Emails and tool-tracking software weren't heeded, but nothing scary happened - except to the nylon tool

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Tool found in A380 engine after nearly 300 flight hours

A Qantas Airbus A380.Sebastian Kahnert/Getty ImagesA 4-foot-long tool was left inside the engine of an Airbus A380, a safety report found.The Qantas jet flew 294 hours of flights with the tool still inside, Australian authorities said.The investigation said that an engineer left the tool there as they thought it would be needed later.A Qantas Airbus A380 flew for hundreds of hours before it was discovered a tool had been left inside one of its e…

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An Airbus A380 flew for nearly 300 hours with a 4-foot-long tool left inside one of its engines

A Qantas Airbus A380 flew 34 times while a 4-foot-1-inch nylon tool — used to turn the engine’s intermediate-pressure compressor during borescope inspections — was wedged inside one of its Rolls-Royce Trent engines. It logged 294 flight hours between December 6, 2023 and January 1, 2024, but the news became public…Read more...

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Airbus A380 Flew Nearly 300 Hours With Missing Tool In Its Engine

Nothing bad happened - except to the nylon tool An Airbus A380 operated by Australian airline Qantas clocked over 290 hours of flight time despite a tool having been left inside one of its engines, according to a report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. . . .

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Airbus A380 flew for 300 hours with tool left inside engine

The Australian Transport Safety Board (ATSB), which was investigating a foreign object debris (FOD) event involving a Qantas Airbus A380, which landed at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on February 2, 2024, revealed that it flew for nearly 300 hours and 34 flight cycles (17 round-trips) with a tool housed in one of its four engines. The report made recommendations for the Australian airline to follow in order to avoid such events in the …

Le Bureau australien de la sécurité des transports (ATSB) qui enquêtait sur un événement de débris d’objets étrangers (FOD) impliquant un Airbus A380 de Qantas, qui a atterri à l’aéroport international de Los Angeles (LAX) le 2 février 2024, a révélé qu’il avait volé pendant près de 300 heures et 34 cycles de vols (17 aller-retours) avec un outil logé dans l’un de ses quatre moteurs. Le rapport a formulé des recommandations à suivre par la compa…

Un A380 de Qantas a effectué des dizaines de vols avec un outil coincé dans le moteur

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A Qantas A380 has made dozens of flights with a tool stuck in the engine

The Australian Transport Safety Beareu says that a tool left inside the engine of a Qantas Airbus A380 superjumbo posed a “significant threat to safety” after the double-deck aircraft flew around the world on 34 flights before the tool was eventually found by chance. The tool remained concealed behind the fan blades of the airplane’s Number 1 engine for nearly a month before engineers at Los Angeles International Airport happened upon the tool b…

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'Significant Threat to Safety' After Qantas Engineers Leave Tool Inside A380 Superjumbo Engine That Completed 34 Flights Before it Was Eventually Found

Tool found in A380 engine after nearly 300 flight hours

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