Emergency order to inspect all A380 engines; Qantas grounds its six Super-jumbos

Thursday, November 11th 2010 - 14:36 UTC

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European Union’s air safety regulator has issued an emergency order to inspect all Super-jumbo Airbus A380 passenger jet engines after a Rolls-Royce turbine blew up on a Qantas flight last week. Read full article

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Marcos Alejandro
Replace Rolls-Royce turbines for GE engines instead and problem solved.
Nov 11th, 2010 - 05:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Rufus
Easier in theory than in practice, you've got to get four engines, each weighing the better part of seven tons to the plane to start with. Then attach them, along with whatever recertification is required.

Better to find out if there is actually something definitively wrong with the engines that they've got first.
Nov 12th, 2010 - 02:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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