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SUMMARY:Qantas Flight 32 - The Airbus A380 Engine Failure  - Richard de Cr
 espigny\, Captain - Qantas Flight 32
DTSTART:20131127T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Richard de Crespigny served as a RAAF officer and pilot for 11
  years until joining Qantas in 1986\, flying Boeing 747s before converting
  to the Airbus A380 and becoming one of Quantas’ most senior captains.\n
  \nIt was at the control of the world’s largest and most advanced commer
 cial jetliner when he and his fellow officers were faced with their greate
 st challenge. On 4 November 2010\, early into the Singapore to Sydney leg 
 of Qantas Flight QF32\, one of the aircraft's four engines exploded\, caus
 ing extensive damage to the nacelle\, wing\, fuel system\, landing gear an
 d flight controls. As well as keeping the 430 passengers calm\, Richard an
 d his fellow flight crew were faced with over 50 major system warnings.  H
 e first needed to stabilise the aircraft in the air before assessing how\,
  or even if\, the aircraft could be landed with such severe damage to its 
 structure and systems.  For two hours the flight crew manoeuvred the cripp
 led aircraft\, 50 tonnes overweight and with no way of dumping fuel\, for 
 a landing at Changi Airport\, Singapore.  They landed with just feet to go
  before the end of the runway\, four burst tyres and fuel leaking onto ove
 rheated brakes.\n \nThis lecture will be a unique opportunity to hear abou
 t this extraordinary event as it unfolded in the air and on the ground fro
 m the pilot of the aircraft\, Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny\, who 
 has been credited in the media as "having guided a heavily damaged double-
 decker jet to the safety of Singapore Airport and averting what could have
  been a catastrophe". It is widely recognised as one of the outstanding fe
 ats of airmanship in aviation history.
LOCATION:•Lecture Theatre '0' of the Cambridge University Engineering De
 partment on Trumpington Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 1PZ
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