The Qantas Airbus A380 Near-Disaster In Two Tweets

A newAirbusA380 superjumbo jet experienced a massive engine failure shortly after takeoff in Singapore, forcing the Qantas flight tomake an emergency landing. Everyone on board survived, including a passenger with two amusing-in-retrospect before and after tweets.

Thefirst tweetfrom Ulf Waschbusch of Singapore approximately three hours ago details his excitement over his trip to Australia for the first time. Hissecond tweetshortly after theengine explosionand emergency landing isn't quite as cheery.

{@ULFWvia@BenParr, Photo: Getty Images}

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