So an aircraft engine broke....

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[661-Pete]

I take it you mean the Qantas/A380 affair. Certainly a big deal for those who have to fly frequently, or those who have a fear of flying. Yet air travel remains one of the safest modes of transport, whatever. My guess is bird strike, but no doubt the experts will come up with the goods...

Maybe the story has attained special significance because of the (in fact, inaccurate) reference to Qantas in the movie Rain Man?

 

[Globalti]

The more you think about it, the greater the possible ramifications. It's a new model of a well respected engine on a recent aircraft, which lots of airlines will be buying. Anybody who watched the fascinating documentary a few weeks ago on how the Rolls Royce turbo fans are built will have an appreciation of the consternation that must be going on a RR engines at the moment; it's a superb product built with astonishing skill and devotion so there will be a few people missing their sleep.

 

[Tim Bennet.]

Yes it absolutely terrible news. Partly because it might reflect badly on A380 which is at a difficult time in it's sales history (the early adopters have all bought and now it's a matter of trying to make it mainstream). Secondly if customers do choose the A380, they have a choice of engine manufacturers.

There's a lot of good jobs depended on both building the wings and RR engines. Any threat to those is bad news.

 

[Tim Bennet.]

I posted because engine failure isn't at all uncommon

What, catastrophic failure isn't uncommon? Really?
I bow to your in depth knowledge. You obviously see different statistics to me.

 

[Shaun]

It was an A380 - have you seen the size of them there engines!!!!

Which begs the question (if it was a bird strike): How big was the flam'in bird? ....

 

[philipbh]

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It's not a big deal is it?
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The first one on a A380 was described as a "non-event"

The Qantas incident would appear to involve more than just the engine failing

In this case the failure was "uncontained" and parts penetrated the wing

There is also reports of hydraulic problems and Engine #1 non responsive to flight deck instructions - possibly as a result of the wing damage

 

[summerdays]

I'm probably seeing my RR friend tomorrow... see what his theory is going to be. I like the A380 its enormous.

 

[Panter]

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It's not a big deal is it?
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Yes it is, it's a very big deal.

 

[Headgardener]

Must have missed this story any chance of a link please?

 

[slowmotion]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...-emergency-is-third-scare-for-superjumbo.html

 

[taxing]

If anything, it's made me feel better about flying. An engine failed and they had time to fly around for an hour and a half dumping fuel before landing safely.

 

[jimboalee]

I'm probably seeing my RR friend tomorrow... see what his theory is going to be. I like the A380 its enormous.

Ask your friend to tell you the story about the frozen chickens...

Also ask your friend if the fuel system comes from Goodrich Corp. ( They've a Joint Venture )

Bugger all failures when Lucas Aerospace supplied the fuel systems. Just shows you what American 'Value Engineering' does.

 

[TheDoctor]

Ermmm...we don't even know what caused the problem yet.
Still, it's easier to trot out some prejudice than wait for the facts, isn't it, Jimbo?

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Just as well it ws only one engine. If they had all failed, the passengers would have been up there all day!