Airbus A380

A380 needs to carry more cargo: Cathay

The Airbus A380 may need to be able to carry more cargo if it is to become a viable option for a future Cathay Pacific Airways large-sized aircraft order.
The Hong Kong-based carrier derives around 30% of its revenues from the cargo business during a good year, and it was a mainstay for the company during a crisis like the SARS epidemic in 2004, says Cathay's chief operating officer John Slosar.
"We like aircraft that can have both good passenger and cargo loads. The [Airbus] A330 does that, and the [Boeing] 777-300ER carries a lot of cargo as well," says Slosar.
"In the A380, it is not possible to carry a lot of cargo due to the design. That means that if we operate that aircraft, we have to earn a lot more revenue from the passenger business and not the cargo business. But the cargo business is important for us - it really supported Cathay during SARS, for example."
Airbus and Boeing, which manufactures the 747-8 that competes with the A380 in the large airliner market, have been pushing the Oneworld alliance member to make an order to replace its 21 Boeing 747-400s and 11 Airbus A340-300s.
Industry sources say that Cathay is pushing Airbus to develop a stretched version of the A380, which would fit its cargo and passenger requirements, before it commits to the aircraft. The airline has ordered 10 747-8 freighters, which it feels suit its cargo business, but it remains undecided about the passenger variant.
Slosar says that most of Cathay's 747-400s and A340s will be retired over the next five years as they are "not that efficient" anymore. The airline's order book includes 18 Boeing 777-300ERs and 30 Airbus A350-900s that will be delivered over the next decade, and he says that these are sufficient for its immediate long-haul plans requirements.

Could Cathay launch the Airbus A380-900?

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During a recent visit to Toulouse for an Airbus A330 delivery flight for Cathay Pacific, Airbus pulled out all stops to impress the Hong Kong-based carrier's executives with the A380. No surprise there, given that the airline could be one of the most lucrative customers for the type.

Yet, Cathay remains hesitant. And its chief operating officer John Slosar gave us some insights into the carrier's thinking after the trip.

[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]. It appears as though the carrier is still not convinced that it needs that many large passenger aircraft. Until then, the existing orders for Boeing 777-300ERs and Airbus A350s are more than enough to for Cathay's long-haul plans for the next decade, and replace its Boeing 747-400s and A340-300s.

More intriguingly, [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]. That is important for an airline like Cathay that derives around 30% of its revenue from the cargo business.

Let me make it clear - Slosar does not actually say that Cathay will buy the aircraft if a stretched A380-900 variant is introduced. But it does appear to be a message to Airbus nonetheless - start to design the larger variant, and involve the customers like Cathay.

So Cathay as the launch customer for the A380-900? Watch this space.

A Qantas [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] aircraft en-route from Singapore to Sydney made an emergency landing in Singapore after developing an "engine issue" shortly after take off.
The aircraft is on the runway surrounded by emergency vehicles, reports an eyewitness. The entire number two engine cowling is missing, he adds.
"Some media reports suggested the aircraft had crashed," says Qantas. "These reports are incorrect. No Qantas aircraft has crashed."

Les media ! Avec les media et BBF, on est bien affublé ! :lol:

The aircraft’s registration number is VH-OQA. This was the first A380 delivered to Qantas, entering service on 18 September 2008. The aircraft is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines.

Video captured immediately after the emergency landing ... Credit: Cory Matthews
Television footage from Indonesia shows aircraft debris in the red and white colours of Qantas. Qantas engine cowlings feature the red and white Qantas livery. Indonesian media reports say an explosion was heard over the island of Batam, and debris was found littered over a field.
The aircraft had 433 passengers and 26 crew on board, says Qantas.
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Jeannot a écrit:L'avion incriminé est le premier A380 de Qantas (VH-OQA – MSN014) qui venait juste de passer un C-check à Francfort.

Combien de fois n'ai-je pas dit que ce genre d'incident arrivait dans le sillage de divers checks, ou d'entretiens spécifiques !

RR, Lufthansa Technik, les Autorités, Qantas et les autres exploitants vont se pencher sérieusement sur cette affaire ! :|

On n'a pas besoin des dramatisations et autres effets histrioniques de BBF !

