a Qantas A380 Flew 300h with Tool in Engine

An Airbus A380 flew for nearly 300 hours with a 4-foot-long tool left inside one of its engines
A 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.
ATSB: Qantas Airbus A380 Flew Several Flights With A Tool Left In The Engine At LAX
The Qantas Airbus A380 operated 34 cycles and flew for more than 290 hours before the missing tool was removed from the engine.
Qantas A380 operated 34 cycles with lost tool in engine
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has underlined the risk of foreign object debris after a Qantas Airways A380 operated 34 cycles with a turning tool in an engine.
Qantas A380 flew dozens of flights with tool lodged in engine
A Qantas Airbus A380 completed nearly 300 flight hours with a technician’s tool lodged in an engine, an Australian Transport Safety Board (ATSB) report says. The report has made recommendations for all Australian airlines to avoid other potentially dangerous instances.
Qantas A380 flew 34 times with tool left in engine
The tool, used to turn an engine compressor on VH-OQI during borescope inspections, is believed to have been left inside during routine maintenance on 6 December 2023 and was not found until a scheduled maintenance check at LAX on 1 January 2024,
Qantas Airbus A380 flew for 294 hours with tool left inside engine
An investigation by Australia revealed that the device had been inside one of the plane’s four engines since last December.
How a Qantas A380 Flew 300h with Tool in Engine
The Australian Transport Safety Board (ATSB) has released the official report into how a Qantas (QF) Airbus A380 flew for almost 300 hours and 34 flights with a tool lodged in one of its four engines.
Airbus A380 flew for 300 hours with meter-long tool left inside engine
Emails and tool-tracking software weren't heeded, but nothing scary 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,
Airbus A380 flew for 300 hours with metre-long tool left inside engine
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