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Singapore Airlines crew refuse to fly A380 after oil found in turbine
CONCERNS over the future of Rolls-Royce powered A380s took a new turn this morning after one of Singapore Airlines big jets was grounded at London's Heathrow airport.
Heraldsun.com.au was told the crew refused to fly the jet which was due to take-off at 8.30am (AEDT) for Singapore after oil was found in one of the jet's turbines, the same problem that was detected at the weekend on three engines that were removed from Qantas jets.
The forced grounding came about at about the same time as another A380 owned by the same airline left Sydney for Singapore.
First reports suggest that passengers who were due to depart from London were told that engine-maker Rolls-Royce had placed an embargo on its now-suspect Trent 900 engine which was designed for the A380, the world's biggest airliner.
The grounding comes after Qantas said last night it had cleared the backlog caused by the grounding of its A380 fleet.
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Source:
Courier Mail