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A Qantas Airways Airbus A380 en route from Singapore to Sydney experienced an uncontained engine failure and was forced to dump fuel and make an emergency landing in Singapore. Debris was reported to have fallen from flight QF32 as it passed over the Indonesian island of Batam and witnesses heard a loud explosion as the plane flew overhead.
There were 459 passengers on board with no reported injuries, but two people on the ground in Batam were hit by falling debris from the Airbus A380's blown engine. Authorities were initially concerned that the aircraft had crashed but the Qantas Airways A380 returned safely to Singapore. Qantas Airways has grounded its fleet of A380s until the problem can be determined and repaired.
The incident occurred during the takeoff and climb phase of the flight when the engines were under their most strain. Mechanically this is the most demanding and riskiest part of any flight as the engines are at a high power setting and the aircraft is climbing at low altitude. Qantas has six operational Airbus A380's with 20 more on order and there are 37 A380's in service with other airlines around the world.
The Aircraft has the capability of carrying up to 800 passengers depending on the aircraft configuration. The cause of the engine failure is under investigation and Rolls Royce who made and designed the engines is working with Airbus and the air carriers to determine and rectify any mechanical or design flaws which may be responsible for the failure.
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Since the late 1960s the Indonesian island of Batam has been transformed from a sleepy fishing village to a booming frontier town, where foreign investment, mostly from neighboring Singapore, converges with inexpensive land and labor. Indonesian female migrants dominate the island's economic landscape both as factory workers and as prostitutes servicing working class tourists from Singapore. Indonesians also move across the border in search of work in Malaysia and Singapore as plantation and construction workers or maids.
Since the late 1960s the Indonesian island of Batam has been transformed from a sleepy fishing village to a booming frontier town, where foreign investment, mostly from neighboring Singapore, converges with inexpensive land and labor. Indonesian female migrants dominate the island's economic landscape both as factory workers and as prostitutes servicing working class tourists from Singapore. Indonesians also move across the border in search of work in Malaysia and Singapore as plantation and construction workers or maids.
