almost brought superjumbo down
What nonsense.
Would someone show any evidence of loss off control of flight path, inability to achieve performance, abnormal attitude, etc? This event is a technical failure which impacted a number of systems which Richard and his crew worked through in a logical manner to then return to the "nearest suitable". There was no fire, for various reasons, there was no catastrophic control or performance outcome, there was an interesting compound event caused by a common failure, as has happened in the past, and will happen in the future.
Yes, Annex 13 definitions will be interesting to apply to category, but, really, WTF.
Merapi is hundreds of miles away. Get over it.
Birdstrike? for an IPT disc failure, how?
Occams razor, get rid of the background static. Await the report. Stop the hysterics.
B744 QF6 engine failure... so what! It's an engine, they fail occasionally, sometimes events happen in clusters, sometimes that means something, more often not. QF engineering? the planes are still in good condition, in fact they had the largest level of MEL's well before offshore engineering became an issue, ie 48 MEL's on one departure, that was the good old days, additionally, engines used to fail then too, quite frequently, and mainly from mechanical failures.
Will pax board an A380 or B744 of any color tomorrow, of course they will, and they will also fly on any airline that saves them 50 bucks, irrespective of their safety history, national aviation authorities level of oversight or competency. SLF, don't whinge about risk without looking in the mirror, the commercial imperative is responsive to what you are prepared to value your safety.
FDR