News reports saying a Qantas A380 may have exploded and crashed near Singapore.
EDIT - Other reports saying engine failure and it’s making an emergency landing.
Explosion heard as plane flies over Indonesia
34 minutes ago
By The Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Police and witnesses say they heard an explosion as a commercial airliner was flying over western Indonesia and found debris scattered near a shopping mall.
Media reports, meanwhile, said that a Quantas Airbus 383 made an emergency landing in Singapore soon after dumping fuel.
ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/1011 … mergency_1
Just found this. Rather conflicting.
Very conflicting, especially as there are reports of debris landing in Batam.
Now saying it’s just landed safely albeit with smoke pouring out of an engine.
A380s being a bit of a drama queen today. Fire, dropping engine parts and all.
[quote=“cfimages”]News reports saying a Qantas A380 may have exploded and crashed near Singapore.
EDIT - Other reports saying engine failure and it’s making an emergency landing.
nzherald.co.nz/world/news/ar … d=10685347[/quote]
From the BBC News site
[quote]Qantas A380 in emergency landing
An Airbus A380 superjumbo from the Australian airline Qantas makes an emergency landing in Singapore after developing engine trouble. [/quote]
just a usual blown engine and a fuel dump and land again. A bit of engine paneling was blown off.
No big drama
[quote=“Satellite TV”] just a usual blown engine and a fuel dump and land again. A bit of engine paneling was blown off.
No big drama
[/quote]
Uncontained engine failures with parts from the explosion ripping through the wing isn’t “just a usual blown engine”, is it? Seems pretty dramatic to me. 
Qantas had another plane with problems yesterday, a 747-400 had to land in Singapore, also a burning engine. Might have to do with the volcanic eruptions in Indonesia.
Such a big plane being a drama queen, tsk tsk.
Well its not trivial. RollsRoyce the engine makers stock lost a coupla billion. But I reckon they will get to the crux of the problem. They simply HAVE to.