Qantas grounds A380s after Singapore air drama
Singapore: Australia’s Qantas Airways grounded all its Airbus A380s Thursday after an engine failure forced one of the superjumbos to make a dramatic emergency landing in Singapore with more than 450 people aboard. The explosion in one of the four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines, which showered metal debris on to an Indonesian city, was the double-deck A380′s first mid-air emergency. Qantas, which has never suffered a fatal jet crash in its 90-year history, said it was grounding all six of its A380s and other airlines said they were making checks on their aircraft on the recommendation of Rolls-Royce. Qantas said flight QF32 developed major engine trouble just six minutes into a flight from…
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