BS: Qantas A380 blows engine

Subject: RE: BS: Qantas A380 blows engine
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 12 Nov 10 - 09:03 AM

Rolls-Royce identifies fault behind A380 fire

... "First, as previously announced, the issue is specific to the Trent 900," it said in a statement.

"Secondly, the failure was confined to a specific component in the turbine area of the engine."

This had caused an oil fire which affected a turbine disc, it added ...

Subject: RE: BS: Qantas A380 blows engine
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 15 Nov 10 - 06:33 AM

Today Qantas had to turn back a 747 with smoke in the cockpit, once the media get their teeth into something, they seem to lack sufficient intelligence to let go ...

Subject: RE: BS: Qantas A380 blows engine
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 02 Dec 10 - 01:11 AM

A380 engines could catch fire ATSB

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Today, the ATSB issued a safety recommendation about potential engine problems in some Airbus A380 aircraft.

It said there was a "potential manufacturing defect with an oil tube connection to the high-pressure (HP)/intermediate-pressure (IP) bearing structure" of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines installed in some A380s.

The statement said the defect "could lead to fatigue cracking, oil leakage and potential engine failure from an oil fire within the HP/IP bearing buffer space."