[hamboy]

First 747 series 100 mostly mothballed, 200’s still up flying, 400’s the current workhorse, not too many 747-8 delivered yet but but length longer than Airbus 380. After 45 years flying of course there has been so many fatal accidents. There were 747 incidents with happy endings like NW85 and PR434 but I don’t know if Airbus 380 can survive that. Pretty soon Airbus 380 will also be falling from the sky with more severe damage than QF32 incident.

[DUMBGRUNT]

the left brake reached temperatures higher than 900°C, ATSB reports

1652 F OH MY! Far past red heat;orange! Not much left.

Passengers could see the damage through windows and a video stream on the in-flight entertainment system, which probably made for more thrilling viewing than they would have liked

http://www.businessinsider.com/frightening-photos-from-the-report-on-the-qantas-a380-incident-show-exactly-what-happened-2013-7#ixzz3jMyy8S38

[American Constitutionalist]

Most of the accidents with the 747s was not that of the structure of the plane, but rather, external reasons like pilot error, weather, shody matinance and repair, terrorist.

The 747 is one of the most safest aircraft flying today.