Patched-up engine-failure A380 to return to Qantas

摘要

Repairs have been completed on the Qantas Airways Airbus A380 that experienced an un-contained engine failure over Singapore in November 2010. The aircraft, registration VH-OQA, will be flown back to Australia from Singapore on 21 April, the Australian flag carrier says. This comes after 18 months of extensive repairs on the aircraft, which suffered significant damage to its airframe. The incident occurred minutes after take off on flight QF32 from Singapore to Syd- ney on the morning of 4 November while the aircraft was flying over the Indonesian island of Batam. The aircraft rolled off the Airbus assembly line in September 2008 and entered into service that same month. Australian investigators have finished collecting data for an investigation into the uncontained failure of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine. The data is being analysed and a final investigation report is expected in the third quarter of 2012.