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Qantas’ first A380 (MSN014), which suffered an uncontained engine failure on its Singapore-to-Sydney service in November 2010, has emerged from the Singapore hangars with new engines installed.
She is now awaiting new flaps and belly fairings; both are expected to be installed in early March.
Reentry into service is likely to occur in late April.
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Qantas announced that the A380 severely damaged in November 2010 (MSN014) will return to service in March.
On November 4th 2010, Qantas Flight 32, en route from Singapore to Sydney, suffered an uncontained engine failure in engine number two, and was forced to return to Singapore.
Repair work began in May 2011 and is expected to be completed by February. The A380, Qantas’ first, will then go through a series of test flights before returning to service in late March.
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Qantas’s twelfth A380 (MSN074) will be delivered tomorrow at a ceremony in Toulouse.
She now wears airline registration VH-OQL and has been named Phyllis Arnott, after the first Australian woman to receive a commercial pilot’s license.
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Yesterday, Airbus delivered Qantas’ eleventh A380 (MSN063) at a ceremony in Toulouse.
Her delivery flight is routing Toulouse to Sydney via Singapore. MSN063′s sister ship, MSN074, is currently in Toulouse for final testing before delivery in early December.
Once both are in service, they will allow Qantas to run daily Melbourne to Los Angeles flights.
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Yesterday, Qantas’s eleventh A380 (MSN063) performed a check flight, prior to delivery next week.
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Yesterday, Qantas’ eleventh A380 (MSN063) was ferried to Toulouse in preparation for delivery.
Qantas is expecting delivery late next week.
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Yesterday, Qantas’ eleventh A380 (MSN063) began cabin flight testing.
Qantas will take delivery of the frame later in the month.
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