A380 has major engine failure

[JA'd]

Qantas grounds giant A380s after emergency landing



Reuters – Technicians look at the damaged engine of Qantas Airways A380 passenger plane QF32 after it was forced …



By Harry Suhartono and Sanjeev Miglani Harry Suhartono And Sanjeev Miglani – 17 mins ago
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – [COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]Qantas [COLOR=#366388 ! important]Airways[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] suspended flights of its Airbus A380 fleet on Thursday after engine failure triggered an emergency landing in Singapore, one of the most serious incidents for the world's largest passenger plane in three years of commercial flight.
One of the Airbus A380's four engines failed minutes after it had left Singapore for Sydney, terrifying passengers who said they heard a loud bang and saw parts of the engine fall off. Australian officials said no one on board the flight, which began in London and was carrying 459 people, was injured.
Qantas, which operates six A380s, said it was grounding the aircraft pending a full investigation. Three A380 flights scheduled for Thursday, one originating in Sydney and two in Los Angeles, have been stopped.
"We will suspend all A380 takeoffs until we are fully confident we have sufficient information about (flight) QF32," Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce told reporters in Sydney.
Joyce said the plane was capable of flying on two engines. "This was a significant engine failure. We are not underestimating the significance of this issue. Grounding the A380 fleet is a significant issue for us."
The [COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]Australian [COLOR=#366388 ! important]Transport [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 ! important]Safety [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 ! important]Bureau[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] was leading the investigation into the incident, Joyce said. Passengers will stay in Singapore overnight, Qantas said, adding it will dispatch another plane for them on Friday morning.
Initial media reports said the plane had crashed after an explosion over the Indonesian island of Batam, near Singapore. The reports sent the Australian carrier's shares lower but they later recovered.
There have been no fatal incidents involving A380s since they were launched in 2005 amid great fanfare as the greenest, quietest -- as well as the biggest -- jetliner. Shares in [COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]Airbus [COLOR=#366388 ! important]parent [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 ! important]company [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 ! important]EADS[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] were down around 4 percent in early trade

 

[180ToTheMarker]

"This was a significant engine failure."

Scary stuff as I've only had a "non-significant engine failure."

 

[Old School 737]

Doesn't it have 4 of the dam things?

 

[ACL65PILOT]

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01753/qantas2_1753557c.jpg

 

[cbrown1]

Rolls Royce strikes again.

 

[scoreboardII]

I can see fromthat picture that absolutely nothing fell off. It blew off, a big difference.

 

[usav8r]

I can see fromthat picture that absolutely nothing fell off. It blew off, a big difference.

Yeah I am sure those turbine blades just blew off.....

 

[Dornier 335]

Looks more like they blew through ...

 

[usav8r]

Wow, didn't see that. Look at the leading edge of the wing!

 

[redflyer65]

Sounds alot like continuous compressor stalls, which could have blown off the cowling.

 

[CFIT]

Doesn't the 787 use basically the same engine?

 

[BrickTop]

CNN and Their JACKA$$ comments make me want to punch Rick Sanchez in the face. They play ii up to such dramatic levels and worst of all with ZERO knowledge of what their talking about.

 

[BrickTop]

Doesn't the 787 use basically the same engine?

The 787 will have it's share of problems once it enters service. BOTH planes were terrible ideas. Some things just need to be left ALONE.

 

[Traderd]

Doesn't the 787 use basically the same engine?

RR Trent 1000 vs. the 900 I think.

Here's a link to an August article concerning the RR Trent 1000 uncontained failure on the test stand in the UK.

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/27/business/la-fi-boeing-20100827

At the time, I thought I had read that the failure managed to F up the building in a pretty bad way. This article indicates the building damage was minor.

Either way, the picture posted earlier of the 380's wing was interesting.

 

[Dornier 335]

If I am not mistaken, all A380s in service to date are equipped with the RR Trent 900 engine. I'm not sure who opted for the GP7000 engines ...

I can see fromthat picture that absolutely nothing fell off. It blew off, a big difference.

Here are a few more pictures:

engine, engine, and debris

Judge yourself...