True, but multiple design flaw designs in where to place critical hydraulic and electrical control lines where Airbus’s responsibility not Rolls Royce.
P.S. The faulty anti-lock brakes which failed almost leading to a crash on landing were also Airbus’s responsibility as well.
This was interesting...
“The aircraft stopped with just over 100 metres or runway left, brakes temps climbed to 900C and fuel pouring out of the ruptured tank. Unable to shutdown #1 engine (as previously mentioned) but elected not to evacuate as the fire services were attending in great numbers.”
And this:
“Historically, Rolls has had to combat oil system ‘hiding’ issues with the following:
RB211 / L1011;
Trent 500 / A340-500/600’s;
Trent 700 / A330;
Trent 900 / A380.
The Trent 900 series is not a mature design since it has had so many failures.
SQ has already suffered two IFSDs with the Trent 900 and 12 engines removed from the wing for premature strip downs due to anomolies.
This grounding of three airline’s A380s shows it is an systemic Trent 970/972 family issue and not a specific operator issue.
The lack of maturity of the Trent 900 series engine must be of great concern.
1. Qantas A388 near Singapore on Nov 4th 2010, uncontained engine failure
2. Lufthansa A388 near Frankfurt on Aug 6th 2010, engine shut down in flight
3. Singapore A388 near Krakow on Sep 27th 2009, engine shut down in flight
4. Singapore A388 near London on May 25th 2009, engine failure”