{"id":38929,"date":"2023-07-15T19:20:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T13:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=38929"},"modified":"2023-07-15T21:08:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T15:38:27","slug":"qantas-airbus-a380-london-to-singapore-emergency-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/15\/qantas-airbus-a380-london-to-singapore-emergency-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"Qantas Airbus A380 from London to Singapore Made Emergency Landing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LONDON-<\/strong> On July 14, Australian flag carrier Qantas (QF)<\/a> Airbus A380<\/a> flight from London (LHR)<\/a> to Singapore (SIN) and from Singapore to Sydney (SYD) Sector made an emergency landing in LHR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the source, the flight was forced to make a U-Turn due to technical issues. Further, the flight crew did not burn extra fuel and landed heavily at LHR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Qantas A380 Makes Emergency Landing at London<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to Flight Radar 24, Qantas flight QF2<\/strong> took off from London Heathrow (LHR) at 8:30 PM UTC. The flight crew noticed some problems after being airborne for almost one hour and 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At around 10:02 PM UTC, the QF2 made a U-Turn towards the origin. If we look at the altitude, the flight stayed at 34,000 ft after making a turn, so it’s unrelated to pressurization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the crew did not burn the extra fuel or dump it and didn’t press Squank 7700 emergency signal. Further, it made a sort of Precautionary landing. At 12:13 AM UTC, it landed safely at LHR almost two hours after facing a technical issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft involved in the incident is Airbus A380-842, registered as VH-OQI. Further, it is a 13-year-old aircraft; Airbus delivered it to QF back in 2011, as reported by planspotters.net<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recent Incidents of Airbus A380<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In recent times, incidents related to Airbus A380 are on the rise. A few days back, the British Airways (BA) <\/a>Airbus <\/a>A380 operating from Johannesburg (JNB) to London (LHR)<\/a> returned back to JNB due to issues with landing gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, on July 12, 2023, Emirates (EK) Airbus A380 flight EK9 from Dubai (DXB) to London Gatwick (LGW) blocked the runway at the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsequently, on July 7, 2023, Emirates (EK)<\/a> Airbus A380 at Birmingham Airport Receives Assistance from Emergency Services after Landing Incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are long lists of such incidents. Also, Two years after the final Airbus<\/a> A380 jetliner rolled out of its Toulouse factory, the aviation giant is preparing to bring some of these superjumbos back for wing-spar cracking inspections<\/a> at their birthplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Airbus spokesperson confirmed their support for the inspections, stating, \u201cWe are supporting inspections on some aircraft in Toulouse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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