Earlier today, a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 made an emergency landing in Sydney amid a technical issue onboard the plane.
It is understood the aircraft was in the air for around an hour before the landing was made.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Singapore Airlines A380 Emergency Landing in Sydney…
Singapore Airlines flight SQ232, which experienced an emergency landing, is a routine scheduled flight between Sydney and Changi Airport.
The aircraft operating this flight was 9V-SKM.
As per data from Planespotters.net, 9V-SKM is a 13.8 year old Airbus A380-800 that was delivered to the airline in September 2011.
Of the A380-800 variant, Singapore Airlines has 12 in the fleet, of which all but two are in active service.
Furthermore, average fleet age for the variant at the airline stands at 10.2 years.
Singapore Airlines flight SQ232 departed Sydney at 1120 local time earlier today and initially climbed out to Changi Airport.
However, following a technical issue onboard the aircraft, a series of deviations and descents were made back into SYD.
The Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 made an emergency landing back into Sydney and landed without further incident at 1235 local time.
A spokesperson for the airline said the following on the incident:
“The Airbus A380 aircraft safely touched down back in Sydney at 12:42 pm local time”.
“SIA extends its sincere apologies to all affected passengers for any inconvenience caused”.
“The safety of our passengers and crew always remains our utmost priority.”
Issue Got Fixed Quickly…
Following the emergency landing of the Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 in Sydney, repairs were made.
The aircraft made it back into commercial service the same day and departed at 1650 local time earlier today.
It is understood that SQ232 landed safely back into Changi Airport at 2023 local time.
Furthermore, the aircraft is expected to operate the return back to Sydney Airport on April 8 local time.
All eyes will be on whether anymore issues are identified in due course.
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