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Qantas: crash due to a faulty part, or to an A-380 airplane design defect

Sydney, Australia - "The Guardian": EASA had already warned about possible defects of the Rolls-Royce engines

Yesterday, during a press conference held in Sydney, Australia, following the occurrence happened to a Qantas Airbus A-380 powered with Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines, which forced the pilot to make an emergency landing in Singapore (see AVIONEWS), the Director-General of the Australian airline Alan Joyce said the problem may have been due to engine failure or a defect in the design of such aircraft. According...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1122567
Rome, Italy, 11/05/2010 16:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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