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Another Qantas jet engine failure during preperation for takeoff from Sydney Airport

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THERE'S been another engine failure on a Qantas aircraft, this time as it was preparing to take off at Sydney Airport.

 

Flight QF11 to Los Angeles, carrying 344 passengers, was on the runway preparing to take off at 3.30pm (AEDT) on Saturday when its number one engine suffered a complete failure.

 

Passengers on the 747 described hearing "a loud bang" and then watching as black smoke poured out of the crippled engine.

 

The captain then reportedly announced over the intercom that the engine had "cooked itself".

 

A spokeswoman for Qantas said the plane was on the runway and cleared for take-off when it had a "low-speed engine failure".

 

She said the passengers disembarked at the gate and a replacement 747 aircraft was scheduled to leave at 7pm. It finally took off at 7.38pm.

 

Saturday's incident is the latest in a shocking run for the national carrier, which had to ground its entire A380 fleet in November after one of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines exploded in mid-air shortly after take-off from Singapore.

 

The total cost of grounding its entire fleet of A380s, and replacing 16 of the A380 engines, has been estimated at $80 million.

 

The day after the A380 near-disaster, a Qantas 747-400 aircraft had a mid-air incident, with flames bursting from an engine just after take-off from Singapore.

 

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/another-qantas-jet-engine-failure-during-preperation-for-takeoff-from-sydney-airport/story-fn3dxity-1225988612711

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this is becoming much more than coincidence or "bad luck" for Qantas. Anybody knows why their mishaps are always much more graphic than the average failure ?

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Pratt & GE are generally more reliable engine producers compare to Rollies (sorry, no stat to quantify) and more preferred engine for most airlines except those who are associated with Britain itself. E.g CX, BA and QF ....... <_>

 

Even CX now started 'to like' Pratt after it bought a few ex-SQ B744 and right now all CX's new B744LRF has/will be fitted with Pratt.

 

 

:hi:

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Pratt & GE are generally more reliable engine producers compare to Rollies (sorry, no stat to quantify) and more preferred engine for most airlines except those who are associated with Britain itself. E.g CX, BA and QF ....... <_<

 

Even CX now started 'to like' Pratt after it bought a few ex-SQ B744 and right now all CX's new B744LRF has/will be fitted with Pratt.

 

 

:hi:

 

Airlines don't actually prefer PW & GE over RR. They are the 2nd largest aircraft engine manufacturers after all.

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