Some of the items, such as engine blades, have been painted by contemporary artists to make them works of art in themselves ... but have been created from the A380’s raw materials.

Although the A380 engines were seemingly state of the art upon their release, they were surpassed in efficiency and technology just a few years later, when the Boeing 787 was announced.

In the unlikely event – as they say in safety briefings – that the entire flight crew of the new £250million double-decker Airbus A380 superjumbo were to be struck down by a dodgy prawn ...