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Qantas Flight 72 (QF72) was a scheduled flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Perth Airport by an Airbus A330.On 7 October 2008, the flight made an emergency landing at Learmonth Airport near the town of Exmouth, Western Australia, following an inflight accident that included a pair of sudden, uncommanded pitch-down manoeuvres that caused severe injuries—including fractures, lacerations ...
On 7 October 2008, Qantas Flight 72, an Airbus A330-303 registered as VH-QPA, suffered a rapid loss of altitude in two sudden uncommanded pitch-down manoeuvres while 150 km (81 nmi) from the Learmonth air base in northern Western Australia. After declaring an emergency, the crew landed the aircraft safely at RAAF Base Learmonth.
Flight 72 or Flight 072 may refer to: ... Gulf Air Flight 072, crashed on 23 August, 2000; Qantas Flight 72, made emergency landing on 7 October, 2008
VH-QPG, the aircraft involved as flight 71. On 27 December 2008, Qantas Flight 71 from Perth to Singapore, a different Qantas A330-300 with registration VH-QPG [23] was involved in an incident at 36,000 feet approximately 260 nautical miles (480 km) north-west of Perth and 350 nautical miles (650 km) south of Learmonth Airport at 1729 WST. The ...
It's the ultimate in long haul flights. Australian airline Qantas have tested out a non-stop journey from New York to Sydney -- lasting nearly 20 hours and spanning more than 16,000 kilometres, or ...
Have a look at NWAA flight 1712, an A320-210 that had an uncommanded excursion at FL370 on 1996-03-16. That flight had no pax aboard, so had a low profile, but airworthiness was questioned. LeadSongDog 14:24, 16 October 2008 (UTC) Also this one April 27, 1995, an Airbus A320-211, N331NW, operated as Northwest Airlines Flight 1142.
2008 – Qantas Flight 72 an Airbus A330-300 makes an emergency landing in Exmouth, Australia following a rapid descent that leaves over 70 people injured, 14 of them seriously. 2003 – OH-58D Kiowa (92-0578) crashes inside Iraq, pilots survive.
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