Why are many of you so critical of Gretschenfrage's posts? He is not being at all critical of the QF32 crew, but is merely asking a question. Given how severe the damage turned out to be, I can understand that getting down asap could be desirable.
Does anyone know if the cabin crew reported to the flight deck that fuel was gushing out of the wing? And that the wing appeared to be damage? As the eyes and ears down the back, I think it would be pretty important to convey something like this to the flight deck.