Singapore Airlines has no plans to ground its Airbus A380 fleet following the forced landing of a Qantas A380 owing to an engine failure.
"There are no plans as of now to ground our A380 aircraft, and operations are continuing as normal," says an SIA spokesman. "It is premature at this point to speculate and we will await advice from the aircraft and engine manufacturers as the investigation progresses.

Shortly after the engine incident Qantas grounded its entire A380 fleet.
According to FlightGlobal's ACAS database, SIA operates 11 A380 aircraft, with eight on order. As with Qantas, SIA's A380s are powered by Rolls Royce Trent 900 engines.
The Qantas A380 involved in the incident, which had the registration number VH-OQA, had just lifted off en-route from Singapore to Sydney when it suffered the engine failure. Passengers report hearing an explosion, and amateur footage from the Indonesian island of Batam, 20 kilometres from Singapore, shows a large aircraft trailing smoke from its left wing.

When the plane was safely on the ground in Singapore, media photographs showed that the cowling for the number two engine was missing. Photographs also show damage to the aircraft's wing above the engine. TV footage from Batam showed residents picking up debris in the red and white colours of Qantas.
The aircraft had 433 passengers and 26 crew on board, all of whom disembarked without injury.
Airbus and Rolls Royce are assisting with investigations.

Airbus and Rolls Royce have begun investigations into the cause of a failure in a Rolls Royce Trent 900 that forced a Qantas Airways A380 to make an emergency landing in Singapore.

The Airbus team will assist the Air Accident Investigation Bureau of Singapore with its investigation, says an Airbus spokesman.

A spokesman for Rolls Royce says the engine maker is also helping with investigations, but declined to comment on possible causes for the engine failure. "Investigations are at a very early stage," he said. "It's important to get the facts first."

The A380 involved in the incident, which had the registration number VH-OQA, had just lifted off en-route from Singapore to Sydney when it suffered the engine failure. Passengers report hearing an explosion, and amateur footage from the Indonesian island of Batam, twenty kilometres from Singapore, shows a large aircraft trailing smoke from its left wing.
When the plane was safely on the ground in Singapore, media photographs showed that the cowling for the number two engine was missing. TV footage from Batam showed residents picking up debris in the red and white colours of Qantas.
Following the incident Qantas suspended all A380 flights.

"Safety is our number one priority," says Qantas CEO Alan Joyce. "We are suspending all A380 flights until we have sufficient information, until we are completely confident that all Qantas safety standards are met."
VH-OQA was the first A380 delivered to Qantas, entering service on 18 September 2008. Qantas has six A380s in active service and another 14 on order. It operates them on its high-yield high-capacity services out of Melbourne and Sydney to London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, and Singapore.

"Investigations are at a very early stage," he said. "It's important to get the facts first."

Les faits d'abord ! Pas les hypothèses des ignares qui se voudraient enquêteurs officiels ! Les allégations, les accusations etc., "sans savoir", non plus ! :roll:

• Même SIA est en train de procéder à des "precautionary checks", dont le point focal serait, effectivement, la nacelle, .... dans sa partie arrière, soit le "cowling" et sa / ses "fixation(s)".
  
  Ils parlent de risques de retards sur les vols d'aujourd'hui.
  
  Certains professionnels "internationaux", et excluant RR, qui n'a fait aucune déclaration publique, au-delà de ce que nous lisons ci-dessus, ....ont dit, en exigeant que leur anonymat soit préservé, que les media n'auraient jamais dû prononcer le terme "engine failure".
  
  Pour eux, il s'agirait d'un "significant incident", et surtout pas d'un "engine failure", malgré le dire d'un "spokesman" de Qantas, qui n'aurait pas dû, paraît-il, employer ce terme.
  

German flag-carrier Lufthansa is not interrupting its Airbus A380 operations despite Australia's Qantas opting to ground its fleet after an uncontained engine failure.
Lufthansa is one of three carriers operating A380s with the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine, the same powerplant fitted to the Qantas jet.

"We are looking in to data from our engine condition monitoring," says a spokesman for Lufthansa. He adds that the carrier is also waiting for any advisory from Rolls-Royce on the matter.
But he says that the airline is not planning to suspend A380 services.
Singapore Airlines, the third Trent 900-powered A380 user, has already stated that it will not ground its own fleet of the double-deck aircraft.

