Engine on Quantas A380 explodes, however plane lands safely

On 2 separate occasions, Rolls Royce engines on the Airbus A380 have failed during flight. Probably the most recent incident occurred Thurs. A Quantas Flight en route to Australia from Singapore experienced a catastrophic engine malfunction. A Singapore Airlines flight from Paris to Singapore experienced to turn around in September after one of its Rolls Royce engines failed. The industry reacted to the latest event. Shares of Airbus parent EADS and Rolls Royce were both down Friday.

Parts hit elementary institution after A 380 motor malfunction

Quantas, Australia’s national airline, grounded its entire fleet of six Airbus A380s after a Rolls Royce engine on one of the massive airliners exploded six minutes after it departed Singapore’s Changi Airport. Pieces of the motor ripped via the A380’s wing. The Indonesian island of Batam had some of the pieces fall there. Pieces of it fell on a institution too. It was an elementary institution also. The Australian reportedly talked to someone who works at the institution. Evidently every person ran out to see the place circling after hearing a huge explosion. The school begun having metal hit it. Passengers on the plane described an explosion , a loud bang and rattling in the cabin. An emergency landing was made by the plane at the Changi airport.

The Superjumbo with the Airbus A380

In Sept a Rolls Royce motor on an Airbus A380 flown by Singapore Airlines failed two and a half hrs into a flight from Paris to Singapore. The Airbus A380 is quite large. In fact, in the whole world, it is the largest passenger jet. It’s nicknamed "Superjumbo" as it has a double deck, wide body and four-engines. In three classes, there could be 525 people within the A380 when 853 can fit if it all coach. Nonstop flights from NY to Hong Kong are accessible. It goes 560 mph to do this. Three engines are used with the A380 much of the time. As a safety precaution, the pilots from Singapore turned around. This had been since the flight had been so long.

Stock goes down with A380 being grounded

Singapore Airlines continued operating its 11 A380s following the Sept engine failure. Quantas grounded its A380s though. This is what Singapore Airlines did also. Technical checks on the engines were what Airbus and Rolls Royce suggest the airline do. Stock for Rolls Royce ended up going down. There had been a 5.5 percent decrease. Stock in Airbus parent European Aeronautic, Defense & Space Co., dropped as far as 4.3 percent.

Details from

The Australian

theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/qantas-grounds-a380s-after-engine-blast/story-fn59niix-1225948047085

Bloomberg

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CNN

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