Article excerpt from Fox Business
Qantas 747 Airplane Suffers Engine Failure Saturday
SYDNEY -(Dow Jones)- A Qantas Airways Ltd. (QAN.AU) 747 airplane about to take off from Sydney Airport suffered an engine failure on Saturday.
Flight QF11 to Los Angeles was carrying 344 passengers and was on the runway preparing for take-off at 0430 GMT Saturday when the number one engine failed.
A Qantas spokeswoman told Dow Jones Newswires on Sunday that it had been determined that it was “a turbine blade failure”.
She added that the engine was being replaced and the airplane would be back in service shortly.
Source: http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/01/15/qantas-airplane-suffers-engine-failure-saturday/
The B747-400’s registration was VH-OJO.
By: steve rowell - 16th January 2011 at 07:30
There was a channel 10 reporter aboard on her way to LA..she says the captain told the pax it was an overheated engine
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January 16, 2011 at 5:45 am