Oil fire caused engine blow-out, says Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce today said an oil fire in one of its Trent 900 engines caused the failure which forced a Qantas A380 superjumbo into an emergency landing.
Passengers on board flight QF32 described seeing the engine burst into flames minutes into a journey from Singapore to Sydney last week, scattering debris over Indonesia’s Batam island.
Alongside a trading update, Rolls-Royce said its own investigation revealed the failure was confined to a component in the turbine of the engine, which sparked a fire and led to the release of another part – a turbine disc.
The manufacturing giant has been hammered on the stock market since the engine failure came to light and today Rolls-Royce chief executive John Rose said the event will have an impact on the group’s financial performance this year.
