PomonaCA
11-08-2010, 05:52 AM
It was just last week that plane-go-boom with an Airbus A380, now more A380's are grounded due to faulty manufacturing/design.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ktla-qantas-airbus-grounded,0,3783225.story
LOS ANGELES ( KTLA (http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/intl/australia/sydney-%28australia%29-PLGEO100100602011429.topic)) -- Three of Qantas Airlines' six Airbus A380 super jumbo jets remain grounded at Los Angeles International Airport (http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/economy-business-finance/transportation-industry/air-transportation-industry/los-angeles-international-airport-PLTRA0000070.topic) after a defect was discovered with the jets' Rolls Royce engines.
The Australian carrier decided to ground its entire A380 fleet Wednesday, after one of the double-decker aircraft's engines blew apart shortly after takeoff on the island of Batam, just south of Singapore (http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/intl/singapore-PLGEO00000160.topic).
There were no injuries reported among the 459 people aboard.
The airline is inspecting the engines of all six A380s.
Two engines - on aircraft in Sydney and Los Angeles (http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/us/california/los-angeles-county/los-angeles-PLGEO100100102380000.topic) - have been taken off for closer inspection as a result of the eight-hour tests Rolls-Royce recommended.
One mechanic testing the engines said, 'there is oil where oil shouldn't be.'
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ktla-qantas-airbus-grounded,0,3783225.story
LOS ANGELES ( KTLA (http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/intl/australia/sydney-%28australia%29-PLGEO100100602011429.topic)) -- Three of Qantas Airlines' six Airbus A380 super jumbo jets remain grounded at Los Angeles International Airport (http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/economy-business-finance/transportation-industry/air-transportation-industry/los-angeles-international-airport-PLTRA0000070.topic) after a defect was discovered with the jets' Rolls Royce engines.
The Australian carrier decided to ground its entire A380 fleet Wednesday, after one of the double-decker aircraft's engines blew apart shortly after takeoff on the island of Batam, just south of Singapore (http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/intl/singapore-PLGEO00000160.topic).
There were no injuries reported among the 459 people aboard.
The airline is inspecting the engines of all six A380s.
Two engines - on aircraft in Sydney and Los Angeles (http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/us/california/los-angeles-county/los-angeles-PLGEO100100102380000.topic) - have been taken off for closer inspection as a result of the eight-hour tests Rolls-Royce recommended.
One mechanic testing the engines said, 'there is oil where oil shouldn't be.'