Final Qantas A380 engine failure report blames faulty Rolls-Royce oil pipe

Victoria Moores June 27, 2013
Credit: Courtesy, Australian Transport Safety Bureau
Rolls-Royce has admitted it “clearly fell short” after the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) concluded that a fatigue crack in an incorrectly manufactured oil feed pipe caused a Qantas Airbus A380 engine failure. Shortly after take-off from Singapore on Nov. 4, 2010, VH-OQA suffered an...
Victoria Moores

Victoria Moores joined Air Transport World as our London-based European Editor/Bureau Chief on 18 June 2012. Victoria has nearly 20 years’ aviation industry experience, spanning airline ground operations, analytical, journalism and communications roles.

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