QF32, By Richard De Crespigny
QF32, By Richard De Crespigny
343 Pages
The Captain's extraordinary account of how one of the world's worst air disasters was averted.
On 4 November 2010, a flight from Singapore to Sydney came within a knife edge of being one of the world's worst air disasters. Shortly after leaving Changi Airport, and explosion shattered Engine 2 of Qantas flight QF32. Hundreds of pieces of shrapnel ripped through the wing and fuselage, creating chaos as vital flight systems and back-ups were destroyed.