Blimey! SIA plane fails to reach Hong Kong

The Airbus A380 backtracked after 20 minutes following a shutdown of an engine by London-based Rolls-Royce.

A Bloomberg report said the A380 with 368 passengers and 21 crew aboard landed normally and no one was injured. The Tuesday flight was cut short after one of the plane’s four Rolls-Royce Plc Trent engines shut down, according to SIA.

“The incident comes almost nine months after a Trent engine on an A380 operated by Qantas Airways Ltd. exploded. Australian regulators said in May that Rolls-Royce had made an oil pipe too thin, with the defect causing a fracture that let oil leak and ignite, weakening a turbine disc which fractured and separated from its shaft. Rolls-Royce has since addressed the problem by replacing the defective part,” said the report.

A spokesperson for the engine manufacturer said Rolls-Royce is aware of the incident and is working closely with Singapore Airlines to provide appropriate support and technical assistance.

View the report here.

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