Wed, Nov 24, 2010
Airline Will Not Fly The A380 Until It Receives Authority
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The Civil Aviation Safety Authority has given a green light to a
plan developed by Qantas to return its A380 aircraft to service.
Qantas submitted a detailed A380 plan to CASA which sets out how
the aircraft will be operated, additional safety measures and
required inspections. The airline agreed it would not seek to
operate the A380 aircraft until CASA had carefully reviewed and
accepted the return to service plan.
Qantas will comply with relevant airworthiness directives, as
well as service bulletins from Rolls Royce, relating to the Trent
900 engines fitted to the A380 aircraft.
CASA's Director of Aviation Safety, John McCormick, said the
A380 return to service had been closely analysed by CASA's
technical staff. "Qantas provided CASA with extensive documentation
to support the plan, as well as a number of briefings by key
personnel," Mr McCormick said. "CASA has looked at how Qantas will
be carrying out the additional inspections of the Trent 900
engines, changes to the way the engines will be operated and how
Rolls Royce service bulletins will be met.
"Qantas has devoted considerable resources to making sure the
return to service of the A380 will meet all relevant safety
requirements," he continued. "CASA will continue to monitor the
Qantas A380 operations, with Qantas providing relevant data and
information. The decision by Qantas to ground the A380 fleet after
the Singapore incident on 4 November 2010 was correct and was
supported by CASA."
Mr McCormick said CASA is being regularly briefed by the
Australian Transport Safety Bureau on the progress of the official
investigation into the A380 engine incident. "The travelling public
can have confidence that everything possible is being done to
comprehend what went wrong with the A380 engine and how to prevent
this occurring again."
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