Qantas Flight 72
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Qantas Flight 72 (QF72) was a scheduled flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Perth Airport by an Airbus A330. On 7 October 2008, the flight made an emergency landing at Learmonth Airport near the town of Exmouth, Western Australia, following an inflight accident that included a pair of sudden, uncommanded pitch-down manoeuvres that caused severe injuries—including fractures, lacerations and spinal injuries—to several of the passengers and crew.[1][2][3][4][5] At Learmonth, the plane was met by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia and CareFlight.[6][7] Fourteen people were airlifted to Perth for hospitalisation, with thirty-nine others also attending hospital.[8][9][10][11] In all, one crew member and eleven passengers suffered serious injuries, while eight crew and ninety-nine passengers suffered minor injuries.[12] The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation found a fault with one of the aircraft's three air data inertial reference units (ADIRUs) and a previously unknown software design limitation of the Airbus A330's fly-by-wire flight control primary computer (FCPC).
Accident | |
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Date | 7 October 2008 (2008-10-07) |
Summary | In-flight upset due to software error resulting in two pitch-downs |
Site | Indian Ocean; 80NM from Learmonth 22°14′06″S 114°05′18″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Airbus A330-303 |
Aircraft name | Kununurra |
Operator | Qantas |
IATA flight No. | QF72 |
ICAO flight No. | QFA72 |
Call sign | QANTAS 72 |
Registration | VH-QPA |
Flight origin | Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore |
Destination | Perth Airport, Australia |
Occupants | 315 |
Passengers | 303 |
Crew | 12 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 118 |
Survivors | 315 |