Originally Posted by
CoachBoy
SQ was treating theirs like a newborn child at first. They pulled it from service and gave it a full check when a pilot cut a taxiway corner short and accidentally put some of the rear wheels on the grass.
Yes if it was a 777/744 or a QF bird they would have just towed her back to gate, loaded her up and let her take off wouldn't they
Originally Posted by
CoachBoy
Based on current record, if anyone was going to do something injurious to a 380 on the ground (other than an airbus crew leaving a toolbox in the avionics bay) it will be QF. Also, if it was Air India and PIA, rather than SQ and QF, being the first in service, I would be far more impressed with the A/C's resilience.
If you mean based on the media bashing of QF on an almost daily basis then yes QF does come up more. I am glad that the new CEO has had a few words to say about this ^
Of course I am excluding the last two Qantas incidents, and while the final report is not in for both of these, it APPEARS that QF was not a fault.
Anyways back to topic, EK had a problem with their A380 the other day
"Engineers at Emirates are investigating the cause of the glitch aboard the 489-seat superjumbo, in which passengers were left without reading lights and the digital entertainment system. “This disruption led to a compromised level of passenger comfort and as a result, a decision was made for the aircraft to return to Dubai,” an Emirates spokeswoman said."
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20...835/0/NATIONAL