Richards background and flying pedigree gives a rich vein to the eventual story of teamwork and heroism displayed by the flight crew of qf32. His presentation was enthralling and completely captivated our audience. Qantas flight 32 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from london to sydney via singapore. Qantas captain reveals all about a380s engine explosion. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fly. A really interesting book, that gives an insight into what a modern pilot does for a living, as well as the details of how the engine failure of flight qf32 played out. What air crash investigations didnt tell you about qf32. His multiawardwinning and bestselling book qf32 is a blowbyblow story of what. Good evening richard, i read all your books and have been huge inspiration during my training to become a pilot. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He had never seen such extraordinary facilities before. In 2010, what began as a routine longhaul flight from singapore to sydney came within a knifeedge of becoming one of the worlds worst ever air disaster. Coming from the author of qf32, i expected a different book. Qf32 theres a big difference between a pilot and an. The book is an edge of the seat read once you get to the incident with so much to go wrong and so much at stake. Jul 17, 20 that side of the story is told well by the pilotincommand, capt.
As a lapsed private pilot who likes to fly the computer your book qf32 was very helpful during our session on the a320 simulator at bankstown recently in describing certain aircraft features such as auto trim. Good evening richard, i read all your books and have been huge. Catastrophic uncontained engine disintegrations are fortunately extremely rare but can end in disaster. Qf32 the captains extraordinary account of how disaster. There were some technical points he made that i didnt fully understand which ive outlined below, perhaps someone could clarify them for me please. The title is the qantas flight number on which the incident occurred. My book qf32 was published in july 2012, about one year before the atsb published its report into qf32. Hero qf32 pilot who saved 440 passengers when engine. Because of this mismatch in time, i was not permitted to publish information discovered by the atsb that was not already available in the public domain. Shortly after leaving changi airport, an explosion shattered engine 2 of qantas flight qf32 an airbus a380, the.
On 4 november 2010, a flight from singapore to sydney came within a knife edge. By andrew carswell, clemintine cuneo and cindy wockner dailytelegraph. Life lessons from the cockpit of qf32 is available now in australian book shops. In 2010, thousands of feet in the air above singapore, the 469 passengers aboard qf32 found themselves in a crisis that no one could have. Qf32 theres a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. Sometimes, i feel like it kind of gets boring though. Also credit to qantas for the rigid training their pilots undertake and continually upgrade their skills every year. Thank you to the readers who have contacted me to highlight errors or omissions in qf32. Find books like qf32 from the worlds largest community of readers. Life lessons from the cockpit of qf32, has been released today passengers described seeing a puff of white smoke and hearing a loud bang. The failure occurred over batam island, indonesia, four minutes after takeoff from singapore changi airport. Books best sellers new releases childrens books textbooks australian authors kindle books audiobooks life lessons from the cockpit of qf32 and over 1.
The captains extraordinary account of how one of the worlds worst air disasters was averted. Well written and lots of interesting facts throughout. The events of the qf32 incident were well written and i take my hat off to the pilots to qantas and to airbus as well as the emergency services at singapore airport. We had great difficulty compressing the qf32 story into a form to suit a wide audience. This is a book that anyone who flies and for anyone who is afraid to fly. The qantas a380 captain was at the control of the worlds largest and most advanced commercial jetliner when he and his fellow officers were faced with their greatest challenge in early november 2010. Aug 01, 2012 in 2010, what began as a routine longhaul flight from singapore to sydney came within a knifeedge of becoming one of the worlds worst ever air disaster. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fly life lessons from the cockpit of qf32. Covering leadership, teamwork, riskassessment, decisionmaking, crisis management, lifelong resilience and more, its a book whose wisdom can be applied to challenges and opportunities in the.
In 2010, what began as a routine longhaul flight from singapore to sydney came within a knifeedge of becoming one of the worlds worst ever. On 4 november 2010, the aircraft operating the route, an airbus a380, suffered an uncontained failure in one of its four trent 900 engines. It felt as if we were in the cockpit watching him manage and overcome such a desperate situation. When a sudden midair explosion shattered engine no. For a start, he says any qantas crew would have been just as successful.
His aviation experience probably contributed the skills necessary to save the passengers and land the airbus 380 safely. From the author of fly life lessons from the cockpit. It gives a deeper appreciation for the professionalism and dedication given by the pilots, cabin crew and other staff who ensure our skies are safe. On qf32 he was getting a route check, and said either dave or harry check captains could end my career that day with a. It offers interesting information on the technical side and regarding crm issues. His multiawardwinning and bestselling book qf32 is a blowbyblow story of what went right when things went wrong in the. Fly life lessons from the cockpit of qf32 kindle edition. That side of the story is told well by the pilotincommand, capt.
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