Posted on 01/15/2011 11:49:40 AM PST by george76
I was jumping to conclusion, but the last Qantas 747 to have an 'engine problem' used RR:
"The warning came as a second Qantas jet – a Boeing 747-400 also powered by Rolls-Royce technology – returned to Singapore's Changi airport after reporting an engine problem shortly after take-off today [5 November 2010 ] ."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/05/qantas-a380-engine-failure
About the same as the differences between the 900 on the 380 and the 1000 on the 787 (which I understand has also had at least one uncontained failure during ground testing)?
Aren't the Trents just follow on developments for the RB211s developed for the L1011 and then dropped into the 747 and other planes of that era?
I did a round trip to Sydney on Qantas about 2 years ago. That long a flight over open ocean gives you a lot of time for thought about what would happen if an engine failed.
Hollywood generated urban legend.
I know for a fact that the BA 747’s use RR engines. You can see the RR logo on the nacelles.
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