Singapore Airlines is "delaying" all flights scheduled to be operated with its Rolls-Royce Trent 900-powered Airbus A380s following an incident earlier today involving a serious engine failure on a Qantas aircraft.

"Our engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce and aircraft manufacturer Airbus have advised us to conduct precautionary technical checks on our A380 aircraft, following today's incident involving another operator's A380," says SIA.
"Resulting from this development, Singapore Airlines will be delaying all flights operating our A380 aircraft.
"We will keep affected customers updated and more information will be provided once it is available," adds the statement posted on the airline's website.

The Qantas A380 made an emergency landing at Singapore's Changi Airport earlier today after its number two Trent engine appeared to suffer an uncontained failure, resulting in damage to the adjacent wing structure. The Australian flag-carrier has subsequently grounded its A380 fleet.
Lufthansa is the only other current operator of Trent-powered A380s and says it is continuing operations as normal.

Since Qantas QF32 suffered an engine failure and returned safely to Singapore Changi Airport we have been working closely with our customer and the authorities.

In situations like these Rolls-Royce has well established processes to collect and understand information relating to the event and to determine suitable actions.

As always the safe operation of our products is our number one priority.

The in service fleet of Trent 900 engines is small and relatively new, and the Group feels that it is prudent to recommend that a number of basic precautionary engine checks are performed.

This process is now underway.

We will continue to work closely with our customers as the investigation moves forward. This is at a very early stage and it would be inappropriate to draw any conclusions at this time.

FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- Germany's Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA.XE) said Thursday it is operating its flights using its A380 superjumbo jets as scheduled Thursday, but awaits further information from Rolls-Royce PLC (RR.LN), the maker of the engine involved in an incident that forced a Qantas Airways Ltd. (QAN.AU) A380 jet to make an emergency landing.

"We're in contact with the manufacturer and international safety authorities," a Lufthansa spokesman said.

If Rolls-Royce recommends grounding the A380 superjumbo jets, Lufthansa expects to follow that recommendation, he said. The spokesman added that the engines are checked continually.

The Qantas A380 jet had to make an emergency landing after one of its engines failed after takeoff. Qantas has decided to ground its A380s as a precautionary move.

Some A380s are equipped with Trent 900 engines from Rolls-Royce while others use engines made by Engine Alliance, a joint venture between General Electric Co. ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]) and United Technologies Corp.'s ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]) Pratt & Whitney unit.
The Qantas aircraft in question, and Lufthansa's three A380s, use the Rolls- Royce engines.

"At the moment, we have two A380s in the air," Lufthansa said. Until the airline receives further information, flights will continue to run on schedule.

A380 manufacturer Airbus is offering technical assistance to Singapore authorities. Rolls-Royce, the European Aviation Safety Agency and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau are also offering assistance.
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Singapore Airlines has cleared its Airbus A380 fleet for service after delaying several flights for precautionary checks following the Qantas A380 in-flight engine failure.

Several A380 flights by the Singaporean carrier - on routes to London, Paris, Zurich, Sydney and Tokyo - were held up for six hours or more while the jets were examined.

The checks were advised by Rolls-Royce and Airbus after the Qantas incident which led the Australian airline to ground its A380 fleet.
Singapore Airlines says it has begun resuming flights with the type following the checks. Certain services to Sydney and Melbourne have temporarily been switched to Boeing 777-300s in order to restore the carrier's schedule quickly.

Air France A380 out of service after run-in with A330

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An Air France [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] will be out of service for two weeks, but that has nothing to do with Thursday's Qantas A380 [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].
Rather, the wingtip of Air France A330 damaged the A380's tail cone while taxiing Saturday at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport, an airline spokeswoman [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]. The airline put the A330 back into service after an inspection.
Air France's A380s have Engine Alliance GP7200 engines, while Qantas' have Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines, so the Qantas incident doesn't impact Air France's A380s.

