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scooterscot replied

4 November 2011, 19:44
Originally posted by Arturo Bassick View Post

You mean like these?

MTU Aero Engines, Munich - MTU Aero Engines

Rolls Royce managers are more interested in profits than product these days. Riding the name into the ground until they have a catastrophic failure on their hands.

German aero companies are not that much better.
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Churchill replied

4 November 2011, 15:53
Originally posted by doodab View Post

Engine failures might make things more interesting but I'm not sure they qualify as in flight entertainment unless you are playing FSX.

The in-flight entertainment system was sabotaged. I was wondering if the engine was too.
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doodab replied

4 November 2011, 15:34
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

I wonder if the two are connected...

Engine failures might make things more interesting but I'm not sure they qualify as in flight entertainment unless you are playing FSX.
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sasguru replied

4 November 2011, 14:36
Originally posted by Arturo Bassick View Post

You mean like these?

MTU Aero Engines, Munich - MTU Aero Engines

Quite. What's wrong with them?
Lazy Germans.
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TheFaQQer replied

4 November 2011, 14:34
Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post

Why only (more than) 250 passengers on board?

People found out that Stephen Fry was on board, so didn't turn up. Much safer than risking him drivelling about how great Apple are for 14 hours in your ear.

(There were 258 passengers, 21 cabin crew, 4 pilots. And not enough engines)
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Arturo Bassick replied

4 November 2011, 14:27
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

It's a golden opportunity for the German jet engine manufacturers to take over.
Oh wait .....

You mean like these?

MTU Aero Engines, Munich - MTU Aero Engines
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ThomasSoerensen replied

4 November 2011, 14:24
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

I wonder if the two are connected...

it clearly states the wires were cut
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sasguru replied

4 November 2011, 14:22
It's a golden opportunity for the German jet engine manufacturers to take over.
Oh wait .....
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Churchill replied

4 November 2011, 14:12
On November 2, officials said police were investigating the suspected sabotage of the entertainment system on another Qantas plane after engineers noticed several wires were cut on the plane's in-flight entertainment system during the labour dispute.

I wonder if the two are connected...
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ThomasSoerensen replied

4 November 2011, 12:15
surely this is the concept of "planned obsolescence".

RR want to be able to sell new engines every year.
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TimberWolf replied

4 November 2011, 12:09
Why only (more than) 250 passengers on board?
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4 November 2011, 12:01
Buy Rolls Royce shares quickity quick!

Qantas Airbus A380 Superjumbo In Mid-air Alert: QF31 Lands In Dubai As Stephen Fry Tweets | World News | Sky News

A UK-bound Qantas superjumbo was forced to make an unscheduled landing after suffering midair engine problems - exactly one year after another's engine disintegrated.

More than 250 passengers were on board the Airbus A380 flying from Sydney to London.
Oil problems caused the crew to shut down one of the jet's four engines four hours after a refuelling stop at Singapore.
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