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Qantas Flight 72 (QF72) was a scheduled flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Perth Airport on 7 October 2008 that made an emergency landing at Learmonth airport near the town of Exmouth, Western Australia following an inflight accident featuring a pair of sudden uncommanded pitch-down manoeuvres that resulted in serious injuries to many of the occupants.〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 The injuries included fractures, lacerations and spinal injuries. At Learmonth, the plane was met by the Royal Flying Doctor Service and CareFlight,〔 〕〔 〕 where 14 people were airlifted to Perth for hospitalisation, with 39 others also attending hospital.〔〔 〕〔 〕 Two planes were sent by Qantas to Learmonth to collect the remaining passengers and crew.〔 〕 In all, 1 crew member and 11 passengers suffered serious injuries, while 8 crew and 95 passengers suffered minor injuries.〔〔 〕 The Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation found fault with one of the aircraft's three Air Data Inertial Reference Units and a previously unknown software design limitation of the Airbus A330's fly by wire flight control primary computer (FCPC). ==Aircraft== VH-QPA was delivered new to Qantas on 26 November 2003, initially as an A330-301. It later had a change in engine type fitted and was re-designated as an Airbus A330-303 in November 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=VH-QPA Qantas Airbus A330-303 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Qantas Flight 72」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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