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| Date: | Monday 8 December 2014 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airbus A380-842 |
| Owner/operator: | Qantas |
| Registration: | VH-OQG |
| MSN: | 047 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 972B-84 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Perth Int Airport, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Dubai (DXB/OMDB) |
| Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Cabin pressurisation and air-conditioning issues forced the crew of flight QF2 to divert to Perth where a safe landing was carried out.
Sources:
http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/national/qantas-a380-in-perth-emergency-landing/story-fnjbnxui-1227147936547
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 February 2011 | VH-OQG | Qantas | 0 | Near Ashgabat |  |
non |
| 20 May 2017 | VH-OQG | Qantas | 0 | Approx 2 hrs SW of LAX |  |
min |
| Engine failure | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2014 13:00 | Petropavlovsk | Added |
| 08-Dec-2014 13:06 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Dec-2014 20:59 | Chieftain | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 10-Jun-2022 09:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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