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Video: Lightning strikes Airbus A380

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Mike LaMonaca

Last month, a man named Chris Dawson was videotaping an Emirates Airbus A380 on approach to London’s Heathrow Airport during a thunderstorm, when a bolt of lightning struck the plane.  As the short video above shows, the bolt seemed to … Continue reading →

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Updates on recent news: Carnival Splendor, Boeing 787 fire, Rolls-Royce A380 engines

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Mike LaMonaca

There have been a lot of news stories in the past couple weeks, so I wanted to post updates on a few of them. Carnival Splendor, which became disabled during a Mexican Riviera cruise after a fire and had to … Continue reading →

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Qantas A380 emergency: video, photo & analysis

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Mike LaMonaca

Earlier today, an Airbus A380 operated by Qantas Airways of Australia experienced an “uncontained failure” in one of its four engines about 90 minutes into its flight from Singapore to Sydney.  The plane, carrying 433 passengers and 26 crew, safely … Continue reading →

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