News Tag: Qantas

November 8, 2010

Rolls-Royce makes progress with engine fault

by Kay Murchie
Rolls-Royce, which has seen its shares plunge over the last few days, has said it has made progress in its investigation into the cause of the engine failure on the Qantas fleet of Airbus A380s. In a statement, the firm said: "It is now clear this incident is specific to the Trent 900 engine." The company was quick to point out that it ...

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Rolls-Royce shares down on Qantas engine failure

by Kay Murchie
Shares in Rolls-Royce fell again this morning after the cause of the engine failure on last week’s Qantas flight remains unclear. Qantas today said it had found oil leaks in engines made by Rolls-Royce after the Australian airline had to make an emergency landing last Thursday. The plane was forced to turn back to Singapore after one of its four Rolls-Royce Trent ...

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