![Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny, the pilot of Thursday's Qantas A380 QF32, waits at Changi airport in Singapore November 6, 2010, for his new flight to Sydney. Engine trouble forced QF6 a Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny, the pilot of Thursday's Qantas A380 QF32, waits at Changi airport in Singapore November 6, 2010, for his new flight to Sydney. Engine trouble forced QF6 a](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2e6a09a/captain-richard-champion-de-crespigny-the-pilot-of-thursdays-qantas-a380-qf32-waits-at-changi-airport-in-singapore-november-6-2010-for-his-new-flight-to-sydney-engine-trouble-forced-qf6-a-qantas-airways-ltd-boeing-747-400-jet-to-make-an-emergency-landing-in-singapore-on-friday-less-than-48-hours-after-another-of-the-australian-carriers-aircraft-had-to-land-prematurely-because-its-engine-blew-up-de-crespigny-was-a-passenger-of-fridays-qf6-reuters-tim-chong-singapore-tags-transport-disaster-business-2e6a09a.jpg)
Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny, the pilot of Thursday's Qantas A380 QF32, waits at Changi airport in Singapore November 6, 2010, for his new flight to Sydney. Engine trouble forced QF6 a
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Qantas Airways pilot Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny poses for photos near the repaired Qantas A380 VH-0QA passenger jet on the tarmac of Singapore's Changi Airport April 21, 2012. One of the
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Qantas pilot Richard Champion de Crespigny, captain of flight QF32, walks out of the airport after the Airbus A380 aircraft he was in control of made an emergency landing in Singapore in
![Qantas pilot Richard Champion de Crespigny, captain of flight QF32, walks out of the airport after the Airbus A380 aircraft he was in control of made an emergency landing in Singapore in this November 4, 2010 file picture. Pilots of a crippled Qantas Airbus ... Qantas pilot Richard Champion de Crespigny, captain of flight QF32, walks out of the airport after the Airbus A380 aircraft he was in control of made an emergency landing in Singapore in this November 4, 2010 file picture. Pilots of a crippled Qantas Airbus ...](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/1089a527c3b94dae8d54ac13ec3dbc26/2cy0t6d.jpg)
Qantas pilot Richard Champion de Crespigny, captain of flight QF32, walks out of the airport after the Airbus A380 aircraft he was in control of made an emergency landing in Singapore in this November 4, 2010 file picture. Pilots of a crippled Qantas Airbus ...
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![Qantas pilot Richard Champion de Crespigny, captain of flight QF32, walks out of the airport after the Airbus A380 aircraft he was in control of made an emergency landing in Singapore in this November 4, 2010 file picture. Pilots of a crippled Qantas Airbus ... Qantas pilot Richard Champion de Crespigny, captain of flight QF32, walks out of the airport after the Airbus A380 aircraft he was in control of made an emergency landing in Singapore in this November 4, 2010 file picture. Pilots of a crippled Qantas Airbus ...](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/c093e076898049bb82bb92372cc28351/2cx74hd.jpg)
Qantas pilot Richard Champion de Crespigny, captain of flight QF32, walks out of the airport after the Airbus A380 aircraft he was in control of made an emergency landing in Singapore in this November 4, 2010 file picture. Pilots of a crippled Qantas Airbus ...
Qantas A380 pilot Richard Champion de Crespigny's wife tells how he handled Singapore drama | The Australian
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