Originally Posted by
Capt Kremin
Any takers on the regulators stepping in and the RR powered A380's to be grounded for some time?
More likely increased inspections while RR fix it. As long as they know which bit is failing (and I suspect they do), it will be check that carefully for signs of impending failure.
That is what the recommendation was, for one example, following
four incidents with other (GE in this case) engines. See:
SB-10-20
NTSB Identified A Critical Safety Issue With A GE Turbofan Engine
In these incidents, the amount of damage is largely down to luck - any of them could have ended very very badly. Credit to the QF crew for getting the damaged big bird back down safely.