Announced the Australian airline Qantas, yesterday, to stop planes from aircraft "Airbus 380" after the incident and faced one of its planes over Indonesia, and led to a landing in an emergency landing in Singapore.
The Director General of the company, Alan Joyce, the suspension of flights six aircraft A-380, which is important in its fleet of 191 aircraft, until the completion of the investigation into the incident
He explained that the plane had suffered a "major malfunction in the engine" just six minutes after takeoff from Singapore to Sydney, forcing her to return and landing at Changi Airport in Singapore .. The plane was carrying 433 passengers and a crew of 26 people, the disposal of fuel over Indonesia before returning to Singapore. The smoke rising to intervene before firefighters at the airport to control it.
Blackened and one of the four engines of the plane, which has lost its protective outer shell. And fell metal parts, including the segment that carries the picture of "Flying Kangaroo", which is famous for Qantas on the city of Batam near Singapore .. Singapore authorities confirmed that none of the passengers and crew members was hurt after a fall flight of 32 F-Q Changi Airport in Singapore.
While The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Australia, said in a statement in Sydney, that "the plane landed without problems at Changi Airport, and did not hurt any of the passengers or crew members." Joyce said, "We have never seen such a crash that hit the engine, so we take this issue seriously because the risk of malfunction in the engine.
He added that the incident occurred in the first aircraft purchased by Qantas A-380 two years ago, explaining that the company will be in contact with Airbus and Rolls-Royce, which manufactured the engines. "We are talking about a new aircraft and new engine, and thus it is clear that we will work closely with manufacturers."
Qantas operates aircraft giant model of the A-380 which can accommodate 450 passengers since 2008 and plans to increase the number to 20 aircraft by 2015. Joyce said the incident would not affect the company's future applications for the purchase of this aircraft .. For his part, said Bureau of Investigation and analysis of the French, on Thursday, said the plane experienced a malfunction in the rear portion of one of the four engines.
The use of these aircraft in Qantas flights between Sydney and Melbourne and Los Angeles, as well as from Australia to London via Singapore .. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said a team of experts will travel to Singapore to start a formal investigation into the accident site, citing "Corporation"