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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?
The A380 can't land at MTOW... Of course it would have to hold and burn fuel, or dump it.