Can someone explain to me how the ATSB consider the damage to the aircraft SERIOUS
(Source:
Investigation: AO-2010-089 - Inflight engine failure - Qantas, Airbus A380, VH-OQA, overhead Batam Island, Indonesia, 4 November 2010)
but CASA, our illustrious safety regulator, has decided that in their latest magazine that the damage is only MINOR
(Source: Flight Safety Australia Jan/Feb 2011 Issue 78, p18)?
I don’t know of any publication or manual that is used within the operational or safety environments that would attempt to define the damage to QF32 as Minor. With openly reported damage to aircraft performance, replacement of components required, damage to more than one engine, and obviously an uncontrollable fuel leak, you would need to think that the either CASA does not have the expertise to be responsible for aviation safety in Australia, or Qantas
PR are doing their best to play down this incident further and keep the problems associated with the A380 at a minimum.
