Too much happened on the flight to fully document in a broadappealing book. This is the riveting, blowbyblow story of qf 32, and how a mortally wounded plane was saved. After reading the book qf32 and also after interviewing him for several. In 2010, richard woodward, a vice president of the australian and. Richard remained with the raaf until 1986 when he joined qantas, flying boeing 747, airbus a330 and a380 jet aircraft. A really interesting book, that gives an insight into what a modern pilot does for a living, as well as the details of how the engine failure of flight qf32 played out. The qf32 was one of the biggest events of its kind that qantas has gone through. He has presented to fortune 500 companies, the federal government and its agencies, including defence, safety and investigation. The atsb report is a fascinating engineering document. In 2010, thousands of feet in the air above singapore, the 469 passengers aboard qf32 found themselves in a crisis that no one could have. He had never seen such extraordinary facilities before. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more. He saved 460 lives when they were able to safely land the aircraft in singapore.
Life lessons from the cockpit of qf32 richard champion. Qantas flight 32 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from london to sydney via singapore. We had great difficulty compressing the qf32 story into a form to suit a wide audience. Qf32 theres a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. Well written and lots of interesting facts throughout. Good evening richard, i read all your books and have been huge inspiration during my training to become a pilot. Great untold stories of qantasthe heroic, the hilarious and the sometimes just plain strange jim eames. Carey edwards described the qf32 flight as one of the finest examples of. The book fills in details that news reports could not convey at the time, not only of. Shortly after leaving changi airport, an explosion shattered engine 2 of qantas flight qf32 an airbus a380, the largest and most advanced passenger plane ever built. What air crash investigations didnt tell you about qf32. Qf32, captains extraordinary account of how one of the. Note that the facts stated have not been tested, it may contain inaccuracies. Thank you to the readers who have contacted me to highlight errors or omissions in qf32.
I am one of your neighbours, because i was born and i live just above australia and new zealand 1460 km from brisbane and 3 hrs from auckland, noumea, new caledonia. Qf32 the captains extraordinary account of how disaster. Qantas pilot who saved 469 lives to speak at airventure aopa. The book is quite well written in easy to understand language and provides an insight into how difficult it is to become a pilot on commercial airlines in australia. On 4 november 2010, the aircraft operating the route, an airbus a380, suffered an uncontained failure in one of its four trent 900 engines. I went through all the manuals, and i phoned engineers and i questioned designers and talked to test. It gives a deeper appreciation for the professionalism and dedication given by the pilots, cabin crew and other staff who ensure our skies are safe. The title is the qantas flight number on which the incident occurred. Jul 17, 20 that side of the story is told well by the pilotincommand, capt. Good evening richard, i read all your books and have been huge inspiration during my training to. Rdc was a guest speaker at an engineering symposium i attended a.
Qf32, captains extraordinary account of how one of the worlds. The failure occurred over batam island, indonesia, four minutes after takeoff from singapore changi airport. There were some technical points he made that i didnt fully understand which ive outlined below, perhaps someone could clarify them for me please. On qf32 he was getting a route check, and said either dave or harry check captains could end my career that day with a. The book won the best non fiction award in the 20 australian book industry awards and the australian independent booksellers best non fiction award for books released in australia in 2012. His multiawardwinning and bestselling book qf32 is a blowbyblow story of what went right when things went wrong in the air. The book is similar in structure to sulleys highest duty. Fascinating even if you think you know all about the incident. I highly recommend this book, especially if you are an airline pilot. After 4 hard years of work my next book on resilience comes out in. On 4 november 2010, a flight from singapore to sydney came within a knife edge. Qantas flight 32 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from london to sydney via.
Buy a discounted paperback of qf32 online from australias leading online bookstore. Head up display sunsets these beautiful sunsets were photographed en route from sydney to dubai in january 2014, taken just after passing the coast. Life lessons from the cockpit of qf32 is available now in australian book. He knew, then, that he needed to get a university degree and become an raaf officer and pilot. Hero pilot captain richard champions turbulent times with. That side of the story is told well by the pilotincommand, capt.
Richard believes it unfortunate that some versions of the qf32 book translated into other languages do not contain the excellent 63 photos that are published in the english version of qf32. Home again the repairs and the return of qantas a380 vh. On 4 november 2010, a flight from singapore to sydney came within a knife edge of being one of the worlds worst air disasters. In all, nancybird spent 116 days on jigs in sia engineerings a380 hangar. In 2010 he was the captain on board qantas flight qf32 when it suffered a catastrophic explosion.
Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. He flies the worlds largest passenger aircraft, the airbus a380, for qantas airways. And on november 4, 2010, on flight qf32 from singapore to sydney, he and his crew suffered what is called a black swan event. Qf32 theres a big difference between a pilot and an. On 24 november 2010, he was in charge of a huge a380 airbus, fitted with state of. Catastrophic uncontained engine disintegrations are fortunately extremely rare but can end in disaster. Some of the a380s amazing redundancy has been added in italics to show that the a380 is very safe. Books best sellers new releases childrens books textbooks australian authors.
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