Australia’s air safety authority has identified a potential manufacturing defect that could cause engine failure in engines fitted to Airbus A380 so-called "super jumbo" jets.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said in a statement today a potential fault in an oil tube connection could lead to “fatigue cracking, oil leakage and potential engine failure from an oil fire”.
An oil leak and fire are being blamed for the disintegration during the flight of a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine on a Qantas A380 shortly after take-off from Singapore on November 4th.
Qantas grounded its fleet of six Airbus A380s on November 4th after one of its Rolls-Royce engines partly disintegrated mid-flight, forcing a plane with 466 people on board to make an emergency landing in Singapore.
Agencies