "We will suspend those A380 services until we are completely confident
that Qantas safety requirements have been met," he added. Joyce stressed that
the suspensions were a precaution until Qantas understood the reasons for the
incident. "We take our safety standards very seriously," he said. He further said
that the passengers from flight QF32 would be accommodated in a Singapore hotel.
"Qantas will be operating a replacement aircraft that will fly to Singapore tonight
and will depart tomorrow with all the passengers on board," Joyce said.
The news.com.au web site quoted Indonesian media reports as saying there had been some sort of explosion over the Indonesian island of Batam, near Singapore, at about 9.15 a.m. local time. Tatang Kurnia, head of Indonesia's Transportation Safety Board, said the explosion came from a Qantas plane that had just lifted off from Singapore . "We've been informed from Singapore that a Qantas plane overflying the area defuelled and then made an emergency landing back in Singapore ," he told MetroTV. Qantas says the plane, flying from Singapore to Sydney , experienced engine problems. "Qantas flight QF32 was enroute from Singapore to Sydney , the number two engine has shut down, so as a precautionary measure we are taking it back to Singapore ," A Qantas spokeswoman said.
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