Wear, beyond Engine Manual limits, has been identified on the abutment faces of the splines on the Trent 900 Intermediate Pressure (IP) shaft rigid coupling on several engines during strip.

"The Trent 900 incident is the first of its kind to occur on a large civil Rolls-Royce engine since 1994," the firm said. Shares of Rolls-Royce reversed earlier losses to end up 2.7% in London.

The Trent 900 is the leading engine for the aircraft's development programme and will power the A380's maiden flight in Spring this year.

Engine maker Rolls-Royce Group PLC on Friday says it will replace a component in Trent 900 engines following its investigation into the cause of an engine failure last week on an Airbus A380 ...

Rolls-Royce Group Plc said the cause of the Trent 900 blowout that grounded Qantas Airways Ltd.’s fleet of A380s superjumbos is specific to that engine model, as it seeks to dispel concern about ...

Engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce flew its Trent 900 turbofan engine--destined for the Airbus A380--for the first time May 17, using an A340-300 testbed aircraft.

Users of Rolls-Royce Group Plc Trent 900 engines, the type that exploded on a Qantas Airways Ltd. flight on Nov. 4, should install software in order to detect turbine discs spinning too quickly ...

British Airways and Rolls-Royce said Thursday that they have completed contracts for Trent 900 engines to power a dozen Airbus A380s, the first announcement of any deal for the giant engines sin ...

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) moved quickly on an August Rolls-Royce recommendation to mandate inspections of Trent 900 engines undergoing overhaul work to ensure that routine ...

Pilots has issues shutting down the engine as a result. Lufthansa confirmed it will replace one more engine after already exchanging one last week as a "precautionary measure" (AFP/Bloomberg, ...

Qantas Airways may not finish inspecting the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines on its grounded A380 fleet until Wednesday, casting further doubt on when the fleet will resume operations.

British Airways and Rolls-Royce said Thursday that they have completed contracts for Trent 900 engines to power a dozen Airbus A380s, the first announcement of any deal for the giant engines since ...