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Statement by Rolls-Royce on occurrence to A-380 Qantas plane, QF32 flight

Rome, Italy - The industry works closely with customer and authorities

Since Qantas QF32 suffered an engine failure and returned safely to Singapore Changi Airport we have been working closely with our customer and the authorities. In situations like these Rolls-Royce has well established processes to collect and understand information relating to the event and to determine suitable actions. As always the safe operation of our products is our number one priority. The...

fra/pec - 1122531
Rome, Italy, 11/04/2010 17:54
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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