Category: Airlines

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has begun interviewing the two pilots who were flying the Qantas Airbus A380 which experienced an uncontained engine failure on November 10. The ATSB said in an update that the interviews are being conducted in Sydney, and are being assisted by an Airbus A380 test pilot. “The flightcrew interviews

Singapore Airlines has been forced to ground three of its A380s over problems with their Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines in relation to the recent uncontained engine failure of a Qantas A380 on November 4. According to reports, Rolls-Royce overnight advised SIA to ground three A380s for “precautionary engine changes” following concerns raised during inspections. The

The eruption of Indonesia’s Mt Merapi volcano has forced a number of airlines flying between Asian destinations and Perth to extend their flying times due to a major cloud of ash lingering over the northwest of WA. According to The West Australian, Qantas flights from Singapore have been forced to fly east of Timor before

Rolls-Royce has broken its low media profile following the inflight failure of one of its Trent 900 engines on Qantas A380 VH-OQA operating QF32 last week to report that “progress” has been made “in understanding the cause of the engine failure”, saying it is now clear the incident is specific to the Trent 900 series