Qantas crisis

It is interesting to note that Qantas are keeping the name of the engine manufacturer, Rolls-Royce, firmly in the frame.

Similarly a press release on the Airbus website states, ‘With aviation safety being of paramount importance to Airbus and following the engine failure of Qantas A380 flight QF32 on 4th November 2010 Airbus has issued an All Operators Telex asking A380 operators with Rolls-Royce engines for power plant inspections to ensure continuous safe operations of the fleet. The document supports the requirements issued previously by engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce. Operators with Engine Alliance engines are not concerned.’

This contrasts with BP’s handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill where at least initially they took full responsibility for the accident. Latterly they tried, largely unsuccessfully, to bring Halliburton and others into the picture.