On two separate occasions, Rolls Royce engines on the Airbus A380 have failed during flight. Probably the most recent event happened Thursday. A Quantas Flight en route to Australia from Singapore experienced a catastrophic engine malfunction. On a flight from Paris to Singapore in September, the Rolls Royce engine on a Singapore Airlines A380 failed. The market reacted to the latest event. Shares of Airbus parent EADS and Rolls Royce were both down Friday.
A380 engine failure down pours parts on elementary school
Six Airbus A380s were grounded by the Quantas, Australia's national airport. This was because an airliner, just six minutes after leaving the Singapore Changi Airport, experienced its Rolls Royce motor explode. Engine pieces flew and hit the A380's wing. It had been even ripped off. Some pieces fell down. The Indonesian island of Batam got some of the pieces too. Pieces of it fell on a school too. It was an elementary institution also. A staffer at the school told The Australian that an explosion had been heard and everybody ran outside and saw the plane circling. The school started having metal hit it. Within the cabin of the plane, passengers heard an explosion, a bang and then felt rattling. An emergency landing was made by the plane at the Changi airport.
The Superjumbo with the Airbus A380
From Paris to Singapore, on a Rolls Royce engine in September, an Airbus A380 failed two and a half hrs into a flight from the Singapore Airlines. The Airbus A380 is the largest passenger jet within the world. It is nicknamed "Superjumbo" as it has a double deck, wide body and four-engines. In three classes, there could be 525 people within the A380 when 853 can fit if it all coach. It can fly nonstop from New York to Hong Kong cruising at 560 mph. The A380 is meant to use only some of the engines. Three engines are utilized. The pilots of the plane bound for Singapore turned around anyway due to the length of the flight.
A380 having issues causes stock to drop
Singapore Airlines continued operating its 11 A380s following the September motor malfunction. However, after Quantas grounded its fleet of A380s Thursday, Singapore Airlines followed suit. Rolls Royce and Airbus advised the airline to perform precautionary technical checks on the engines. Stock for Rolls Royce ended up going down. There had been a 5.5 percent decrease. About a 4.3 percent drop in stock occurred for European Aeronautic, Defense & Space Co., which is Airbus' parent.
Citations
The Australian
theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/qantas-grounds-a380s-after-engine-blast/story-fn59niix-1225948047085
Bloomberg
bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aJzG6NMdJ_.c
CNN
cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/04/indonesia.plane.emergency/index.html?npt=NP1
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