According to ABC News this morning regarding Qantas RR court hearing....
The airline's fleet has been plagued with problems over the past few months, with engine failures and mass groundings.
I wonder if we will look back on this and view Qantas response as hysterical overreaction. The press always overreact and are therefore excused criticism.
RR meanwhile maintaining a cool aloofness just as they should.
And no, the initial failure has nothing to do with bearings, splines, etc. It was a fatigue fractured oil pipe of faulty manufacture according to latest information. And so far only one reported example in the whole Trent 900 fleet as far as I know.