November 04, 2010

Qantas suspends A380 flight


Qantas Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce gives a news conference at the Qantas headquarters in Sydney November 4, 2010. Australian airline Qantas Airways grounded its entire fleet of A380 aircraft on Thursday after an engine failure forced one its flights to make an emergency landing in Singapore. (Getty Images / REUTERS/Daniel Munoz )

November 04, 2010 (KATAKAMI / THE JAKARTA POST) --- Qantas CEO Alan Joyce says the airline is suspending all flights of its six Airbus A380 jetliners after a mid-air engine problem on a flight from Singapore.

Joyce told a news conference in Sydney on Thursday the suspension would remain in place until Qantas was satisfied that it was safe for its A380s to fly.

Joyce said "we will suspend those A380 services until we are completely confident that Qantas safety requirements have been met."

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