Qantas Flight 32 and A380's hydraulic system redundancy

Twenty-four hours after the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], a continuing question remains around the state of the aircraft upon touchdown in Singapore and to what extent the aircraft's systems were impacted due to the uncontained failure of engine two. Commercial jetliners for years have been designed with multiple levels of redundancy to endure even the most brutal damage. The A380's safe return to Singapore is further evidence illustrating how the redundancy of aircraft systems provide an extra margin of designed-in safety to commercial air travel.

One video posted by Russia Today (and includes Flightglobal's Cory Matthews footage immediately following the landing of QF32 in Singapore) shows the spoiler operation upon touchdown as filmed from the lower deck of the A380. The video shows only half of the A380's spoilers deployed upon touchdown, further suggesting damage to the Green Hydraulic system following the engine failure. The lack of operation of the wing slats, is consistent with a failure of the Green hydraulic system as well.

Also included below (for a bit of technical background) are three slides from the Airbus Flight Deck and Systems Briefing for Pilots which describes the redundant attributes of the A380's hydraulic system and identifies which flight controls are on which system.

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Yesterday saw the delivery of Emirates’s fourteenth A380 (MSN056).
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The delivery flight was a direct service to Dubai, with EK7380 as the flight number. Emirates has registered the airframe as”A6-EDN” and is expecting “A6-EDO” (MSN057) later this month.

• qu'ils aiment véhiculer ici et là comme des vérités (ou, du moins, comme des certitudes et probabilités qui se confirment) dans leur soupe agitée, .....
  
  
• et leurs écrits débordant de délire & de parti-pris.
  
  

• Message du 05 novembre, 2010, à 02h21 :
  

SEVRIEN a écrit:Bonjour, chers tous. Merci, Jeannot.

Il s'agit d'un AD "d'inspection", qui indique les conséquences qui pourraient résulter, si jamais le phénomène indiqué se concrétaisait à un stade de danger.

On dirait qu'il ne s'agit point d'un AD de modification / d'action. Tel que rédigé, le texte représenterait un "no / nil modification AD".

Ceci a même incité un Dirigeant de Qantas à dire, sur le BBC ce soir / hier soir :

• "I am not even sure that , as drafted, this can be understood really as an AD" !
  

Mais, pour la réponse à votre question, acceptons-le comme un AD !
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Sauf erreur ou confusion de ma part, il s'agirait, en tout état de cause, d'une affaire qui résulte d'un reporting spontané de RR lui-même ! Il y a eu un fix.

Ledit fix a / aurait fonctionné, comme souhaité, .... mais, avec un accompagnement de visites d'inspections recommandé par RR !

L'EASA a fait sa rédaction. La FAA a accepté la rédaction et l'a copiée. La FAA n' insisté sur aucune modalité d'application, puisqu'il n'y avait aucun A380 ou moteur RR Trent 900 "registered" / 'enregistré' à l'époque sur le sol américain. Aux USA il n'y aurait pas eu d'applicabilité juridiquement fondée (paraît-il) sur le sol américain.

Le Fix aurait satisfait aux exigences de "air-safety" !
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Maintenant, dans le sillage des positions prises et actions effectuées / en train d'être effectuées, selon les recommandations de RR et d'Airbus, dans le contexte de cet incident récent, il est permis de se poser la question :
-- "Est-ce qu'une procédure du cahier des charges, 'après-fix', a été mal appliquée, ou négligée, ... et cette omission ou "mauvaise exécution", aurait-elle eu pour résultat ce grave incident ?

C'est possible ! Tout est possible !

Si c'est cela, cela ne devrait pas empêcher RR de trouver une "fool-proof solution" ! Mais il n'est pas obligatoire que le moteur puisse être considéré comma "flawed" !

Qui voit SIA et LH faire voler sans intervention 'musclée', un avion avec un moteur "'flawed" ?
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Patience ! On verra ! ;)

We determined that this AD will not have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132. This AD will not have a substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Discussion
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which is the Technical Agent for the Member States of the European Community, has issued EASA Airworthiness Directive 2010-0008, dated January 15, 2010 (referred to after this as ''the MCAI''), to correct an unsafe condition for the specified products. The MCAI states:


