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QF: Remaining A380’s possibly cleared to fly within 48 hours after checks

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Positive news from Qantas this morning with an announcement that:"Overnight, Qantas engineers with Airbus and Rolls-Royce engineers have been working around the clock trying to identify what are the potential root causes to the problem on QF32" "As a consequence of that work we've agreed with Airbus and Rolls-Royce a regime of checks that are going to take place on the … [Read more...]

QF: Further QF32 Engine Incident Coverage

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I'm not overly qualified to speak technially on the QF32 incident, so therefore I'll point you in a few resources that can ;)I'd strongly recommend heading to FlightBlogger who has got excellent coverage- http://www.flightglobal.com/flightblogger/2010/11/qantas-a380-fleet-grounded.html- http://www.flightglobal.com/flightblogger/2010/11/qantas-flight-32-and-a380s-hyd.htmlIn … [Read more...]

QF: QF32 Incident – Material or Design issues…

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Qantas has gone on record (and defensive) in regards to the Engine Containment Failure on Thursday, quote"We believe this is most likely some kind of material failure or a design issue," Qantas CEO Alan JoyceIt was also quoted by Alan Joyce that the"it was too early to say what exactly caused the problem, but he said the blowout was "an engine issue" and not one of … [Read more...]

SQ: A380’s cleared to fly

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After grounding it's A380 fleet for inspections, Singapore Airlines have cleared their A380 fleet to fly again.Certain services have been switched to 777-300ER's to provide spare capacity, with some services delayed by 6 hours or so during the checks.However, expect a bit of background delays and fuller planes for a few days.Qantas has yet to reinstate it's A380 fleet. … [Read more...]

LH: No plans to ground A380’s.

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Lufthansa, an A380 operater who uses Trent Engines have annouced to Flight that they will not be grounding their A380's.To quote:"We are looking in to data from our engine condition monitoring" Lufthansa are awaiting an advisory from Rolls-Royce on the matter, but airline is not planning to suspend A380 services at this time.Further coverage continues later. … [Read more...]

SQ: Grounds A380 fleet for precautionary checks.

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It's taken a few hours, but Singapore Airlines has reacted and in conjunction with Rolls Royce has taken it's A380's out of service for preacationary checks.Or in Singapore Airline's own words:Our engine manufacturer Rolls Royce and aircraft manufacturer Airbus have advised us to conduct precautionary technical checks on our A380 aircraft, following today's incident involving … [Read more...]

QF/SQ: Singapore Airlines will continue to operate…

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More breaking news from the A380 Incident today, with the announcement that Singapore Airlines (the other A380 operator who uses Rolls Royce Engines) will continue to operate their A380's - having no plans to ground them.Quoting a Singapore Airlines spokesperson:"There are no plans as of now to ground our A380 aircraft, and operations are continuing as normal" "It is … [Read more...]

QF: A380 SIN Incident – ALL A380 Operations Suspended

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From Qantas.com in relation to the A380 engine cowling/containment failure earlier todayQantas has also indicated that, in accordance with its commitment to the highest safety standards, it has suspended scheduled A380 takeoffs until sufficient information has been obtained about what occurred on QF32.Qantas Chief Executive Officer, Alan Joyce said Qantas would suspend A380 … [Read more...]

QF: A380 Engine problems….

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It seems Qantas had a problem with flight QF32 from Singapore to Sydney (from London) where one of the four Trent 900 engine's failed, causing debris from the engine to fall off. No indications yet why the engine failed during take off, or why the damage to the engine has been caused. The main casualty appears to be the engine cowling which has been lost in the incident. The … [Read more...]