It could have been Australia’s worst air disaster, but it wasn’t. When an engine exploded on board Qantas Flight 32 in 2010, its crew faced a “black swan” event so unthinkable they could not prepare for it.
With critical systems in chaos and hundreds of lives at stake, the A380 crew, led by Captain Richard de Crespigny, had to figure out how to get the plane back to land safely… and over the course of several harrowing hours, they did.
Not only did the team save the plane with the odds stacked against them, but they also got every soul off the plane without so much as a single injury, cementing the QF32’s place in the aviation history books for all the right reasons.
On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, Captain de Crespigny tells Jake Nelson the story of the QF32, 15 years on, and what it taught him about the value of resilience.
You can watch the episode on YouTube above or on your device. by clicking here. You can also listen to the audio-only version using the podcast player below.
