For those interested in a follow up on the original and serious story/news item, and not wishing to be drawn into off topic arguments by churlish and provocative remarks made by Texpat, the following news item may be of interest.
Texpat if you can't post anything sensible and serious on a news item about a serious situation, and are unable to avoid stirring up unnecessary Brit v American sniping, then may I suggest you post your provocative and churlish comments elsewhere. Your posts amount to trolling, which is a "bannable" offence.
Singapore Airlines resumes A380 flights after scare
A Singapore Airlines A380 has its engine checked in Zurich, Switzerland, 4 November.
Singapore Airlines has resumed flights on its Airbus A380 aircraft - which were grounded after one of the planes operated by Australia's Qantas Airways had to make an emergency landing.
One of the jet engines failed after take-off from Singapore. Engine maker Rolls-Royce has recommended checks.
After completing the checks, Singapore Airlines said it had cleared all its 11 A380 aircraft for service.
Qantas has grounded its six A380 jets pending investigations.
Rolls-Royce said it was checking all the A380 planes in service - with Qantas, Singapore and Lufthansa - that use its Trent 900 engines. It said "the safe operation of our products is our number-one priority".
The other A380 superjumbos in service - with Air France and Emirates - use another engine.
The incident involving the Qantas plane occurred on Thursday, when flight QF32, with 433 passengers and 26 crew on board, experienced an engine failure over western Indonesia shortly after taking off.
"We do take our safety reputation and our safety standards unbelievably seriously," Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said at a news conference.
"And we're not going to take any risks with passenger safety - and as a precaution, we're suspending the flights of the A380 aircraft until we're comfortable that we understand the reasons for this."
No-one was injured during the incident, which ended when the plane returned safely to Singapore's Changi airport.
One of the four engines was blackened and its rear casing was missing.
A team of air crash investigators is being sent to Singapore from France, where Airbus is based, to assist in the investigation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11700193
My understanding is that it was part of the engine casing which fell to the ground, not the whole engine.
As this is not the first time that an engine on the A380 has failed, there is an obvious concern whether there may be some design flaw in the engines.
Note the article gives information on the different engines used by the airlines. I also noted that Lufthansa and Air France now also use the A380. Lufthansa have the Rolls Royce engine, and Air France along with Emirates use an "Engine Alliance" engine.
For anyone interested the BBC News webpage gives additional information about the A380 plane.
Some additional related material, from a variety of sources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTEYiC1i ... re=channel
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... zG6NMdJ_.c
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SDY5ME64X.htm
They are being very diligent
