One week after one of its jet engines exploded in mid-air, Rolls-Royce said it will miss its profit target for 2010.
Rolls-Royce said that growth in underlying profit will be “slightly lower” than the expected 4% to 5%, Bloomberg News reported.
The…
Engineers found oil leaks in three engines in Qantas Airways’ (QUBSF) grounded fleet of Airbus A380s, CEO Alan Joyce said.
Engineers found the leaks as they performed safety tests after last week’s incident where an engine on an A380 exploded in mid air during a Singapore-Sydney flight, forcing the plane to perform an emergency landing.
The three engines with leaks were on three…
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A flawed part or design failing may have caused the engine on board a Qantas Airways (QUBSF) Airbus A380 to explode in mid-air, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said.
The explosion on a Thursday flight from Singapore to Sydney, Australia scattered debris across…
Airbus SAS and Rolls-Royce Group launched an investigation into why an engine on a Qantas Airways (QUBSF) A380 exploded while the plane was in the air, forcing an emergency landing in Singapore.
Investigators from aviation authorities in France, Aust…
Qantas Airways (QUBSF) suspended all flights of Airbus A380s after one of its planes was forced to make an emergency landing following engine failure.
The A380 fleet will remain grounded “until we are confident that Qantas safety requirements have be…