Singapore crew refuses to fly A380 after oil found

CONCERNS over the future of Rolls-Royce powered A380s took a new turn this morning after one of Singapore Airlines big jets was grounded at London's Heathrow airport. Heraldsun.com.au was told the crew refused to fly the jet which was due to take-off at 8.30am (AEDT) for Singapore after oil was found in one of the jet’s turbines, the same problem that was detected at the weekend on three engines that were removed from Qantas jets. The forced grounding came about at about the same time as another A380 owned by the same airline left Sydney for…

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Singapore crew refuses to fly A380 after oil found

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