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Qantas A380 returns to LAX after water floods aisles
A Qantas Airways superjumbo jet returned to Los Angeles International Airport about an hour after takeoff when a burst water pipe sent water cascading down the aisles of the Airbus A380, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. A media outlet identified as 7News Yahoo!7 posted a pictured of the jet's flooded aisles on Twitter. The flight took off from LAX around 12:14 a.m. ET Wednesday morning, turning around about an hour later while out over the Pacific. The jet landed at the airport… (www.usatoday.com) עוד...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Good thing that whatever broke happened 1 hour into a 15 hour flight. There just aren't many airports that can handle a A380 in the Pacific.
Was it clean fresh wáter or otherwise
If the emergency slide had opened, they could have turned the plane into a five mile high water park. Lot more fun than watching a crappy movie.
Maybe someone used the tub upstairs and forgot to turn off the water? :)
It was Qantas, not Emirates.
Circled for two hours to burn fuel? Was the water waist deep by then?