Wear, beyond Engine Manual limits, has been identified on the abutment faces of the splines on the Trent 900 Intermediate Pressure (IP) shaft rigid coupling on several engines during strip. The shaft to coupling spline interface provides the means of controlling the turbine axial setting and wear through of the splines would permit the IP turbine to move rearwards.
Rearward movement of the IP turbine would enable contact with static turbine components and would result in loss of engine performance with potential for in-flight shut down, oil migration and oil fire below the LP turbine discs prior to sufficient indication resulting in loss of LP turbine disc integrity.
This AD requires inspection of the IP shaft coupling splines and, depending on the results, requires further repetitive inspections or corrective actions.
You may obtain further information by examining the MCAI in the AD docket.
Relevant Service Information
Rolls-Royce plc has issued RB211 Trent 900 Series Propulsion Systems Alert NMSB RB.211-72-AG329, Revision 1, dated January 13, 2010. The actions described in this service information are intended to correct the unsafe condition identified in the MCAI.

Authority for This Rulemaking
Title 49 of the United States Code specifies the FAA's authority to issue rules on aviation safety. Subtitle I, section 106, describes the authority of the FAA Administrator. ''Subtitle VII: Aviation Programs,'' describes in more detail the scope of the Agency's authority.
We are issuing this rulemaking under the authority described in ''Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart III, Section 44701: General requirements.'' Under that section, Congress charges the FAA with promoting safe flight of civil aircraft in air commerce by prescribing regulations for practices, methods, and procedures the Administrator finds necessary for safety in air commerce. This regulation is within the scope of that authority because it addresses an unsafe condition that is likely to exist or develop on products identified in this rulemaking action.
Regulatory Findings
We determined that this AD will not have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132. This AD will not have a substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.
For the reasons discussed above, I certify this AD:
1. Is not a ''significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866;
2. Is not a ''significant rule'' under the DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979); and
3. Will not have a significant economic impact, positive or negative, on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

We prepared a regulatory evaluation of the estimated costs to comply with this AD and placed it in the AD docket.

Aviation Safety AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]

2010-16-07 Rolls-Royce plc (RR): Amendment 39-16384.; Docket No. FAA-2010-0748; Directorate Identifier 2010-NE-13-AD.
Effective Date
(a) This airworthiness directive (AD) becomes effective September 17, 2010.
Affected ADs
(b) None.
Applicability
(c) This AD applies to RR model RB211-Trent 970-84, 970B-84, 972-84, 972B-84, 977-84, 977B-84, and 980-84 turbofan engines. These engines are installed on, but not limited to, Airbus A380 series airplanes.
Reason
(d) European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD No. 2010-0008, dated January 15, 2010, states:


Wear, beyond Engine Manual limits, has been identified on the abutment faces of the splines on the Trent 900 Intermediate Pressure (IP) shaft rigid coupling on several engines during strip. The shaft to coupling spline interface provides the means of controlling the turbine axial setting and wear through of the splines would permit the IP turbine to move rearwards.
Rearward movement of the IP turbine would enable contact with static turbine components and would result in loss of engine performance with potential for in-flight shut down, oil migration and oil fire below the LP turbine discs prior to sufficient indication resulting in loss of LP turbine disc integrity.
We are issuing this AD to detect rearward movement of the IP turbine, which could result in loss of disc integrity, an uncontained failure of the engine, and damage to the airplane.
Actions and Compliance
(e) Unless already done, do the following actions.
On-Wing Borescope Inspection
(1) Inspect the IP shaft coupling splines using section 3.A of RR RB211 Trent 900 Series Propulsion Systems Alert Non-Modification Service Bulletin (NMSB) RB.211-72-AG329, Revision 51, dated January 13, 2010, before accumulating 400 cycles-since-new or within 150 cycles-in-service (CIS) after the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs later.
(2) If the coupling, P/N FW33264, was replaced with a new coupling, P/N FW33264, during any shop visit, then you may use the life since that shop visit in place of engine time since new to establish the inspection threshold.

