QANTAS would you fly with them??

[nookiebear]

After the recent uncontained engine failure on the Qantas A380 ,Would you feel happy flying on one powered by the RR Trent Engine??

[Admin]

After the recent uncontained engine failure on the Qantas A380 ,Would you feel happy flying on one powered by the RR Trent Engine??

so few pieces fell off.... 

[nookiebear]

After the recent uncontained engine failure on the Qantas A380 ,Would you feel happy flying on one powered by the RR Trent Engine??

so few pieces fell off.... 

Almog ,do you know the pre-requisite for any failure on any avaition engine?

[Admin]

After the recent uncontained engine failure on the Qantas A380 ,Would you feel happy flying on one powered by the RR Trent Engine??

so few pieces fell off.... 

Almog ,do you know the pre-requisite for any failure on any avaition engine?

It was a joke.... 

[isanbirder]

I don't feel safe on any aircraft... only way is just to take it as it comes.  Only lost one friend in an air crash so far... and that was a long while ago, so it's maybe time for the next (or me?).

[pablo]

After the recent uncontained engine failure on the Qantas A380 ,Would you feel happy flying on one powered by the RR Trent Engine??

Although it looks pretty bad, we can be thankful that there were no injuries.

I think I'd be OK with flying it, even though a relatively new engine.

Even long standing engine designs can sometimes have catastrophic failures.   The Pratt & Whitney JT8D was one of the most utilized engines in air transport for a couple of decades (last century 555)...and check out this link, as an example.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines_Flight_1288#cite_note-NTSB1288-1

[TBWG]

If you ever get on a motorbike in Thailand you are many hundreds of times more likely to be killed than in an aircraft incident!

Just like in the UK you are more likely to be murdered than win the biggy in the lottery.   All Statistics when your number is up! it's up.

Air Travel is safest form of travel fatalities per 100,000 miles


TBWG

[nookiebear]

After the recent uncontained engine failure on the Qantas A380 ,Would you feel happy flying on one powered by the RR Trent Engine??

Although it looks pretty bad, we can be thankful that there were no injuries.

I think I'd be OK with flying it, even though a relatively new engine.

Even long standing engine designs can sometimes have catastrophic failures.   The Pratt & Whitney JT8D was one of the most utilized engines in air transport for a couple of decades (last century 555)...and check out this link, as an example.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines_Flight_1288#cite_note-NTSB1288-1

All engines are liable to fail during their working life, but the worrying aspect in this case is that it was uncontained.....

[Bigbus]

All the years I worked in a Aircraft engine overhaul shop I seen 2 engine turbine sections blow up....it is very rare but this A380 engine problem is big in the news because the aircraft is new.....my experience there is no engine really any better than the other whether it's RR or GE or PW.......it's mostly customer preference....Aviation is still the safest way to travel....

We had more engine in the shop from bird strikes that failure of the engines....a big bird does major damage.....

[nookiebear]

After yet an other 'airborne return' by a Qantas aircraft how would you feel flying with them??

[tonypace01]

If I could afford them, I'd go.

[den Buut]

Good they always return before they crash, after would be much more difficult.

[nookiebear]

Good they always return before they crash, after would be much more difficult.

But why are they malfunctioning in the 1st place??

[redrover]

No. They've gone downhill and won't recover from the glory years.

[Dave the Dude]

No. They've gone downhill and won't recover from the glory years.

Verytrue, just like their sister company British Airways.