Gas Turbine Progress through Trouble

摘要

An uncontained engine failure is a jet engine company's worst nightmare. It usually involves the failure and disintegration of a rotating disc associated with the fan, compressor or turbine of the gas turbine. Such was the case of the inflight failure of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine on Qantas Flight QF32 on the morning of Nov 4, 2010, with 466 passengers and crew onboard. The super jumbo four engine Airbus A380 had just taken off from Changi International Airport, Singapore, bound for Sydney. Fortunately, all Flight QF32 passengers and crew were safe and uninjured, after this uncontained engine failure.