Rolls: A380, 787 Engine Failures Unrelated

By Guy Norris guy_norris@aviationweek.com
LOS ANGELES

Rolls-Royce says initial investigations into the Nov. 4 in-flight failure of a Trent 900 on a Qantas Airbus A380 show the problem was “specific” to this make of engine, and therefore not related to the Aug. 2 uncontained failure of a Trent 1000 on test for the Boeing 787.

Rolls, which plans to issue an update to the situation on Friday, Nov. 12, has seen its share price take a hit since ...

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