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Thread #133306   Message #3023235
Posted By: The Fooles Troupe
04-Nov-10 - 07:07 AM
Thread Name: BS: Qantas A380 blows engine
Subject: BS: Qantas A30 blows engine
It's all over the news here in Oz - you can see (Google if you want the full story) the pics of the engines cover blown off and the charring. Took off from Singapore and dropped bits over Bataan.

All safe. Qantas has temporarily grounded all A30s and rerouted passengers.

The worrying problem is that it is the first one to do this trick, and is the oldest A30 in the Qantas fleet and it is only a few years old - just done it's first big service - done at Lufthansa. The engines have been maintained by Rolls Royce, so the bleating of the Maintainence Union that Qantas was cutting corners seems to be not relevant.