(3) Use the inspection results and actions compliance times or specified in Table 1 of this AD to disposition the engine or to determine the interval for the repetitive inspections. Table 1. On-wing Borescope Inspection – Further Action and Repetitive Inspection Intervals	Condition Measured spline crest in accordance with section 3.A of Rolls-Royce NMSB RB.211-72-AG329, Revision 1, dated January 13, 2010, is:		Action
(i) Less than 0.5 mm with no material remaining		Remove the engine
(ii) Less than 0.5 mm with some material remaining		Remove the engine
(iii) Equal to or more than 0.5 mm but less than 1 mm		Repeat inspection
(iv) Equal to or more than 1 mm but less than 1.5 mm		Repeat inspection
(v) Equal to or more than 1.5 mm but less than 2 mm		Repeat inspection
(vi) Equal to or more than 2 mm but less than 2.4 mm		Repeat inspection
(vii) Equal to or more than 2.4 mm		Repeat inspection

In-Shop Replacement and Inspection
(4) At the next shop visit after the effective date of this AD perform the following:
(i) Replace any IP shaft coupling that was previously borescope inspected in accordance with paragraph (e)(1) of this AD and put on a reduced re-inspection interval in accordance with paragraphs (e)(3)(i) through (e)(3)(vii) of this AD.
(ii) Inspect all other IP shaft coupling splines using paragraphs 3.B.(2) or 3.B.(3) of RR RB211 Trent 900 Series Propulsion Systems Alert NMSB RB.211-72-AG329, Revision 1, dated January 13, 2010.
Definitions
(5) For the purposes of this AD, a shop visit is the induction of an engine into the shop for maintenance involving the separation of pairs of major mating engine flanges, except that the separation of engine flanges solely for the purposes of transportation without subsequent engine maintenance does not constitute an engine shop visit.
6 FAA AD Differences
(f) None.
Other FAA AD Provisions
(g) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs): The Manager, Engine Certification Office, FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19.
Related Information
(h) Refer to MCAI EASA Airworthiness Directive 2010-0008, dated January 15, 2010, for related information.
(i) Contact Ian Dargin, Aerospace Engineer, Engine Certification Office, FAA, Engine and Propeller Directorate, 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803; e-mail: [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]; telephone (781) 238-7178; fax (781) 238-7199, for more information about this AD.
Material Incorporated by Reference
(j) You must use Rolls-Royce RB211 Trent 900 Series Propulsion Systems Alert Non-Modification Service Bulletin RB.211-72-AG329 Revision 1, dated January 13, 2010 to do the actions required by this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise.
(1) The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of this service information under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.
(2) For service information identified in this AD, contact Rolls-Royce plc, P.O. Box 31, Derby, DE24 8BJ, United Kingdom; telephone 044 1332 242424; fax 044 1332 249936.
(3) You may review copies at the FAA, New England Region, 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA; or at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call (202) 741-6030, or go to: [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on July 26, 2010.
Peter A. White,
Assistant Manager, Engine and Propeller Directorate,

Aircraft Certification Service.

DATES: This AD becomes effective September 17, 2010.
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The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of Rolls-Royce Trent 900 Series Propulsion Systems Alert Non- Modification Service Bulletin (NMSB) RB.211-72-AG329, Revision 1, dated January 13, 2010, listed in the AD as of September 17, 2010.

Material Incorporated by Reference

(j) You must use Rolls-Royce RB211 Trent 900 Series Propulsion Systems Alert Non-Modification Service Bulletin RB.211-72-AG329 Revision 1, dated January 13, 2010 to do the actions required by this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise.

Actions and Compliance

(e) Unless already done, do the following actions.

On-Wing Borescope Inspection

(1) Inspect the IP shaft coupling splines using section 3.A of RR RB211 Trent 900 Series Propulsion Systems Alert Non-Modification Service Bulletin (NMSB) RB.211-72-AG329, Revision 1, dated January 13, 2010, before accumulating 400 cycles-since-new or within 150 cycles-in-service (CIS) after the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs later.

"Airbus A380 with RR Trent 900 engine. Did QANTAS ignore this directive and nearly have a disaster?
EASA AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

I am amazed that on this thread people are talking about having to re-engine the A380 in light of this recent failure.

When the original 747 Classic started service in the early 1970s engine failures were common place. One of my colleagues lost 2 on one flight for separate reasons.

We live in a modern world where everyone expects technical perfection. Severe engine failures occasionally happen and will continue to do so.

As in the case of the severe engine failure on the Sioux City MD11 manufacturers learn from experience and no doubt RR will do so too.

From some of the comments on this thread you would think that this engine failure signals the death knell for the A380.