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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](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/dc0ed8c6880e48b190049ab7b51a692e/2cnhxg9.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
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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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![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/zooms/6/3ad9844a194e4d4ea6872af61c6181d7/2cy90f8.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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