Is this the beginning of the end for the world's biggest passenger plane?
The once-glittering future of the Airbus A380 superjumbo is looking shaky after a third significant engine failure forced an Air France flight to make an emergency landing last weekend. A similar incident occurred in 2010 on a Qantas A380 flight from Singapore to Sydney, and a less serious engine malfunction caused another Qantas A380 Los Angeles-Melbourne flight to turn back in May of this year. To make matters worse, Airbus suffered a massive blow in December with the announcement that it was forced to postpone deliveries of 12 A380s to its biggest customer, Emirates, over the next 2 years due to an issue with its Rolls Royce engines. Just days later, the company announced that an order of 100 planes to Iran Air did not include a single A380, with the airline opting instead for smaller models. <br/>
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Is this the beginning of the end for the world's biggest passenger plane?
The once-glittering future of the Airbus A380 superjumbo is looking shaky after a third significant engine failure forced an Air France flight to make an emergency landing last weekend. A similar incident occurred in 2010 on a Qantas A380 flight from Singapore to Sydney, and a less serious engine malfunction caused another Qantas A380 Los Angeles-Melbourne flight to turn back in May of this year. To make matters worse, Airbus suffered a massive blow in December with the announcement that it was forced to postpone deliveries of 12 A380s to its biggest customer, Emirates, over the next 2 years due to an issue with its Rolls Royce engines. Just days later, the company announced that an order of 100 planes to Iran Air did not include a single A380, with the airline opting instead for smaller models. <br/>
