Trent 900 Oil Pipes Investigated; EASA Issues New AD

A failure of oil pipes in the hot strut is suspected of triggering the chain of events that led to the uncontained failure of a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine on a Qantas Airbus A380 on Nov. 4. Investigators have identified flawed welding of the pipes as the source of an oil leak that caused an oil...

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