Saturday, May 21, 2011

Qantas flight carrying 300 passengers bound for London forced to return to Bangkok after another RR engine failure

A Qantas flight from Bangkok to London was forced to land shortly after take-off after experiencing engine trouble.It is believed one of the Rolls-Royce engines began to vibrate excessively as its temperature soared.It is yet another safety blow to the airline after a Rolls engine on another Qantas flight disintegrated in mid-air in Novemeber.
After incident, the pilots shut the engine down and landed the Boeing 747-400, which was carrying 308 passengers.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1389102/Qantas-flight-carrying-300-passengers-bound-London-forced-return-Bangkok-engine-trouble.html#ixzz1Mym1UJK1

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