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AF66

March 30, 2021

On September 30th, 2017, an Air France A380 is on its way from Paris to Los Angeles passing over Greenland when a sudden BANG is heard. What caused this flight to have to make an emergency pit stop in Canada?

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In Mechanical Failures Tags Fatigue, Air France, Airbus A380, Greenland, Titanium 64
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QF32

September 1, 2020

A Qantas Airbus A380, the biggest jet airliner, has a catastrophe on its way to Sydney, Australia from Singapore. Find out how bad quality control caused this plane to almost fall out of the sky.

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In Mechanical Failures Tags Airbus A380, Airbus, Singapore, Engine Failure, Qantas, Uncontained Engine Failure
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