QF32 /
Qantas Flight 32
De Crespigny, Richard.
- ix, 358 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
In 2010, what began as a routine long-haul flight from Singapore to Sydney came within a knife-edge of becoming one of the world's worst ever air disaster. When a sudden mid-air explosion shattered engine no.2 of the Qantas A380 shrapnel ripped through the wing and fuselage creating chaos as it destroyed vital flight systems.