Plane Crash Recreated - Season 1 Episode 9 -

Just 4 minutes after take-off from Singapore Changi Airport, on 4 November 2010, Qantas Flight32 suffered an uncontained failure in one of its engines. The failure was the first of its kind for theAirbus A380, the world’s first double-deck jet airliner. Shrapnel from the engine damaged the fuelsystem and led to a series of failures, severely compromising the aircraft. The crew spent almosttwo tense hours in the air before navigating a successful emergency landing, saving everyoneonboard. In this episode, Captain Richard de Crespigny shares his account of heroically handlingwhat could have been certain disaster.