Well if you couldn’t guess it was going to happen… it has.
Qantas has launched litigation against Rolls Royce engines to recover some of the losses incured during the uncontained engine incident that forced flight QF32 back to Singapore a month ago.
In a statement Qantas said:
“Qantas has commenced discussions with Rolls-Royce on a range of issues concerning the A380 fleet, including financial and operational impacts, as a consequence of the QF32 Trent 900 engine failure on 4 November 2010, and will also consider legal options.
The airline has today filed a statement of claim and been granted an injunction by the Federal Court of Australia which will ensure that the company can pursue legal action against Rolls-Royce in Australia, particularly under the Trade Practices Act, if a commercial settlement is not possible.
Today’s action allows Qantas to keep all options available to the company to recover losses, as a result of the grounding of the A380 fleet and the operational constraints currently imposed on A380 services.”
Expect fireworks if Rolls Royce doesn’t pay up.
Operationally, Qantas are still heavely down on A380’s, with 2 out of the 6 aircraft operational, the other 3 still being checked over, and 1 remaining at Singapore, damaged from the incident. Qantas is due to have another pair of A380’s to be delivered soon to bolster its numbers – whilst not taking over from 747 services for now, it will allow most A380 operations to resume.
Qantas currently has two of its A380 fleet in operation.
